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Minnesota’s Walk-In Access program now for use beyond just hunting

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The Minnesota DNR’s Walk-In Access program is slated to have a similar amount of acreage available to hunters for the upcoming hunting seasons. But there’s a twist this year.
What’s new is that the program will expand, allowing bird watchers and photographers to access the 30,000 acres of available land to visit and explore.
“We’re hoping by the end of next year, we’ll have all the walk-in sites open to public users not just those select (locations) that were enrolled this year,” said Amber Knutson, WIA program coordinator for the DNR.

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Minnesota fisheries research manager aims to support scientists “in the trenches”

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For as long as Patrick Schmalz can remember, fishing has been a part of his life, including as he grew up in southeast Wisconsin.
But it wasn’t until he was in college, studying to become a pharmacist, when he realized he could turn that fun, fishing pastime into a career.
“I didn’t even know you could get into this for a field. I just grew up doing stuff like this. I was lucky to have my grandfather and my dad take me fishing because I love it,” Schmalz said.

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Minnesota DNR takes a cautious approach to 2024 deer hunting

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For the 2024 Minnesota deer-hunting season, the DNR has opted to not increase harvest limits in any deer permit areas as it looks to bolster deer populations in the near future.
“I think this is the first time we haven’t had an increase in a DPA in quite some time. So basically, the moral of the story is that we’re still being pretty conservative,” said Todd Froberg, the DNR’s big-game program coordinator.

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Minnesota’s Sportsmen for the Boundary Waters adopts Vermilion’s Pine Island WMA

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Adopting Pine Island Wildlife Management Area on Lake Vermilion was a move that made sense for Sportsmen for the Boundary Waters. Due to the WMA’s proximity to its namesake and the organization’s mission to support conservation in the region, leaders of the hunting and fishing group considered it a great opportunity.
“We’re really excited to kind of dip our toes into this new arena, and hopefully kind of hit northeast Minnesota from two fronts,” said Matthew Schultz, SFBW development and policy coordinator.

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Study shows fishers are migrating, adapting to southeast Minnesota

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After studying fishers in northern Minnesota for several years in the early 2000s, it was a surprise to DNR Research Scientist John Erb that he and his team observed them migrating south around a decade ago.

“I never really predicted the day that fishers would interact with opossums,” Erb said.
Upon further review, knowing fishers’ geographic footprint historically sprawled across the state, it seems obvious to him now that the species could once again reside outside the state’s northern forested zone. Because the dense, conifer-forested areas – where fishers reside in northern Minnesota – aren’t as robust in the south, it raised questions for scientists and ecologists.

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Minnesotans head West to battle massive wildfires

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To help 12 western states battle wildfires, Minnesota state agencies have deployed more than 100 firefighters as of July 24 to assist in the region’s fire-combat efforts.
The needs in Oregon, Colorado, California, Washington, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Arizona, New Mexico, Nebraska, Utah, and Nevada have grown as the fire season turned up the heat this summer.
“They’re drawing from a larger pool of national resources, and we’re seeing a greater shift that tends to draw in a little bit more help from Minnesota. And we’re able to support that because our fire needs, currently, are at a lower level,” said Leanne Langeberg, Interagency Fire Center public information officer.

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Northeast deer, walleye studies on table for Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources funds

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The Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources heard presentations in late June from around 120 applicants seeking a slice of the approximately $90 million pie for various studies and projects. The dollars come from the state’s Environment and Natural Resources Trust fund, via state lottery proceeds.
The commission officially will decide who receives how much at the end of this month, along with which projects won’t be funded. But with a slight uptick in funding this year, the fund is better situated to meet demand. In his almost 13 years of sitting on the commission as a governor-appointed citizen member, Dr. Bill Faber, of Central Lakes College in Brainerd, said, “This is far and away the most money, which is great.”

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Mapleton school in Minnesota repurposes retention pond for fish, providing educational and recreational opportunity

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When the Maple River School District began designing its new K-12 school building in Mapleton, Minn., middle school science teacher Collin Nienhaus seized the opportunity to create a “living classroom.”
Because stormwater retention ponds were necessary for the facility to store and filter stormwater runoff, Nienhaus requested the school district dig one of the retention ponds deep enough to support a fish population – and the district took the bait.

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The hunt for record-fish piques anglers’ interest in Minnesota after changes

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Steve Renneberg, owner of Arrowhead Outdoors in Ely, Minn., thinks the recent influx of record-contesting catches of big fish in the Boundary Water Canoe Area Wilderness during the past few months is a simple snapshot in time.
“We’ve always seen a lot of big ones up here,” Renneberg said. “I think it’s just kind of the popularity of the catch-and-release record that’s going on right now.”

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