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The event, a fund-raiser for the Minnesota Chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, is sponsored by Gander Mountain, Minn Kota, and Berkley. It runs from 12:01 a.m. to 2 p.m. Grand prize is a boat/trailer rig valued at more than $5,000. Other prizes will be awarded. Registration fee is $5. Crappies will be weighed […]

Applications can be made through the DNR’s Electronic Licensing System and are available from ELS agents throughout the state and at the DNR License Center at 500 Lafayette Road in St. Paul. Licenses for the no-quota area can be purchased directly at any ELS agent after Aug. 1. Bear license cost $39 for residents and

St. Paul A bill that would dedicate 3/16s of 1 percent of the state sales tax to hunting and fishing habitat, as well as parks, trails, and zoos in the state to the tune of about $115 million annually passed its first committee hurdle Tuesday. On a voice vote, the House Environment and Natural Resources

Attendance was about 100,500 campers, generating about $260,000 in receipts from camping fees, said Steve Simmer, DNR forest recreation specialist. State forest campgrounds offer more than 1,000 sites at 46 locations within the state’s 58 state forests. They’re considered more primitive than those sites at state park locations. For more information, see the DNR’s web

Fishers of Men Twin Cities meetings held the first Thursday of each month at 7 p.m., Berean Evangelical Free Church, 6625 Humboldt Ave. N., Brooklyn Center. For more info contact John Cummins at 763-323-9622 or www.fishfair.com. Fishers of Men East Central meetings held the second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m., Braham Covenant Church

St. Paul Early next month, the Minnesota DNR will interview several applicants interested in leading the agency’s Division of Forestry. Brad Moore, assistant DNR operations commissioner, said the agency likely will have from six to nine people vying for the position when it conducts interviews beginning April 6. The agency closed the filing period for

Travelling hunters and anglers are increasingly finding themselves the targets of new restrictions designed to limit and perhaps discourage nonresident hunting and fishing. This fall, resident pheasant hunters in South Dakota and Montana will have an opportunity to go afield for several days before nonresidents are allowed to hunt. North Dakotans are debating whether to

Madison All hunting and fishing licenses expire March 31. Licenses valid for the new license year starting April 1 are available now at more than 1,500 bait shops, sporting goods stores and DNR offices. Licenses also may be purchased by phone toll-free at (877) 945-4236 for the cost of the license plus a $3 handling

Ultralight aircraft would be used to teach young whoopers the migration route, should the proposed rule and draft environmental assessment be approved by the USFWS and its state partners. The birds would leave from Necedah National Wildlife Refuge in Wisconsin and fly to Chassahowitzka NWR in central Florida. Currently, there are about 250 whooping cranes