“The number of breeding ducks in Minnesota and North America has been good in recent years, so we’re optimistic that will result in a good duck season,” said Steve Cordts, waterfowl specialist with the DNR. “Wetland habitat conditions and wild rice lakes are in pretty good shape. Canada goose populations remain high as well, so there’s lots of opportunity to hunt geese this fall.”
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Lance Morgan of North Branch has been named the Minnesota DNR Firearms Safety Volunteer Instructor of the Year for 2016. Morgan recently received his award at Game Fair, held near Anoka last month. Morgan has been a firearms safety instructor for 10 years and has worked to organize, teach and recruit youth hunters through the
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As a result of the review, the DNR plans to continue stocking fingerlings in some of these lakes at the same rate, but on other lakes anglers will benefit from actually reducing fingerling stocking rates, the agency says.
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Painting of white-winged scoter by Mark Thone will be featured on the 2018 Minnesota Migratory Waterfowl Stamp.
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The Minnesota DNR honored two youths for their outstanding conservation efforts during a ceremony Sept. 1, at the DNR volunteer outdoor stage at the Minnesota State Fair. Lawrence Mettler from Burtrum, Minn., in Todd County, received the 4-H award, and Gunnar Frahm from Silver Bay, Minn., in Lake County, received the Future Farmers of America
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DNR: Expect a near-perfect fall leaf season across Minnesota state parks and trails; color finder now live.
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Habitat concerns loom large in latest roadside survey report; 2017 pheasant index is 32 percent below the 10-year average and 62 percent below the long-term average.
State pheasant index down 26 percent from last year Read More »
Hunters who missed the lottery deadline for the Camp Ripley archery hunt may purchase surplus permits on a first-come first-served basis beginning noon on Friday, Sept. 15. Hunters who already received a permit will not be allowed to purchase a surplus permit. A total of 1,269 permits remain for the first hunt which runs Thursday,
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Up to now, relatively few people had the opportunity to wade through the remnant native prairie within 167 acres that Jerry Bue and his family owned near Marshall. But recently, Bue, 91, and his family donated the land, helping to make it part of Minnesota’s system of wildlife management areas (WMA), where anyone can hunt,
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