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Big event for Minnesota waterfowlers as Duck Summit is set for March 27-28

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Should the daily bag limit of ducks be reduced? What’s the health status of Minnesota’s wetlands and other waterfowl habitat, as well as the ducks that breed in the state? Do hunters and waterfowl managers have differing viewpoints on ducks and duck management?
Those questions and many others are on the docket for the 2026 Minnesota Duck Summit, slated for March 27-28 in Nicollet, near the shores of hallowed Swan Lake.

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Minnesota trout anglers get early streamside start

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While the 2026 trout “harvest” opener for inland streams doesn’t commence until April 11, opportunities abound for stream-trout anglers over the next several weeks in southeast Minnesota.
The streams of the southeast Driftless Area are open to catch-and-release fishing until the opener. That includes some 750 miles teeming with brown trout, rainbows, and brookies.

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Snow geese advancing north fast, and more moisture needed to boost duck production

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The spring snow goose migration is on – and it appears to be happening fast.
As of Tuesday morning, parts of the midcontinent flock of lesser snows are moving north quickly across several states, buoyed by recent summer-like temperatures and stiff southern winds. With no discernible snowline to stop adult snow geese from migrating to their Canadian Arctic breeding grounds (a forecasted weekend snow storm could change that), waterfowlers should prepare to hunt sooner rather than later.

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Panel at Pheasant Fest discusses future of public lands in Minnesota

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Last Saturday afternoon at National Pheasant Fest and Quail Classic at the Minneapolis Convention Center, state and nonprofit conservation officials participated in a wide-ranging panel discussion on public lands, specifically how the state permanently protects and enhances upland habitat for public access in Minnesota.

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Minnesota celebrates 75 years of wildlife management areas: ‘Save the Wetlands’ to 1.38M acres

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Beginning Friday at National Pheasant Fest and Quail Classic at the Minneapolis Convention Center, the Minnesota DNR will kick off its year-long 75th anniversary celebration of the state’s much-envied wildlife management area (WMAs) system – a program that began as a way to save wetlands in era of breakneck drainage.
State officials say the 75th anniversary celebration, which will include events across Minnesota throughout 2026, highlights a system that protects wildlife habitat for future generations, provides access for hunting, fishing, trapping and other outdoor recreation, and promotes wildlife-based tourism across the state.

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Spring light goose orders kicking off in the Upper Midwest; here’s what conditions look like

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Even several years after his first spring snow goose hunt, Scott Doheny of New Prague, Minn., takes pleasure in recalling the details.
“We found a huge mass of feeding birds my first morning and set ourselves up to pass-shoot them,” said Doheny, an avid waterfowl hunter. “The fog that morning was thick, with very little breeze. I remember getting out of my truck and hearing them get up and start to peel off from the roost. It was deafening.”

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So you want to own a quality fly rod? Here’s what to consider

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It was a cold winter’s night in 1992.
My money clip was fat. I had finally saved enough random $10 and $20 bills for a purchase I had been pondering for months. A purchase, mind you, that would transform my outdoors life. The short backstory: Two years before, I had burned through “A River Runs Through It,” the classic novella by Norman Maclean, in less than a week.

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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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