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Deer kill reduced in 2025 without southeast Minnesota culling

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In the ongoing effort to thwart the spread of chronic wasting disease in the state, Minnesota DNR-contracted federal sharpshooters “culled” 201 white-tailed deer in three locations this past winter, with one testing positive – that one in the Grand Rapids area.
Patrick Hagen, Minnesota DNR disease response coordinator, said “targeted culling” is a widely used management practice designed to slow the spread of CWD where it is known to exist.

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DNR has cormorant plan in place for Pelican Lake, an important walleye fishery in western Minnesota

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The Minnesota DNR has developed and implemented an adaptive monitoring and management plan for cormorants on Pelican Lake in Grant County – one of the area’s most popular walleye fisheries. 
The plan’s goal is to safeguard the walleye fishery while keeping close tabs on the lake’s cormorant colony, its population, and how it interacts with the lake’s walleye population. Cormorants are known fish predators.

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Game birds entering critical period when weather, habitat conditions dictate future hunter success

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As a dyed-in-the-wool pheasant, ruffed grouse, and quail hunter, Bob St. Pierre admits he pretty much has “bird on the brain” year-round.
As are other serious bird hunters, St. Pierre constantly monitors the weather and thinks about the welfare of the species he loves. That’s especially true during the winter and the current window of time that biologists call the spring nesting and summer brood-rearing season. 

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New visitor center highlights 50th anniversary of Minnesota’s Voyageurs National Park

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It’s going to be a celebratory summer at Voyageurs National Park – Minnesota’s only national park – in International Falls.
As federal park officials gear up to celebrate the VNP’s 50th anniversary, a new chapter in its history is being written. The Crane Lake Visitor Center, which has been in the works for several years, is opening at the end of May and will have a grand opening event June 6.

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Importance of CRP ‘can’t be overstated’ as Feds offer new signup opportunity

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency recently announced a new general and continuous sign-up period for the Conservation Reserve Program running through June 6.

“With 1.8 million acres available for all CRP enrollment this fiscal year, we are very aware that we are bumping up against the statutory 27-million-acre statutory cap,” said Bill Beam, of the Farm Service Agency. “Now more than ever, it’s important that the acres offered by landowners and those approved by USDA address our most critical natural resource concerns.”

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From Lake Superior to Lake Ontario, how and where to catch Chinooks — the ‘king’ of the Great Lakes

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It’s 87 degrees in early April near Pine Island, Fla., and veteran fishing guide and charter captain Troy Creasy is enjoying an early-evening splash of bourbon after a long day on the water.
He’s hot and tired, his voice trailing off occasionally as he makes small talk about how he’s procrastinating “a little bit” about completing the day’s final task: cleaning his boat for tomorrow’s guide trip as owner of High Adventure Sportfishing. Truth is, Creasy’s mind is back home in New York State. He’d rather be guiding on Lake Ontario, the freshwater oasis that’s seen a resurgence in Chinook salmon in particular in recent years.

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Minnesota waterfowl seasons set, with split shift in the southern zone

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The Minnesota DNR has released the season framework for the 2025 migratory bird-hunting seasons, and it includes one notable change to the duck season in the state’s southern zone.
This year’s 60-day duck season in the southern zone will run from Sept. 27 through Oct. 5, will close for 12 days, and then will continue from Oct. 18 through Dec. 7. Last year, the split closure was five days, and the season ended Nov. 24.

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Minnesota anglers await push of steelies along North Shore

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The spring steelhead run along the North Shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota has begun in earnest, with stream temperatures finally hitting the magic 40-degree benchmark in lower and middle shore waters.
The spring spawning run, which begins in the Duluth area and moves up the North Shore as stream temperatures gradually increase, is, however, well behind schedule for the popular sport compared with a typical year. 

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Riffles are magic: ‘Choppy water’ is paramount to trout production

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The steep valley eventually led to a winding trail that subtly stair-cased down to a breathtakingly beautiful and utterly secluded section of trout stream in western Wisconsin.
This was the late 1990s, an era during which I knew next to nothing about fly fishing, let alone the anatomy of a trout stream. I could identify a pool, but beyond that, not much else. That “choppy water” … I had no idea what it was or why it was important.

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