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Minnesota elk hunters take eight for 10 during hunt

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While about 4,000 prospective elk hunters applied to hunt the species in northwestern Minnesota this year, Kelsie LaSharr, the DNR’s elk coordinator, says she’s still surprised by how many in Minnesota aren’t aware of the limited once-in-a-lifetime elk licenses available.
Further, when she sees the animals harvested, LaSharr says she’s more than impressed by the quality of the animals in that part of the state. This year, eight of 10 elk permits were filled, all of them by bull elk.

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Streams of Thought: Vacancies continue to hinder Minnesota DNR’s fisheries field offices

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There’s really not down time, so to speak, when it comes to the operations at Minnesota’s 29 area fisheries offices. That said, things get pretty serious about this time of year, when the task of removing fingerling-size walleyes from lakes and ponds for stocking in waters across the state gets underway.
It’s this stocking (and that of other fish species) upon which a healthy portion of the state’s half-million anglers rely.

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USFWS asks court to toss wolf-relisting ruling

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Friday, Sept. 13 asked the U.S. Court of Appeals to vacate a district court ruling that more than two years ago returned gray wolves outside the northern Rocky Mountains region to the endangered species list.
The relisting in February of 2022 resulted from a lawsuit filed by wolf protectionist groups and followed federal delisting of the species in 2020. Thereafter, several parties appealed the district court’s order to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The U.S. government joined the appeal in April of 2022.

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Streams of Thought: Lake sturgeon the coolest of our Minnesota fishes?

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I caught my first and only lake sturgeon many years ago on the St. Croix River somewhere east of Rock Creek. To say I was smitten by the smallish 36-incher might be taking things a bit too far, but to say I was enamored certainly wouldn’t be a misnomer.

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Minnesota citizen advisory group gives final report to DNR, state legislators

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In what will be its final report to the Minnesota DNR and state legislators, the members of the DNR’s citizen advisory group, the Game and Fish Budgetary Oversight Committee, recommended the agency continue to advocate for state wolf management, create a swan-hunting season, continue to seek long-term alternatives to keep healthy the Game and Fish Fund, and more.
Per 2024 legislation, the BOC, in its current form since 2011, will cease to exist, replaced by a DNR commissioner-appointed committee of at least 15 members – some of whom may come from the existing committees. The DNR currently is seeking applicants for the new committee.

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Streams of Thought: A brief reprieve from politics as Minnesota welcomes a new hunting season

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Let’s take a break, shall we, from politics, the relentless barrage of coverage and conversation of which has left folks, including me, overwhelmed and often agitated. How about a brief reprieve?
Hunting seasons, finally and mercifully, have arrived. Early waterfowl and bear hunting begin Sunday. Grouse, deer, and regular waterfowl seasons (and others slightly less attended) follow in mid-September. My October pheasant-hunting plans are in progress. Let us rejoice!

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Swans run down in Minnesota’s Wright County, DNR asking for information from the public

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The Minnesota DNR’s Law Enforcement Division is seeking information regarding who may have purposely used a vehicle to run down and kill five trumpeter swans – two adults and three juveniles – along Clementa Ave. NW, just south of County Road 39, in Wright County.

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Judge rules against deer farmers in ’23 lawsuit from Minnesota

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As Minnesota’s remaining deer farmers stare at an impending Sept. 1 deadline to adhere to new fencing requirements, a federal judge last week dealt the farmers another blow in dismissing a lawsuit aimed at 2023 and 2024 legislative actions regarding those farms, and in also denying a temporary injunction request targeting the new fencing rules.
John Tunheim, a U.S. district court judge, issued the ruling Aug. 14. An attorney for the Minnesota Deer Farmers Association immediately stated the group would appeal the ruling.

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Streams of Thought: A well-deserved honor for Minnesota’s Sand Dunes Gobblers Chapter of NWTF

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In the latest edition of Minnesota Outdoor News, you’ll find an excellent story written by an excellent writer about an excellent conservation group.
Again this year, it was my honor and privilege to make the call, this year to Nancy McLaughlin, of the Sand Dunes Gobblers Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation, to inform Nancy and members/volunteers that they’d been selected for our annual Outdoor Leaders Award. I hereby offer the chapter my sincere congratulations. Well deserved!

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Minnesota elk hunters take eight for 10 during hunt

Streams of Thought: Vacancies continue to hinder Minnesota DNR’s fisheries field offices

USFWS asks court to toss wolf-relisting ruling

Streams of Thought: Lake sturgeon the coolest of our Minnesota fishes?

Minnesota citizen advisory group gives final report to DNR, state legislators

Streams of Thought: A brief reprieve from politics as Minnesota welcomes a new hunting season

Swans run down in Minnesota’s Wright County, DNR asking for information from the public

Judge rules against deer farmers in ’23 lawsuit from Minnesota

Streams of Thought: A well-deserved honor for Minnesota’s Sand Dunes Gobblers Chapter of NWTF

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