Fishing

St. Charles, Minn. – DNR fisheries officials were back in the field earlier this week, assessing once again the damage done to the Whitewater River’s fishery in the wake of a fire that destroyed a

St. Paul – An amendment to a bill approved last week by a House committee would remove former state Sen. Bob Lessard’s name from the council that bears it. The measure is part of a

St. Paul – Given a May 18 adjournment, state lawmakers have about a month to finalize a budget that’s likely to include painful cuts in many areas. They also have to decide how exactly to

Middle River, Minn. – For a while, it looked like this might be the first year since bovine tuberculosis was discovered in deer in the northwest that no animals tested positive. That apparently won’t be

Duluth, Minn. – DNR Fisheries is now taking and weighing public comments on a number of suggested changes to rules governing fishing – some commercial, some recreational – on Lake Superior. And in one case,

St. Paul – Nearly a year ago, the Legislature authorized $20 million in bonds to purchase a new state park along the shores of Lake Vermilion. Proponents of the northern Minnesota facility hailed the move,

Madelia, Minn. – When the first spring turkey season begins next Wednesday, it will mark the latest chapter in a hunt that, on many levels, has seen continuous growth. The number of permits that are

Tower, Minn. – It could be the end of the road for a proposal to allow an early season for deer in the Boundary Waters. The DNR took public comment on the idea at three