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August 11, 2026

Minnesota DNR using time stamp data to distribute remaining surplus bear tags after ELS disruption

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Many Minnesota bear hunters have been unable to purchase surplus bear tags since the sale opened Aug. 5, when high demand caused a “disruption” with the new Electronic Licensing System and forced the DNR to suspend sales.
The DNR gave an update to bear hunters on Tuesday, Aug. 11, nearly a week after the system was bogged down due to a high influx of users. In their statement on the Minnesota Fish and Wildlife Facebook page and DNR website, the DNR said it has reviewed their system records since the initial surplus sale on Aug. 5. From those, hunters who were fully successful in buying their license will maintain their license.

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Notes off a soiled cuff: Debate over stocking wild trout streams more heated than ever in Pennsylvania

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The debate over stocking hatchery fish into any streams that could and should support wild brook trout has become more heated than ever. And now there is a new voice in the argument – the Pennsylvania Wild Trout Coalition (see this story).
The Fish & Boat Commission has made progress on this issue, but continues to stock streams wild trout advocates say it should not. One of the leading wild trout proponents is former Fish & Boat Commission executive director John Arway, a board member of the new wild trout coalition.

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After recent bite at state recreation area, Michigan DNR advises to ‘give rattlesnakes space’

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The Michigan DNR is urging residents and visitors to give eastern massasauga rattlesnakes plenty of space following a recent snakebite at Proud Lake Recreation Area that has sparked increased interest in the state’s only venomous snake.
The warning comes after a 41-year-old Michigan man was bitten July 21 while attempting to photograph an eastern massasauga near a boat launch at the Oakland County recreation area.

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Lifting of a decades-old bear hunting prohibition floated on Michigan’s Bois Blanc Island

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The Michigan DNR is seeking public comment on a proposal that would lift a more than 40-year-old prohibition on bear hunting on Bois Blanc Island in Mackinac County.
If approved by the Michigan Natural Resources Commission, the change would remove a hunting restriction that has been in place since May 1985, making Bois Blanc Island consistent with the rest of Michigan’s bear management system.

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