The Minnesota Conservation Federation will host a fundraising event at Al’s Breakfast (413 14th Ave SE) in Minneapolis from 3:30-7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 20.
Minnesota Mixed Bag: Minnesota Conservation Federation to flip flapjacks for fundraising Read More »
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced preliminary results from the 2025 bear season. Bear hunters harvested 3,724 bears during the 35-day season, placing this season on par with the five-year average of about 3,800 bears annually.
This year’s harvest was slightly below the overall harvest target of 4,075 bears, but within the expected range of harvest for this fall.
Wisconsin bear hunters have season on par with prior years Read More »
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Oct. 31, 2025 edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.
Following the early antlerless and youth deer hunts, Oct. 16-19, the number of harvested deer in Minnesota ticked up by 11% this season as of Monday Oct. 20.
“We were slow at the beginning. We were actually quite a bit behind last year, at first. … It wasn’t until really this last weekend where we caught up, and we surpassed last year,” said Paul Burr, the DNR’s acting big-game program coordinator.
Minnesota’s youth, antlerless hunts boost 2025 deer harvest Read More »
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife, and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation will apply lampricide to portions of the Boquet River in New York.
This marks the Lake Champlain Fish and Wildlife Management Cooperative’s 36th season of sea lamprey control following over 107 successful treatments since they began in 1990.
Lake Champlain cooperative to treat New York’s Boquet River to control sea lamprey Read More »
As the end of October approaches, the federal government remains shut down, as it has been since the start of the month.
While many effects accompany a government shutdown, its impacts on natural resources management and long-term concerns regarding staffing of federal agencies is top of mind for folks in the conservation world.
Groups worry about outdoors during shutdown with more layoffs possible Read More »
Right now, the water’s in the 51- to 54-degree range. With the low flow this fall, if you find the current seams that are holding forage, you will find the gold! Certain baits really start to shine this time of year.
Fish are biting, but there are fewer people fishing. Here’s a look at the Minnesota fishing and hunting report on Oct. 29, 2025.
Minnesota’s statewide fishing and hunting report on Oct. 29, 2025 Read More »
From as far north as Hubbard County near Park Rapids to as far south as Olmsted County in the Rochester area, the Minnesota DNR is proposing rules changes to several state waters where harvesting fish is “restricted or otherwise differentiated from other fishing regulations.”
The DNR intends to adopt rules under the expedited permanent rulemaking process for the fisheries listed below.
Minnesota DNR proposes fish regulation changes to lakes, Pool 3 of the Mississippi Read More »
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