
Hunting

Links to Prairie Chicken Story in May 4, 2012 Minnesota Outdoor News
For more information on greater prairie chickens, click here. To view a video of booming prairie chickens, click here. For additional viewing opportunities at the Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge near Crookston and the Nature

Minnesota approves hunting and fishing fee hike, wolf hunt
Fishing and hunting license fees would rise, and the first state-managed wolf hunting and trapping season would be held this fall

Walk-in access to Minnesota hunting land to double this fall
Funding likely available for third year, maybe fourth

Minnesota legacy bill awaits Governor Dayton’s signature
Lawmakers largely stayed true to the funding recommendations of the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council in a bill they approved last week

Sportsmen’s Heritage Act has fans and critics in Washington
When a bill – federal or otherwise – contains a hodge-podge of various ideas and changes, it’s bound to get mixed reviews.

Minnesota Senate approves hike in license fees
The state Senate on Monday approved a bill that would raise costs for fishing and hunting licenses, and establish a season for wolf hunting and trapping this fall.

Minnesota Outdoor Heritage Alliance leader Don McMillan dies at 74
When Dr. Don McMillan took the reins in 2007 as president of the Minnesota Outdoor Heritage Alliance, the man whose position he inherited didn’t think McMillan would amount to much

30-pound bighead carp caught in St. Croix River
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says a commercial fisherman caught a 30-pound bighead carp at the mouth of the St. Croix River near Prescott, Wis.