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March 19, 2026

Ryan Rothstein: Finding the guts to solve Minnesota’s duck dilemma

Featured, Home Page News, Hunting, Minnesota, National Hunting, Opinion /

You’re no doubt aware that there’s to be a Duck Summit in Minnesota March 27-28. It all stemmed from a commentary from the Old Duck Managers Group in Outdoor News last summer. In it, they sounded the alarm on declining duck harvest and disappearing ducks in our once-envied waterfowling state.
This group struck a nerve, and it’s culminating in the organized meeting. Not for no reason, the summit will be held next door to the fabled Swan Lake in Nicollet. Pardon my cynicism, but I’m worried about what this summit will accomplish.

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Elk survey shows population rising in northwest Minnesota

Featured, Home Page News, Hunting, Minnesota, National Hunting, National News, News /

The Minnesota DNR reported rising elk populations in northwest Minnesota following its annual aerial survey.
DNR staff conducted surveys by air in late January, flying transect lines over survey areas and counting bulls and cows within designated blocks. The results show growth across all three of the state’s elk populations, with one nearing its population goal.

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Steve Piatt: A broken rod and the not-so-easy search for a replacement

Featured, Features, Fishing, Gear & Gadgets, Home Page News, National Fishing, New York /

I broke a fishing rod last summer during a Quebec fly-in walleye and pike fishing trip with a few friends, and I have no one to blame but myself.

It was a classic example of what happens when a wade fisherman attempts to dock a boat, and that’s exactly what I was doing when my two-piece Lew’s Mach 2 spinning rod became a three-piece. It all happened in slow motion.

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Christine Thomas: Eagles fly over South Carolina’s Nemours Wildlife Foundation

Featured, Nature Page & Night Sky, Wisconsin /

“Looks like a bluewinged teal,” said Dr. Stephen Clements, wildlife scientist at the Nemours Wildlife Foundation.
He was looking at a mottled pile of feathers on the ground, that I had discovered while trying to maneuver a better camera angle on the bald eagle that peered down on us and on the pile of feathers from its nest high in a loblolly pine.

Christine Thomas: Eagles fly over South Carolina’s Nemours Wildlife Foundation Read More »

Minnesota conservation officer corrals runaway horse

Featured, Home Page News, Minnesota, National News, Nature Page & Night Sky, News /

While on the road on Tuesday, March 3, Baudette Conservation Officer Nick Prachar got a call to assist in a horse that was running loose. It was running on Lake of the Woods School grounds and staff were concerned for the kids getting picked up from school.
Prachar and Minnesota State Patrol were both in the area and responded to the call.

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