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Bloomington, Minn. — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released the harvest report for sandhill cranes, including the mid-continent population that is hunted in northwest Minnesota. Harvest in Minnesota was 247 birds in 2014, down from 378 in 2013, but that was largely a function of the DNR cutting the bag limit from two birds

  Washington — The long-awaited and decidedly divisive final “clean water rule” was announced by the U.S. Environmental Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, with both agencies promising the rule, as it pertains to the nation’s Clean Water Act, would “clearly protect from pollution and degradation the streams and wetlands that form the

Springfield —  The annual report on chronic wasting disease in Illinois’ deer herd is still weeks away, but there doesn’t appear to be any reason to expect a drastic change in the numbers. DNR’s report covers the fiscal year, so the FY2015 report will include confirmed cases from July 1, 2014, to June 30, 2015.