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Bob Meier stepping down as Minnesota DNR assistant commissioner

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Bob Meier, the Minnesota DNR’s longtime lead legislative liaison, will step down as assistant commissioner Nov. 11, DNR Commissioner Sarah Strommen announced today.
On Nov. 12, Meier will begin work as executive director for government relations at Minnesota State, the state system of colleges and universities. Meier has been a familiar face at the State Capitol going back to 1990 when he began as an intern in the office for then-State Sen. Bob Lessard.

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Outdoor Insights: Time to raise Minnesota fishing license fees for nonresidents? And more election season thoughts

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Quick comments on a few stories that have appeared in the news recently.
A buddy’s post on social media last weekend lamented the layers of permits and expense to hunt North Dakota for waterfowl these days. His post went viral among Minnesotans tired of how North Dakota treats nonresidents, especially given the one-zone, one-time waterfowl structure from 2025 that limits hunters to one area of the state for seven days.

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Outdoor Insights: Public pushback makes impact in Minnesota DNR’s ‘splash duck’ limit decision

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The Minnesota DNR surprised me last week by announcing that it will not pursue the “Tier 2” any-duck, three-bird bag limit option for the 2027 duck-hunting season.
The public comment period on the proposal, which would have existed in addition to a regular (presumably six-duck) bag, drew more than 1,000 public comments. They tilted slightly against the idea.

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A quick chat with Jim and Will Pattiz, brothers behind morethanjustparks.com

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Outdoor News has monitored the website Morethanjustparks.com with increasing frequency for its one-stop shopping content on America’s most important public properties. The site contains planning links for visiting national forests, refuges, and parks, as well as incredible photography and video that the two men behind the website – Will and Jim Pattiz, ages 35 and 34 – have produced the past 15 years.
The pair joined Outdoor News Radio for an interview recently, and an edited version follows.

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Outdoor Insights: Beast of a marathoner runs 26.2 miles (8,390 rods) with a canoe

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On Monday, Oct. 5, Travis Meier, 38, of Minneapolis, was fielding calls from Twin Cities media as well as the New York Times. God forbid anyone, including this scribe, give a guy a 24-hour break after hauling a 12-foot canoe 8,390 rods in six hours.
Originally from Winona, Meier completed the entire Twin Cities Marathon last Sunday, Oct. 4, while carrying an 18-pound Northstar carbon-fiber canoe.

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Outdoor Insights: Minnesota artists continue impressive run in federal duck stamp contest

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Congrats to Minnesota’s Bob Hautman on his fourth federal duck stamp win last week. His painting of a pair of long-tailed ducks (formerly known as oldsquaws) will appear on the 2027-28 migratory bird stamp.
Over the years, I’ve been fortunate to get to know all three of the Hautmans, and they’re great guys. But I may have a soft spot for Bob (a fellow Robert) in part because one of my early stories at Outdoor News back in 1997 was when he won his first federal contest.

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Minnesota artist Bob Hautman wins federal duck stamp contest for fourth time

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Minnesota’s own Bob Hautman, from Delano, won the 2026 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest today with his acrylic painting of a pair of long-tailed ducks. After two days of judging, the announcement happened at an in-person event and via livestream at Ducks Unlimited headquarters in Memphis.
Hautman’s artwork will become the 2027-2028 Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp, more commonly known as the Duck Stamp, which will go on sale in late June 2027.

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Outdoor Insights: Another liberal duck season for 2027?

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last week released its annual waterfowl population survey, and despite mallard numbers dropping below 6 million birds, the Adaptive Harvest Management formula is again recommending a liberal duck season for 2027.
For years we heard from the feds that robust mallard numbers helped maintain liberal seasons, even while other species struggled. Per the report, we have 5.86 million mallards this year, down 11% from 2025, 26% below their long-term average, and 49% below their 2016 peak.

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