
Return of the extinct dire wolf? Not so fast…
Darkness has fallen, and you’re about to climb down from your deer stand on a freezing November night. Suddenly out of nowhere you hear an eerie howl… close, in the direction of your truck.

Darkness has fallen, and you’re about to climb down from your deer stand on a freezing November night. Suddenly out of nowhere you hear an eerie howl… close, in the direction of your truck.

A widely anticipated study will begin as soon as next month in an effort to determine if there is increased muskie mortality on Minnesota’s Leech Lake due to savvier angling pressure.
As a

Jim Brandenburg, whose humble beginnings in nature photography began in southwestern Minnesota and who would gain world acclaim through National Geographic and other publications, died April 4 at his Medina, Minn., home.
The 79-year-old

Thanks to generous volunteers, the Wildlife Habitat Conservation Society of McLeod County will continue to support habitat and access in Minnesota, even after sunsetting the organization.
Founded in 1985, the McLeod County Conservation Society

With just more than a month left in this year’s legislative session, House and Senate committees have received their proposed operating budget constraints for the upcoming biennium.
Facing the multi-billion-dollar deficit in coming years,

If there is such a thing as the perfect fishing lake, Lake Osakis might be it. This 6,389-acre system is about as fine a multi-species lake as you’ll ever find in which to drop a

Minnesota cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR conservation officers. These reports are from the April 11, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Minnesota published in the April 11, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.

The Minnesota DNR is taking public comment on a proposal that would adjust trout season dates for Lake Superior anglers and allow more harvest of Atlantic salmon.
The proposed rule revisions would change the
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