
Minnesota DNR Enforcement names annual division award winners
St. Paul — In recognition of his outstanding overall career performance, the DNR Enforcement Division named Conservation Officer Patrick McGowan the 2025 Conservation Officer of the Year.

St. Paul — In recognition of his outstanding overall career performance, the DNR Enforcement Division named Conservation Officer Patrick McGowan the 2025 Conservation Officer of the Year.

The largest fly event in the Upper Midwest, the Great Waters Fly Expo, presented by Minnesota Trout Unlimited, runs this weekend, Friday through Sunday, March 13 to 15 at the Hamline University Walker Fieldhouse, 1550

An informational hearing at the Environment, Climate and Legacy Senate meeting on March 5 debated the future of lead ammunition and fishing tackle in Minnesota.
A number of organizations testified for and against removing

The spring snow goose migration is on – and it appears to be happening fast.
As of Tuesday morning, parts of the midcontinent flock of lesser snows are moving north quickly across several states,

From 2021 to 2023, the Minnesota DNR, Minnesota Department of Health, and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency tested white-tailed deer that live on or around sites with possible PFAS contaminants to discover if so-called “forever

Anglers on Minnesota’s Lake Mille Lacs will have the opportunity to harvest three walleyes starting on the fishing opener on Saturday, May 9. Harvested walleyes must be 17 inches or greater, with only one over

During spring 2025, a state-of-the-art, hunter-assisted research project called wildturkeyDNA was launched to begin assessing population genetics of wild turkeys.
Created through a partnership between the Wild Turkey Lab at the University of Georgia,

March is the month to connect with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ fisheries offices across the state. The agency is updating fisheries management plans for 197 lakes in 52 counties in 2026, and is

Tom wild turkeys soon will be strutting all over Minnesota as the birds become more aggressive in establishing a pecking order within flocks as the breeding season begins.
It’s also when videos emerge on
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