Only Alabama had similar constitutional language on the books prior to Minnesota, and now 24 states have it, with Florida the latest, in 2024.
Outdoor Insights: A right to hunt and fish… with teeth? Read More »
Watching a hefty fish battle my 6-weight fly rod, I chuckled at my good fortune:
“Sometimes it pays to be the old guy.” The first to exit the campfire ring and march to my sleeping bag the evening before (at a still bright 10:30 p.m.) I awoke before anyone at 5:30 the next morning. That was partially because the Alaska sky already beamed bright overhead, and partially because, well, this 50-something doesn’t sleep like he did 20 years ago.
An unforgettable fishing trip reveals the risks of the Ambler Road project in Alaska Read More »
Last week, the Trump administration announced its plan to formally revoke the 25-year-old Roadless Rule, thereby ending protections for nearly 45 million acres of national forests.
The existing policy was working fine, which is why 99% of comments submitted last year on repealing the roadless rule supported keeping it intact. The roadless rule currently protects 62,000 acres (out of 2.84M acres) of national forest in Minnesota’s Superior and Chippewa.
Outdoor Insights: We don’t need more roads in wild places Read More »
Minnesota Outdoor News sponsored gubernatorial interviews at Game Fair the past two weekends. We published a transcript with DFL candidate Amy Klobuchar in last week’s edition, and you can see a transcript from the Saturday, Aug. 15 interview with Republican candidate Lisa Demuth here.
Watch complete videos of the interviews at the Outdoor News YouTube channel. To see their answers, read the edited transcripts or watch the videos, but here’s my quick take.
A rite of summer since 1982 kicks off Friday at the Armstrong Ranch in Ramsey, Minn., with the start of Game Fair. Reminder that among the excellent events out there, Outdoor News will host a candidate forum this Saturday, Aug. 8, at 11 a.m. with DFL gubernatorial candidate Amy Klobuchar.
We have been reaching out to the Republican candidates so that we can conduct a similar forum with that party’s choice on Aug. 14 or 15.
The existing six-bird bag limit with conditional sex and species limits – like two hen mallards, three wood ducks, two canvasbacks, etc. – would remain available, but when hunters buy their licenses in 2027, they could select the three-bird Tier 2 “splash duck” option.
Superior National Forest officials on Thursday announced they are extending the closure of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness for overnight users through Wednesday, July 29. But some areas may be opening by later next week.
Per an agency press release, forest officials say they anticipate the ability to open select portions of the BWCAW entry points in Minnesota’s Cook and Lake counties next week to overnight use – barring no significant wildfire activity over the upcoming weekend.
Boundary Waters update: Overnight closure remains in place through July 29 Read More »
Walking into a public lands panel last Saturday at the Izaak Walton League of America’s national convention in Bloomington, an ominous reality struck this 50-something: I was one of the younger people present.
That’s not a slam at the 300-plus hard-working volunteers who dedicated a summer weekend to promoting and advocating for the wild places where we hunt and fish. It’s simply a commentary on the health of the conservation movement and the demographics still fighting the good fight.
Tim Lesmeister and I devoted a segment to remembering Tom last week on Outdoor News Radio. Lesmeister recounted the tale of how Neustrom survived a gunshot as a Chicago police officer decades ago, before serving as a deputy with the Itasca County Sheriff’s Department.
Outdoor Insights: Minnesota loses a huge fishing advocate in Tom Neustrom Read More »
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