Hunting

By Joe AlbertAssociate Editor Bemidji, Minn. – After two years of four-bird limits, duck hunters this year can shoot six birds a day, beginning Saturday with the opening of the waterfowl season. Whether or not

State anglers, tribal fishers well short of 2007 open-water quotas By Tim SpielmanAssociate Editor Redby, Minn. – As state and Red Lake Band biologists assess the fish situation in Upper and Lower Red Lake, they

2007 elk-hunting parties go 3-for-3 By Tim SpielmanAssociate Editor Grand Rapids, Minn. – Perhaps the best news for Minnesota moose hunters whose hunt gets under way on Sept. 29 is temperatures are expected to be

By Tim SpielmanAssociate Editor Washington – Members of the U.S. Senate may not pass a far-ranging Farm Bill before the current five-year plan expires at the end of this month, but many conservation groups expect

By Joe AlbertAssociate Editor St. Paul – Whitewater State Park received heavy damage during flooding that ravaged parts of the southeast last month, and money allocated in a bill passed during last week’s special legislative

Netters’ total take below the 3,000 lake trout allocated By Joe AlbertAssociate Editor Grand Marais, Minn. – The result of legislation that passed earlier this year, commercial fishermen in the northernmost management section of Lake

By Joe AlbertAssociate Editor St. Paul – It looked promising early, and possible as of late, but dedicated funding will have to wait. Some proponents of the bill had urged lawmakers to include dedicated funding