Pere Marquette State Park in Grafton will host the Two Rivers Family Fishing Fair on June 6. Event hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the park, which is near Grafton on Illinois 100. There are no admission or parking fees, and no fishing license or gear is needed to participate.
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“Mussels are highly sensitive to pollution, sedimentation and habitat degradation,” she explained. “As filter feeders, robust and diverse mussel communities signify clean water and stable ecosystems that contain the specific fish hosts required to complete their life cycle.
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An Illinois Department of Transportation employee has pleaded guilty to polluting a waterway after deer carcasses were dumped at Apple Creek near Roodhouse.
In mid-February, cattle farmer Robert Schollmeier took photos of an orange truck driving off his property. Schollmeier said he saw the vehicle dump deer carcasses onto the riverbank of Apple Creek. At least seven dead deer in different stages of decomposition were on the sandy bank of the creek and extending into the water.
Illinois Department of Transportation worker ticketed over dumping of deer carcasses Read More »
Although they’re two separate basins, East and West Sylvia lakes near Annandale are extremely similar. These Wright County fisheries are connected by a wide, navigable channel, which allows the fish and anglers pursuing them to move freely between the lakes.
Clear-water Sylvia lakes hold big panfish, ample bass in central Minnesota Read More »
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Minnesota published in the May 29, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.
Minnesota’s Outdoor Calendar Read More »
Minnesota cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR conservation officers. These reports are from the May 29, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.
Minnesota Cuffs & Collars: Pelican rescued from large weed bed on Leech Lake Read More »
Gooseberry Falls State Park took first place in voting for best state park in the USA Today 10BEST Reader’s Choice Awards. Over four weeks, people throughout the U.S. voted on the 20 best state park nominees, which were selected by a panel of USA Today editors and subject matter experts.
Minnesota Mixed Bag: Gooseberry Falls State Park wins national reader’s choice honor Read More »
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 29, 2026 edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.
Minnesota Letters to the Editor: New waterfowl regs ignore pleas from Duck Summit Read More »
More than 60 fires erupted across Minnesota over a two-day period in the past several weeks, including two major fires near the Two Harbors and Brainerd lakes areas.
Between May 15 and 16, weather conditions prompted the DNR to issue red flag warnings statewide.
“We’re at prime conditions where if a wildfire starts, it’s going to spread rapidly, and we were seeing that across many of the landscapes in Minnesota.”
Spring wildfires reshaping northern Minnesota forest habitats Read More »
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