October 14, 2025

Review of WMA timber harvest in Minnesota highlights lack of plans, USFWS and DNR employee concerns

Featured, Fishing, Home Page News, Hunting, Minnesota, National Fishing, National Hunting, National News, Nature Page & Night Sky, News / Tim Spielman

A Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor special review of the Minnesota DNR’s harvest of timber on state wildlife management areas became available Tuesday. It offers recommendations for the DNR regarding the state’s 1.3 million acres of WMAs, addressing agency wildlife manager concerns and DNR leadership actions that two years ago led to the suspension of federal funding to the state.
The review also includes responses from DNR Commissioner Sarah Strommen regarding the OLA’s many recommendations.

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Lake of the Woods Fishing Report – October 14, 2025

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Emerald shiners are in the river as are some nice walleyes.

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Iowa pheasant hunters eagerly await an Oct. 25 opener with high expectations

Featured, Hunting, Iowa, National Hunting, National News, News / DNR Report

The phone calls began as soon as Iowa’s annual pheasant survey hit the internet. Hunters from across the state and the Midwest wanted to know, “Where’s the best place to hunt?” and “What do you expect hunting pressure to be?”
When you’re the one coordinating the survey and the numbers come in at the highest level in a generation, that’s to be expected.

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Orleans County (N.Y.) Fishing Report – October 14, 2025

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Today, guys reported a nice skein-and-bead bite at the dam, with some guys hanging in for a day’s effort, getting multiple hookups.

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South Dakota Fishing Report – October 14, 2025 – video

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On days when the wind wasn’t blowing, fish were biting and the perch were schooling as the water temps begin to fall.

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Mike Raykovicz: Tough conditions greet New York’s Southern Tier bowhunters during the early season

Blogs, Hunting, New York, Opinion / Mike Raykovicz

I don’t know how warm it was in your part of New York, but here in the Southern Tier, and as I suspect throughout most of the state, temperatures during the first week of October were well above normal.
Frankly, I was getting tired of my wife and friends saying “how beautiful” the weather was. Sure, clear, blue, cloudless skies with air temperatures in the low 80s made most people giddy with delight, but not me.

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Striped bass remain focus at Cedar Lake in Illinois’ Jackson County

Illinois, Lake Profile, Lake Profile / Ralph Loos

Curious anglers are eager to see what DNR has learned from a striped bass tagging program that was initiated at Cedar Lake in 2023.
The 1,750-acre water in deep southern Illinois has long been one of the top – if not the top – striper lakes in the state, with 20-pound fish reported by anglers over the past decade.

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