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October 11, 2023

Minnesota’s Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council gives green light to new project funding

The Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council met Oct. 5 to pass the allocations for funding in Fiscal Year 2025 proposals. The council originally had received 55 requests totaling more than $373 million.
On Aug. 29-30, council members heard presentations regarding proposals and made their allocations from the $151 million available for funding. On Oct. 5, the allocations were agreed upon and passed.

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CWD: Where we are now, and where are we going?

Approximately 11% of Minnesotans over 15 years of age hunted deer in 2022, harvesting about 170,000 animals, roughly 17% of the estimated deer herd. Venison has been popular table fare for centuries. But because venison is not USDA-inspected, its safety is sometimes questioned.
One safety concern involves the diseases affecting deer, and currently, primary concern is chronic wasting disease. CWD is a fatal neurodegenerative disease in cervids for which there is no widely available vaccine.

CWD: Where we are now, and where are we going? Read More »

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