Top topics on Outdoor News Radio this week include a discussion with Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman on the results of the 2025 spring waterfowl survey in Minnesota. (Blue-winged teal are down significantly.) Then Amy Shipley from Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources joins the program to talk about research in her state examining the effects that Canada geese and trumpeter swans are having on wild rice beds. Tim Lesmeister joins Rob for the back half of the show. Chatter includes the end of the 3B license in southeast Minnesota, Aldo Leopold’s complete journals being available online, Patrick Berry leaving the top job at Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, and America… land of the shark attacks!
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Episode 551 – MN duck survey, trumpeter swans and wild rice, no 3B deer license, BHA changes
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