Opinion

All eyes this week are on the Cultural and Outdoor Resources Finance Division in the Minnesota House of Representatives. It’s this committee that will roll together all aspects of dedicated funding – habitat, clean water,

I wrote a story a couple of weeks ago about new fishing tournament rules being discussed at the state Legislature. Among the multiple provisions is the DNR could allow weigh-ins at public accesses. I then

Turkey hunters in Minnesota took more than 2,200 turkeys during the first season, which ran April 15-19. To give proper perspective to that figure, consider that in the years since the first turkey season in

Here are the details on the 2009 Lake Minnetonka Crappie Contest. I received them late yesterday afternoon – not in time for this week’s print edition of Outdoor News. Lord Fletcher’s is the host sponsor

My long-time friend in conservation Mike Sidders alerted me this afternoon to a baffling story involving radio blowhard Rush Limbaugh. The long and short of it: Limbaugh has cut public service announcements supporting the Humane

Bob Frye, a Pittsburg-based outdoors writer and correspondent for Pennsylvania Outdoor News, posted this fine column today. The middle nugget on the latest efforts by Humane Society of the United States should be of interest

Ducks Unlimited sent out this press release (pasted below) today, and if this passes, you’ll pay more to hunt ducks everywhere in the United States. Federal Duck Stamps currently cost $15, and this legislation would

Doug Smith at the Star Tribune this Thursday morning reports that a “dispute over land values” is endangering plans for a new state park along the southeast shore of Lake Vermilion. Hard to believe in