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Tori McCormick

Minnesota wildlife officials dread the toll spring rains took on pheasants

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Scott Roemhildt has a June tradition of pheasant-watching as he drives to work. Cup of coffee in hand, he takes the “long way” to the office as he drives slowly on gravel roads in his native southern Minnesota.
“It’s something I’ve done for years, watching for pheasants in June, slowly driving the backroads,” said Roemhildt, Minnesota DNR southern region director and a devout pheasant hunter. “The hour after sunrise is a great time to see new broods as hens bring their chicks to gravel roads in the morning to warm up and dry off.”

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New law in Minnesota targets invasive ‘jumping’ worms

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They slither like a snake and frequently exhibit peculiar behavior when disturbed, often bouncing erratically and secreting a yellow mucus. They have a light-colored head that extends around their body and resembles a common nightcrawler, the iconic fishing bait sold at shops across Minnesota.
They’re called jumping worms, and they’re an invasive, nonnative earthworm that state officials say is detrimental to soil health, native forest plants and, by extension, some fish and wildlife. Starting July 1, the sale and possession of jumping worms was prohibited in Minnesota.

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Damage assessment to property, wildlife begins after flooding in Minnesota

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An angler casting to carp on a paved street in Faribault. Kayakers paddling through Valleyfair, the popular amusement park in Shakopee in the shadow of the Minnesota River.
Dead deer fawns – likely drowned – located as part of a Minnesota DNR research project. Storied duck camps on Heron Lake swimming in flood water. Manure pits reportedly overflowing at large feedlots in southern Minnesota.
The early-summer deluge of rain and recent flooding across roughly half of Minnesota after multiple years of drought has provided some bizarre and heartbreaking scenes the past two weeks.

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Bear population continues to expand across Minnesota

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When a black bear is spotted outside of its primary range in the northern third of the Minnesota – as has been the case recently in St. Cloud and locations south of the Twin Cities – the DNR’s state bear project leader, Andy Tri, generally hears about it.
Area DNR managers and others in the agency will alert him to the sightings. Social media posts have become commonplace, with a single bear-spotting resident turning the phenomenon into a Facebook talker. Invariably, Tri is asked a variation on a simple question: What are you going to do about it? The short answer: Nothing.

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Flooding in southern Minnesota impacting angling, wildlife

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If you talked to Minnesota fish and wildlife managers in early May, the scuttlebutt revolved around one word: drought. What a difference a few weeks – and several inches of rain throughout the region – makes.
Lakes, rivers, streams, and wetlands south of the Twin Cities are rising and flooding local communities, agricultural fields, and state and federal lands after roughly two weeks of persistent and sometimes heavy rains that dumped more than 10 inches in some parts of southern Minnesota.

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British versus all-American Labs: Both beloved, but with some differences hunters should understand

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He was a wealth of knowledge and exceedingly patient and kind in how he dispensed his waterfowling wisdom. We hunted together a handful of times, all water hunts with his stunning American black Lab – an extraordinarily well-trained and well-mannered retriever.

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CDC’s new canine import regulations upset dog breeders, owners

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The American Kennel Club, as well as some dog breeders and dog owners in the United States and Canada, are none too pleased with new requirements adopted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for bringing dogs into the United States.
The new regulations, which take effect Aug. 1, are a move by the CDC to prevent and deter the importation of dogs – especially dogs from high-risk countries – carrying canine rabies (DMRVV) and other diseases and pathogens that threaten public health.

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Fly fishing need not be intimidating; here’s where to start

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A couple of weeks ago, I exchanged emails with a fellow fly angler. He lamented about how his work life had conspired against him: He hadn’t been getting enough time on the water in recent years, and his skill level and overall knowledge of the sport was, in his words, “lagging far behind.”
“It’s disappointing,” he wrote.
Fly fishing isn’t inaccessible high art. The basics – especially casting – are easy and fun to learn. But as you get deeper into fly fishing, you realize you’re never done being a student.

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Duck seasons are set in Minnesota where the early teal hunt will continue

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The Minnesota DNR has set the state’s waterfowl-hunting seasons for 2024, including offering hunters a five-day early teal season, with its opener slated for Sunday, Sept. 1.
The backdrop of the early teal season follows three experimental seasons (2020-23) in which hunters had to meet compliance “performance” measures on so-called non-target bird species as outlined by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The potential effects on non-teal species have been a concern of waterfowl officials since the first experimental early teal seasons in the Central and Mississippi flyways in the mid-1960s.

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