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New Senate Farm Bill draft would ‘modernize’ the CRP

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In what has been anticipated for weeks, Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.), chairman of the Senate committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, released a federal farm bill draft with language in it that conservation officials say would modernize and improve the Conservation Reserve Program.
This spring, the U.S. House of Representatives passed its version of the federal farm bill (the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026), though that bill only reauthorized CRP at its current national allotment of 27 million acres. The differences on CRP would have to be worked out in conference committee, conservation officials say

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Outlook optimistic for Minnesota’s 2026 pheasant hatch

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During the past few weeks, pheasant chicks have started to show up more across pheasant country in Minnesota, with hens trying to steer their broods away from danger and into adulthood.
State wildlife officials say the survival of those tiny birds over the next several weeks directly will affect hunting this fall. Roughly 70% of annual hunter harvest each year comes from young-of-the-year roosters. And make no mistake: It’s a dangerous world for newly hatched pheasant chicks.

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Five hunting breeds that are great dogs in the field and the house

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My late grandfather, whom I called Buckeye, was a dyed-in-the wool bird hunter, a lethal wing-shooter, and a lover of good hunting dogs.
Growing up in the late 1970s, I vaguely remember one of his canines – a German shepherd and former police dog that, according to family lore, my grandfather trained for the field. The dog eventually became the neighborhood gun dog.

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Roadless Rule issue explodes in U.S. Congress

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Some former U.S. Forest Service chiefs and conservation-group leaders representing hunters and anglers are lambasting a last-minute “poison pill” amendment to a bipartisan fire-prevention bill that would roll back protections on millions of acres of roadless areas in national forests.
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) inserted the amendment to repeal the so-called roadless rule in the Wildfire Prevention Act, a previously bipartisan bill that passed out of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

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More ducks settled in Minnesota this spring

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Nine days of flying. Two weeks off. Two different planes. Variable wetland conditions statewide. Likely more settling ducks compared to last year.
Those are the broad strokes of what happened and what was observed during the state’s aerial spring waterfowl survey, which was completed by the Minnesota DNR near the end of May.
“I don’t want to say it was uneventful, because that wouldn’t be true,” said Bruce Davis, supervisor for the Minnesota DNR’s Wetland Wildlife Populations and Research Group in Bemidji, who, along with a pilot and a second observer, flew this year’s survey.

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How many pounds of fish are kept by Minnesota anglers? New research sheds light

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Here in the Land of 10,000 Lakes and sky-blue waters, Minnesota anglers are catching and keeping more fish – in fact, way more fish – than previously estimated by the Minnesota DNR.
That’s a conclusion of a new national study published in Fisheries, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Fisheries Society. The study, which was released in early May, found that Minnesota anglers are harvesting an estimated 80 million pounds of freshwater fish annually – a number that more than doubles the state’s 30-million-pound estimate from 2001.

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New habitat, public lands available northwest of metro in Minnesota

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It has become increasingly rare for conservation groups to acquire public land for outdoor recreational use as you get closer to the Twin Cities metropolitan area. But that’s precisely what happened recently in Wright County, roughly 30 minutes north of Minneapolis-St. Paul.
Nearly 400 additional acres – one state wildlife management area and one federal waterfowl production area (WPA) – were added to existing public lands and are now open for business.

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Meet Doug Hartke: Minnesota Outdoor News’ 2026 Person of the Year

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When Doug Hartke’s best friend took him duck hunting for the first time when he was a freshman in college, Hartke was well on his way to becoming a volunteer-conservationist par excellence.
Hartke, 59, of Sherburn, was already a member of the well-respected Fox Lake Conservation League (FLCL) in Martin County, located on the Minnesota-Iowa border. In fact, during his senior year in high school, he became a board member.

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Dam removal looks to benefit sportfish on southern Minnesota’s Cannon River

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Twenty-four Cannon River enthusiasts voiced their opinions at a public information meeting Monday night at the Waterville Events Center in southern Minnesota.
The topic focused on a dam-modification project designed to open several river miles to promote fish passage and improve public safety. The 90-minute meeting allowed attendees to ask questions and view preliminary designs about the so-called Cannon Fish Passage Project.

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