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DNR updating plans for elk management

Greenbush, Minn. – The DNR told landowners in the northwest part of the state it will update its elk management plan by this fall – and laid out its plans for doing so – at

Fire leads to fish kill

St. Charles, Minn. – DNR fisheries officials were back in the field earlier this week, assessing once again the damage done to the Whitewater River’s fishery in the wake of a fire that destroyed a

Big Six

LAKE_MILLE LACS East – Many of the bays are now open, but crappies have yet to be found. On the main lake, ice conditions are deteriorating quickly. The wind earlier this week busted up the

A clarification about tournaments

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

Good start for Minnesota turkey hunters

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

Comment period open for several fishing proposals

Duluth, Minn. – DNR Fisheries is now taking and weighing public comments on a number of suggested changes to rules governing fishing – some commercial, some recreational – on Lake Superior. And in one case,

Session enters its final month

St. Paul – Given a May 18 adjournment, state lawmakers have about a month to finalize a budget that’s likely to include painful cuts in many areas. They also have to decide how exactly to

Another whitetail apparently has bovine TB

Middle River, Minn. – For a while, it looked like this might be the first year since bovine tuberculosis was discovered in deer in the northwest that no animals tested positive. That apparently won’t be

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