A Minnesota native is finding one hidden gem at a time, but don’t ask him where it is. He wants you to put in the work yourself.
Michael Wallace, 30, an angler and producer of UnReel Minnesota on YouTube, is popular on social media for his endeavors across Minnesota to find hidden angling gems.
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This Minnesota native has made it a tradition to visit the State Fair for more than five decades with family and friends. He makes three stops an absolute mission every year: Sweet Martha’s Cookies, a Dairy Barn malt, and renewing his Outdoor News subscription.
Bill Weber, 79, is a familiar face at the fairgrounds. He started his tradition when he was still in high school. Throughout the years, as his family grew, he shared the tradition with his two daughters and late wife.
Meet ‘Wild’ Bill Weber, a man who enjoys his big three at the Minnesota State Fair Read More »
Minnesota Pheasants Forever and the Minnesota Prairie Chicken Society have been working in partnership to restore lands in the state’s primary prairie chicken range for nearly a decade.
Sabin Adams, Minnesota state coordinator with Pheasants Forever, said efforts began in 2017. Through the partnership, he said, they have acquired lands suitable for prairie chicken habitat and worked to restore the native prairie grouse.
Partnerships help preserve public lands, habitat for Minnesota’s prairie chickens Read More »
A new Minnesota catch-and-release record is in the books as Ben Erb of Bemidji landed a 31 1⁄2-inch bowfin on the Mississippi River in Beltrami County July 3.
Erb generally practices catch-and-release. He said the bowfin is a relatively new species in the catch-and-release record books, having only been added a few years ago. But this isn’t the first time his name has sat atop the record list.
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For the past few weeks, Jason Moeckel has been tackling his new role as the Minnesota DNR Fish and Wildlife Division director after Kelly Straka stepped down from the job on Aug. 8.
“It’s been very exciting. It’s been a lot trying to absorb as much as I can. I’ve been getting briefed on a number of things and updates on various projects, activities, issues that we have that we’re managing as a division,” Moeckel said.
Meet Jason Moeckel, the Minnesota DNR’s new Fish and Wildlife Division leader Read More »
The Offal Wildlife Watching Project will return for its ninth year, adding small mammal trapping, disease testing, and a hunter survey.
Grace Milanowski, Offal Wildlife Watching Project coordinator at the University of Minnesota-Extension, said the project allows researchers to learn more about how gut piles left behind by deer hunters fit into the natural food web.
Minnesota’s offal wildlife project returns for year nine with some new initiatives Read More »
A piece of land on the Minnesota DNR’s to-sell list will instead have a public lands dedication celebration after area conservation groups worked to expand and restore the 293-acre Gleam Wildlife Management Area.
Ducks Unlimited and conservation partners will meet at Gleam WMA on Sept. 19 at 10:30 a.m. for a public dedication ceremony five miles west of Truman in Martin County.
Conservation groups restore Minnesota wetland, expand Gleam WMA Read More »
As waterfowl hunting begins, a few hot spots for hunters will look a little different this year, including Marsh and Lac qui Parle lakes in western Minnesota.
Walt Gessler, DNR wildlife manager at Lac qui Parle Wildlife Management Area, said Marsh Lake will be recovering from a planned drawdown. “Last year we had a pretty high water, and we hit trigger points in the management plan in Marsh Lake for initiating another drawdown,” Gessler said.
Reports of moose sightings outside their core range are increasing across northern Minnesota, but the Minnesota DNR says it is too early to determine whether there is an increase in the population.
Tom Gable, project lead of the Voyageurs Wolf Project at the University of Minnesota, said during the past decade, his cameras have been picking up and catching more moose outside their core range of Boundary Waters country in northeast Minnesota.
Do more sightings outside core range equal hope for Minnesota’s moose? Read More »
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