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Life for a 2026 Farm Bill? Conservation officials ‘cautiously optimistic’

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U.S. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.) informed his Republican colleagues that he hopes to mark up a new federal Farm Bill the last week of February, a development that has national conservation officials cautiously optimistic that a new bill could pass this year.
The blueprint is expected to be similar to the bill approved by the agricultural committee in spring 2024, conservation officials say.

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Looking for huge spring flocks? Here are four destinations to hunt north-bound snow geese

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Like clockwork every late winter and early spring, millions of snow geese begin their grueling 3,000-mile-plus journey from their wintering areas in the southern United States to their Canadian arctic breeding grounds.
The winged push north – the arduous prelude to nesting season – is a stunning aerial display that defies description, an outdoors attraction that spring snow goose hunters participating in the federal spring “conservation order” relish.

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Public comment sought as Minnesota reviews groundwater protection

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Minnesota Trout Unlimited and other state clean water advocacy organizations are encouraging the public to submit written comments to the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) as the agency reviews the state’s groundwater protection rule to determine if it’s adequate to protect Minnesota’s waters from nitrate pollution.

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Minnesota DNR solicits comments on Robbins Marsh project, as feds plan drawdown at Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge

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The Minnesota DNR is accepting public comment through Feb. 7 on a proposed plan that would designate Robbins Marsh in Murray County – a popular regional waterfowling destination – as a wildlife lake.
State officials say the wildlife lake designation is important for shallow-lake management because it gives the DNR legal authority to use a water-control structure for temporary water-level drawdowns. The proposed project, if approved, would include building and operating such a structure.

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As new ice anglers enter the fold, here’s a primer on proper etiquette

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The conservation officer wasn’t pleased. Nor were the ice anglers who happened by that winter afternoon.
The site: a Mississippi River backwater near Wabasha in southeastern Minnesota, a mile or so from a common entry point for anglers who were willing to get their cardio in by chasing bluegills, black crappies, perch, and northern pike.

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How was bird hunting in Minnesota in 2025? Some hits, and a few misses

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Bob St. Pierre had to get out one last time before Minnesota’s ruffed grouse season slammed shut at sunset on Jan. 4. After all, the iconic forest game bird he loves to hunt beckoned. So, on Jan. 2, he did.
“I tried to go hunting up near Hinckley. I had to get out one last time before the season closed,” said St. Pierre, the chief marketing and communications officer for St. Paul-based Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever. “But …”

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North Dakota’s Devils Lake to get stocked adult perch in spring ’26

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The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is putting the finishing touches on a plan to stock adult yellow perch into Devils Lake next spring, an effort that local tourism officials and area fishing guides advocated for during talks this summer with state natural resources officials, including department director Jeb Williams.

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Pheasant study from Minnesota looks at prevalence of neonicotinoids

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If you’ve hunted pheasants on a state wildlife management area in southwestern Minnesota during the past two years on or near the opener of the season, you may have happened upon a Minnesota DNR wildlife official with an odd request.
“We asked hunters if we could have one of their harvested birds,” said Steven Woodley, Minnesota DNR upland game research scientist, who works in the agency’s Madelia office. “We were looking for a donation.”
The pitch also came with an explanation.

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Late-season bird hunting creates enduring memories

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The weather provocateurs on the local TV news were giddy with anticipation last week, beating the drums like over-caffeinated jazz percussionists about the prospects of a second snowstorm in roughly a week.
A “long-duration winter system” had begun to settle in southern Minnesota, a wintry event that would eventually move north into the Twin Cities, ushering in periods of heavy snow, blustery winds, and “the coldest air of the season.”

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