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Tamarack Nature Center is hosting a variety of special events and classes at: 5287 Otter Lake Road in White Bear Lake. A few are listed below. Contact Nikki Schneider at 651-407-5350 or log on to http://www.co.ramsey.mn.us/parks/tamarack for more information. Nov. 10: Deer Moon, learn more about this even toed ungulate and hike the trails in […]

New Ulm, Minn. Reports from opening weekend of the 2000 pheasant season revealed two common factors: high hunter participation and success dependent upon what portion of the pheasant range one hunted. As predicted prior to the opener, the west and southwest portions of the pheasant range provided ample shooting opportunities. According to Kevin Lines, DNR

Dec. 16-17: Minnesota Weapons Collectors Assn. will have a show at the St. Paul River Centre. For more info. call 612-721-8976. Jan. 26-27: Minnesota State Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation will be hosting their 6th Annual convention at the Kelly Inn Convention Center in St. Cloud. Show set up: Friday from 2 p.m.

The Okauchee Fishing Club meets at 7 p.m. at the Red Carpet West Allis, Lower Level Hall, 10901 W. Lapham Ave. on the first and third Tuesday of each month with a variety of speakers and subjects covering all aspects of fishing in Wisconsin. Guest fee $2. The Milwaukee Chapter of Muskies, Inc., meets the

Fall muskie fishermen never argue with Mother Nature during those years when the ice arrives later than normal. Fishing rivers for late fall muskies is one way to extend the season even a bit further. River fishing for muskies late in the fall is a matter of needing only a stout rod or two and

St. Paul The DNR has decided the best thing for the remaining 102,000 acres of “Con-Con” lands in northern Minnesota is continuation of the way it’s been managed for the past nine years as wildlife management area. Comments both written and spoken at four public meetings failed to convince officials otherwise. “We were looking for

ALGOMA AREA Anglers are still catching a good selection of trout and salmon off the breakwalls and there are quite a few fish in the Ahnapee River now. Use spawn sacs, marshmallows, Rebels, Rapalas and spoons in the morning and later afternoon. Algoma Area Chamber of Commerce hotline, (800) 626-3090. Billy Goat Bait & Tackle,

Washington, D.C. Conservationists are struggling to rally support for wildlife in the waning days of the 106th Congress. Despite widespread, bi-partisan congressional support, the Conservation and Reinvestment Act, hailed as the most significant wildlife legislation in a generation, was derailed in a backroom deal between the White House and congressional appropriators. The deal nearly eliminates

Toepher said Anderson had logged 23 years on chickens. Anderson has worked for years studying black bear movements and behavior. He also was involved in research on loons, wolves, sandhill crane migration, pesticides on Buena Vista Marsh, leopard frogs, Blanding’s turtles, wood turtles, fishers, the reintroduction of pine martens, a turkey project in the Nicolet