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Minnesota High School Clay Target League slams new lead ammo prohibition bill

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The Minnesota State High School Clay Target League (MNSHSCTL) issued a statement this week citing its unease with new legislation in St. Paul that would prohibit lead ammunition and require nontoxic ammunition for school shooting sports.
House File 3813, authored by Rep. Patty Acomb, DFL-Minnetonka, and Senate File 3792, authored by Sen. Jennifer McEwen, DFL-Duluth, would prohibit lead ammunition and require nontoxic shot for the shooting sports league at practices, competitions, training, and other events.
The HF3813 and SF3792 bills also include details related to all Minnesota hunters and anglers.

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Minnesota DNR wants feedback on variety of fishing regulation changes

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The Minnesota DNR has released its 2024 fishing rules and regulations questionnaire to receive feedback from the public about possible fishing regulation changes. Shannon Fisher, DNR fisheries populations monitoring and regulations manager, said the process is in its early stages and all the agency wants right now is public feedback.

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Minnesota bills address White Earth State Forest transfer, native prairies, changes to deer firearms opener

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The first week of the Minnesota legislative session is in the books, and there were a handful of bills discussed at committee hearings as well as other bills introduced on the House and Senate floor last week.
The three bills brought up in the House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee’s first meeting of the session, on Feb. 14, centered on native prairies, game and fish licenses, and Legislative-Citizens Commission on Minnesota Resources recommendations.

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Turkeys, pheasants benefiting from mild Minnesota winter so far in 2024

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The 2022-23 and 2023-24 winter seasons have been complete opposites, and it’s allowed a couple of game bird species to increase their population, explore new locations, and provide a positive outlook for upcoming hunting seasons.
Nate Huck, Minnesota DNR resident game bird specialist, said wild turkeys and pheasants likely are benefiting from the mild winter, but ruffed grouse could be impacted by little snow in the forests.

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Minnesota’s Mille Lacs Lake sees 10% decrease in total harvest quota

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The Mille Lacs Lake fisheries advisory committee (MLFAC) met on Tuesday, Feb. 15, to discuss open water regulations for the lake and 2024’s allowable walleye harvest level. That level is down from last year.
The new safe allowable walleye harvest for state anglers and the Ojibwe bands is 157,500 pounds, down 10% from last year’s 175,000 pounds. Of that total, the state’s allocation is down from 100,300 pounds last year to 91,500 pounds this upcoming year, a 9% decrease.

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11 hunting incidents, no fatalities last season in Minnesota

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The Minnesota DNR has released its 2023 hunting incident report, and it shows 11 total hunting incidents and no hunting fatalities. Of the 11 incidents, six of them were self-inflicted, DNR officials say.
Jen Mueller, southwest regional training officer for the DNR’s Enforcement Division, said the DNR’s goal each year is no incidents or fatalities, and she believes continued hunter safety training can be crucial to reaching that goal in the future.

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Outdoor News asks state leaders what their priorities are in Minnesota’s ’24 legislative session

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As the calendar flipped to the new year, many state agencies and advocacy organizations focused attention to the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul. On Feb. 12, the Minnesota Legislature kicked off its 2024 session.
Outdoor News spoke to a handful of legislators, Minnesota DNR officials, and a few organization representatives within Minnesota to figure out what to expect and what the priorities are where each will focus.

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Legislative session under way with focus on Minnesota’s rough fish

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The Minnesota legislative session kicked off Monday, Feb. 12, at the State Capitol in St. Paul. As the session started, there were several bills introduced for further discussion by committees, and many of them applied to natural resources, the environment, or hunting and fishing.
One bill that hasn’t been introduced but is anticipated to come shortly focuses on native rough fish. The Minnesota DNR worked with experts and stakeholders to develop the Native Fish Conservation Report that it completed in December 2023.

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Minnesota’s Stop Carp Coalition plans to meet with Gov. Walz staff regarding carp barrier, action plan

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Organizations from Stop Carp Coalition will meet with staff from Gov. Tim Walz’s office on Monday, Feb. 12, to advocate for a carp deterrent at Lock and Dam 5 as well as the Minnesota DNR’s new Invasive Carp Action Plan.
Whitney Clark, executive director of Friends of the Mississippi River, said today that the organizations attending the meeting will include Friends of the Mississippi River, MN-FISH, Minnesota Lakes and Rivers Advocates, Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance, Trout Unlimited, Minnesota Conservation Federation, National Parks Conservation Association, and Conservation Minnesota. 

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