The Minnesota DNR is asking for input on new fishing rules that would allow for a year-round bass-fishing season that includes a period for harvest and a period for catch-and-release fishing.
Minnesota Mixed Bag: DNR seeks input on year-round bass season proposal Read More »
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Oct. 10, 2025 edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.
Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Data doesn’t back opposition to rifles in shotgun zone Read More »
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum hosted a conservation leadership forum at the White House on Sept. 4 that included about 15 executives from the nation’s big outdoors groups.
In addition to Burgum, high-roller attendees from the Trump administration included Vince Haley, director of the president’s domestic policy council, Kate MacGregor, deputy Interior secretary, and Brian Nesvik, the new director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Excitement is defined as a feeling of great enthusiasm and eagerness – a mindset that perfectly encapsulates the mood of most Minnesota wildlife officials and others heading into Saturday’s pheasant-hunting opener.
“I think hunters are really excited, and I know I am,” said Tanner Bruse, Minnesota DNR assistant area wildlife supervisor in Marshall, echoing the sentiments of other state and pheasant conservation officials.
What can Minnesota pheasant hunters expect in 2025? Expectations are high Read More »
Underwater vegetation does not stand and stay green all year long. Weedbeds – both annual and perennial plants – have life cycles just like above-water plants do. They sprout, grow, and die.
Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Underwater vegetation entering its fall wilt Read More »
First shot of cool air should improve fall walleye bite. Here’s a look at the Minnesota fishing and hunting report on Oct. 8, 2025.
Minnesota’s statewide fishing and hunting report on Oct. 8, 2025 Read More »
Landowners can buy tree seedlings in bulk from the Minnesota
MN Daily Update: Buy tree seedlings from the DNR’s State Forest Nursery Read More »
When new heads of agencies controlled by the executive branch of the federal government were appointed earlier this year, they came with a mandate to control spending. Simultaneously, a new agency called DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) led by billionaire Elon Musk was formed to seek out waste, fraud, and inefficiency and was given the power to eliminate federal jobs.
But DOGE didn’t attack these problems with much finesse.
Mike Schoonveld: There’s a better solution to keep invasive carp from the Great Lakes Read More »
In a court document issued on Sept. 15, Campbell’s Soup Supply Co. admitted to some 5,400 pollution discharges between April 2018 and December 2024 in violation of the Clean Water Act.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was joined by the National Environmental Law Center, on behalf of the Lake Erie Waterkeepers and Environment Ohio, in a lawsuit filed in March 2024 to force the company to correct long-standing problems with its wastewater treatment plant.
Campbell’s Soup admits to polluting Maumee River Read More »
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