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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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Pheasants Forever appoints Sabin Adams as new state coordinator in Minnesota

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In physics, if an object is moving, it is said to have kinetic energy. Sabin Adams isn’t a physicist, but he is sympathetic to the principle, both personally and professionally.
“You could say I don’t like to sit around very much,” Adams said with a laugh.
On Tuesday morning, Adams, 33, who lives near Alexandria, began a new job as Minnesota state coordinator for Pheasants Forever and Quail, his fifth position with the “habitat organization” since joining its ranks in 2013 as a Farm Bill biologist in Todd County.

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Extensive Minnesota crappie study delves into the ‘cycles’ of this boom or bust species

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A new multi-year statewide fisheries research project regarding crappies might eventually shed light on the population dynamics of one of the Minnesota’s most popular, but understudied, game fish.
The study is being led by the Minnesota DNR’s fisheries research unit and will use fisheries staffers from across the state to collect crappies throughout Minnesota’s diverse lake regions. The goal is to collect as much “high-quality age information with consistent sampling techniques” during the spring, said Chris Smith, a DNR fisheries research biologist in Glenwood who’s leading the study.

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New Wildlife Management Area in Minnesota unveiled just miles from Rochester

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In a land deal that took roughly two years to complete, the new Moon Valley Wildlife Management Area near Rochester is now open for business.
The Nature Conservancy and Trust for Public Land recently donated the 420-acre tract in Olmsted County to the Minnesota DNR. State officials said they hope the new WMA near Byron will spur outdoor recreation among traditional users (hunters, anglers, and trappers), as well as nonconsumptive outdoor recreationists such as birders, hikers, wildlife photographers, and others.

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Federal funds will help enhance sturgeon passage in Minnesota’s Upper Otter Tail River

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Video of the happening was wildly viewed on social media and marked an important step in re-establishing the onceextirpated species that began with Minnesota DNR recovery efforts in the 1990s.

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