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Minnesota DNR releases updated Invasive Carp Action Plan

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A day before the agency’s annual Roundtable event, the Minnesota DNR on Thursday released its updated state Invasive Carp Action Plan. The agency says the plan contains elements aimed to minimize and eliminate the spread of carp in state waters, specifically on the Mississippi, Minnesota, and St. Croix rivers.
The DNR held a press conference during the afternoon on Jan. 18 to explain the updates to the action plan.

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Minnesota DNR says bobcats and fishers are expanding southward; could trapping expand, too?

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Cory Netland, Minnesota DNR New London area wildlife supervisor, remembers hearing the first report of a fisher in the New London area. It happened in 2013, and he was caught off guard because he thought it was unusual to see fishers in that area of the state.
Now, Netland said, there are multiple reports of fishers each year and sightings have increased steadily.

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Minnesota DNR talks next steps in the process after closure of Upper Sioux Agency State Park next month

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The Minnesota DNR announced last week that it permanently will close Upper Sioux Agency State Park to the public on Friday, Feb. 16. The closure is one of the final steps in transferring the park to the Upper Sioux Community.
The DNR hosted a press conference at 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 10 to discuss the closure as well as next steps in the process. Sarah Strommen, DNR commissioner, said the DNR plans to complete the transfer to the Upper Sioux Community by mid-March 2024.

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Minnesota’s deer kill tops out at 158,746 in 2023

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The 2023 deer-hunting seasons have concluded, and the Minnesota DNR is wrapping up collecting final harvest numbers and CWD samples for testing. As it had most of the season, the DNR saw an 8% decrease in total deer harvest compared with 2022.
Todd Froberg, DNR big-game program coordinator, said the preliminary reports show 158,746 deer harvested in 2023, as of Jan. 5. In 2022, the total harvest was 172,265.

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Minnesota Environmental Partnership questions EPA’s ballast proposal for Great Lakes

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published the agency’s 2023 Vessel Incidental Discharge National Standards of Performance Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the federal register on Oct. 18, 2023.
The 2023 proposed rulemaking focuses some attention to the Great Lakes, especially the Lake Superior area. Steve Morse, executive director of the Minnesota Environmental Partnership, is concerned with some of the new proposed rulemaking.

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Minnesota deer farm group files suit against DNR, Board of Animal Health

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The Minnesota Deer Farmers Association recently filed a lawsuit with the U.S. District Court-District of Minnesota against the Minnesota DNR and the Minnesota Board of Animal Health for “enforcing laws which will eliminate white-tailed deer farming in the state of Minnesota,” according to the lawsuit.

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Trapper performs CPR to revive pine marten in northern Minnesota

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Minnesota DNR Conservation Officer Nicholas Prachar, who patrols the Blackduck North area, received a unique phone call last week from a local trapper in Kelliher, Minn. 
The trapper, who requested to remain nameless, said he accidentally caught a pine marten in a bobcat set. Prachar said he knows the trapper well and could tell he was affected by this mistake and was trying to do the right thing.

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Prairie chicken quandary getting Minnesota DNR’s attention

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Minnesota DNR officials have seen a steady decline in the prairie chicken population in northwestern Minnesota in recent years.
Emily Hutchins, DNR Erskine assistant area wildlife manager, said there are numerous factors causing the decline, including weather, habitat, and management. Along with the population drop, the DNR is seeing more hybrids of prairie chickens and sharp-tailed grouse, which makes the future of prairie chickens in Minnesota unpredictable.

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Questions surround ice-fishing tournaments in Minnesota due to poor conditions

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Imagine it’s early January and you’re getting ready to go fishing. Typically, you’re packing ice-fishing rods, a portable shelter, an ice auger, and a fish finder.
In 2024, anglers in the central and southern parts of Minnesota still could be using boats and open-water gear. It’s been a unique season thus far for Minnesota ice fishing, and many ice-fishing tournaments organizers who are embracing the uniqueness. Others are pivoting based on weather forecasts for the next couple of weeks.

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