Fishing
Gun amendment hinders House G&F bill progress
St. Paul ’Äî An amendment sportsmen say is anti-gun has derailed a House bill containing a number of hunting and fishing provisions, at least temporarily. The House Finance Committee approved the amendment to the bill,
Forecast upbeat for 2009 opener
Hackensack, Minn. – The ice is gone, it’s not supposed to snow, there are minnows to be had, and gas prices are tolerable. Anglers have a lot more to be happy about as they head
CRP: addition by extension
Washington – Before 2009 draws to a close, nearly 4 million acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program are scheduled to expire, putting a serious dent in wildlife habitat across the United States. But federal
State environment budget bill approved, sent to guv
St. Paul ’Äî The DNR would see a General Fund reduction of about 5.5 percent during the next two years under an omnibus environment budget bill that was approved Monday and sent to Gov. Tim
‘Light’ goose population remains high
Minneapolis – Another spring light goose season – the result of an ongoing federal “conservation order” – wrapped up this week, but indications are that despite the efforts of hunters, the population of snows, blues,
DNR updating plans for elk management
Greenbush, Minn. – The DNR told landowners in the northwest part of the state it will update its elk management plan by this fall – and laid out its plans for doing so – at
Fire leads to fish kill
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
