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Sportsmen Since 1968

July 25, 2024

Northeast deer, walleye studies on table for Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources funds

The Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources heard presentations in late June from around 120 applicants seeking a slice of the approximately $90 million pie for various studies and projects. The dollars come from the state’s Environment and Natural Resources Trust fund, via state lottery proceeds.
The commission officially will decide who receives how much at the end of this month, along with which projects won’t be funded. But with a slight uptick in funding this year, the fund is better situated to meet demand. In his almost 13 years of sitting on the commission as a governor-appointed citizen member, Dr. Bill Faber, of Central Lakes College in Brainerd, said, “This is far and away the most money, which is great.”

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Mapleton school in Minnesota repurposes retention pond for fish, providing educational and recreational opportunity

When the Maple River School District began designing its new K-12 school building in Mapleton, Minn., middle school science teacher Collin Nienhaus seized the opportunity to create a “living classroom.”
Because stormwater retention ponds were necessary for the facility to store and filter stormwater runoff, Nienhaus requested the school district dig one of the retention ponds deep enough to support a fish population – and the district took the bait.

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Glenn Sapir: Florida’s winter fishing has this angler mid-summer dreaming

For many outdoorsmen, the action occurs in the three seasons other than winter. Those cold months might be when they long for those other seasons, perhaps even dreaming about them. I’m a little different. I do my dreaming now.
Yes, I love what spring, summer and autumn allow me to do outdoors, but I have been blessed to be able to enjoy virtually every day outdoors during the winter months. For the last few years my wife and I, in retirement, have spent February and March in a rental home in southwest Florida.

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Outdoor Insights: A new coalition for outdoors advocacy forming in Minnesota?

When the Minnesota Outdoor Heritage Alliance disbanded during the summer of 2023, it left a void for St. Paul advocacy among outdoors organizations and conservation clubs. The umbrella group had represented dozens of organizations on statewide public policy matters since its founding in 1994. Among its victories, MOHA led the charge in passing Amendment 2, the so-called Right to Hunt and Fish ballot initiative in 1998, and it also played a key role in passing the Legacy Amendment sales tax dedication a decade later.

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