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Pheasant numbers decline 24 percent from last year

Madelia, Minn. – Cool, wet spring weather, combined with a net loss of grassland habitat in the state’s pheasant range, likely led to a 24-percent drop in the number of pheasants in the state. While

Scaup saga not over yet

Bemidji, Minn. – It’s not over until … well, the fat lady might be cuing up for sometime in mid-September. The DNR has continued this year’s letter-writing campaign to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

South Dakota pheasant counts increase again

Pierre, S.D. – Despite the loss of a quarter-million acres of CRP in 2007, the results of pheasant brood counts in South Dakota show a pheasant crop that’s the largest in 45 years. Statewide surveys

Amendment supporters dispute poll

St. Paul – Results of a new poll appear to show widespread opposition to the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment that will be on the ballot in November. The Minnesota Public Radio/Hubert H. Humphrey

Early goose season to kick off Sept. 6

St. Paul – Aside from a few localized areas of low water, and other locations where cool spring air and rain may have influenced brood sizes, there’s little reason to expect anything less than a

Turkey hunter gets jail, probation

Gaylord, Minn. – A Belle Plaine man was sentenced earlier this week to up to 10 years probation, including 30 days in jail, for shooting and killing his 8-year-old son in an April turkey-hunting accident.

Details emerge in eagle-killing case

Isle, Minn. – Federal and state officials kept mum for more than a week about an October 2007 eagle killing that led to a guilty plea by Katherine Tramm and a $2,500 fine. The story

Potential heritage council members can apply now

St. Paul – A vote on dedicated funding still is months away, but applications already are being taken for a council that would advise lawmakers on how to spend about $91 million a year in

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