Minnesota Mixed Bag: Northwest Sportshow starts March 9 in Minneapolis
Staff Report
March 9, 2023
A look at outdoor news items from around Minnesota published in the March 10, 2023 edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.
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Fish kills possible as snow keeps coming, winter lingers in Minnesota
Brian Mozey
March 9, 2023
Minnesota DNR officials say they again anticipate winterkill in some lakes before spring. How bad will it be? Officials say they’ll better evaluate the situation post ice-out.
Beyond Minnesota: Wisconsin DNR plans to release wolf plan comments ‘eventually’
Staff Report
March 8, 2023
Wisconsin DNR agency spokesperson Katie Grant said in an email to The Associated Press that the DNR received about 4,000 comments and needed time to put them in a format that is easily accessible online.
Minnesota House committee OKs boating education bill
Tessa Pieper
March 8, 2023
The bill, as amended, was approved by the House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee last week. It now goes to the House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee.
Nine people rescued from ice on Mississippi’s Lake Pepin in Minnesota
Brian Mozey
March 8, 2023
Six adults and three children were rescued from a sheet of ice on Lake Pepin on Sunday night, according to the Goodhue County Sheriff’s Office. No injuries were reported.
Delta Waterfowl expands Hen House program into South Dakota
Staff Report
March 8, 2023
The organization is adding more than 2,000 nest structures in key duck breeding areas within the United States and Canada this winter.
United Prairie Foundation receives conservation award from Minnesota’s Fergus Falls Wetland Management District
Staff Report
March 8, 2023
The award celebrates individual and organizational efforts in promoting and providing conservation through effective partnership efforts with the district. Recipients must have made significant and visible contributions to conservation within the district’s five county jurisdiction
New report offers detailed peek inside Minnesota’s 2022 deer kill
Tim Spielman
March 8, 2023
Currently, about 28% of the deer kill in Minnesota occurs in the northwest, and 38% is in the central part of the state, which includes much of the southeast. About 19% of deer taken come
Minnesota bills introduced to renew state’s Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund
Brian Mozey
March 8, 2023
The Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund – which distributes lottery proceeds to the outdoors – is set to expire in 2025. But House and Senate bills have been introduced for trust fund renewal.
