A little over a year after a $12 million carp deterrent project at the Mississippi River’s Lock and Dam 5 near Winona was approved by the Minnesota Legislature, Phase 1 is about to be in the rearview with more work to come.
“There’s a lot of anticipation around this project and, certainly, we’re excited to see the next steps,” said Kelly Pennington, Invasive Species Unit supervisor for the DNR.
After U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists tracked 10 tagged grass and silver carp to the Mississippi River’s Pool 8 near La Crosse, Wis., the Minnesota and Wisconsin departments of natural resources snapped into action at the end of June.
“They’ve been focusing on the Root River area since the tagged invasive carp were detected two weeks ago. The commercial fishers are there today,” Grace Loppnow, an invasive fish consultant for the Minnesota DNR, said Wednesday, July 9.
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This year and likely into the future, collaboration regarding northwestern Minnesota elk management between the state DNR and Red Lake Nation will be more intertwined, officials say.
On Thursday, June 12, both entities signed a memorandum of understanding that outlines the allowable total elk harvest for the 2025 hunting season and seeks to ensure that communication between the agencies increases related to elk management.
Throughout the past two decades, coho salmon die-offs as the fish ventured into urban waterways in the Pacific Northwest have perplexed researchers.
It was assumed some type of chemical leaching into waterways was the reason for the kills, which wasn’t confirmed until a 2021 study’s discovery that a chemical called 6PPD-quinone was the culprit. The reason the chemical went undetected for many years is because it wasn’t a common contaminant routinely searched for in waterways.
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At the end of June, Minnesota’s Legislative-Citizen Commission on Natural Resources heard presentations regarding 124 projects vying for approval this year. Commission decisions are expected later this summer.
The majority of the fish and wildlife-related projects were presented during the June 25-26 commission meetings during which project managers pitched their projects and fielded questions. Of the wide array of proposed projects seeking about $168 million, about $27 million of that is sought for various fish and wildlife projects.
A few years ago, when Minnesota foragers heard that there was a proposed regulation of a one-gallon-a-day limit of foraged goods from state parks, it prompted concern.
“I was puzzled. There’s some mushrooms that won’t even fit in a gallon (bag),” said Peter Martignacco, president of the Minnesota Mycological Society.
Martignacco added that it seemed evident that input from foragers wasn’t sought in drafting that plan. So he tried to work with the Minnesota DNR Parks and Trails Division on what logical and sustainable regulations could look like.
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As the Lake Minnetonka lake association and resident-managed lake improvement districts consider annual aquatic invasive vegetation treatment – and streamlining the process – in the west-metro lake’s Harrison Bay, debate has ignited among other lake recreators and residents.
“They’re kind of nuking these bays, and Harrison Bay is a prime example. … They’ve been doing that for three or four years now and there is literally no weeds in that bay, there is very little fish in that bay now,” said Brett Pioske, Lake Minnetonka fishing guide and co-owner of REL Fishing.
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The early-March deadline for the Minnesota DNR to roll out its revamped electronic license system for users to buy fishing and hunting licenses or register recreational vehicles has come and gone with no new system in place. And after missing the deadline, no new launch date has been set for the system to go live.
“In March, and at other points during this process, we identified some features that need some additional work ahead of launching the system.”
Minnesota DNR’s electronic license system launch date still to be determined Read More »
When you hear the words “golden shiners,” you likely think of the baitfish with which you’re trying to catch walleyes in summertime. But for some of the gals who participate in the Women Anglers of Minnesota, golden shiners has a different meaning.
“When women reach a certain age, a lot of times they can feel unseen or invisible, and when we recognized them, they kind of got teary-eyed, and it was a pretty cool moment,” said Michelle Morey, president of WAM.
‘Golden shiners’ give new meaning to fishing dedication for Women Anglers of Minnesota Read More »
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