Minnesota

By Joe Albert Staff Writer Grand Rapids, Minn. – If it seems like conservation officers in the state are spending more time on wetland violations, it’s because they are. Beginning April 1, the DNR began

By Joe Albert Staff Writer Duluth, Minn. – In 1983, Lake Bemidji experienced a massive die-off of tullibees, with a total kill of about a quarter-million fish. Given the heat that’s encompassed the state of

By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Rochester, Minn. – Lack of water flow through Pool 5 of the Mississippi River has caused officials to at least temporarily abandon an attempt to draw down the pool, and

By Tim Spielman Associate Editor La Crosse, Wis. — After nearly four years of planning, public meetings (46 of them), revisions, and review of more than 3,200 comments, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on

By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul — The number of breeding mallards in Minnesota may be on the decline, but that doesn’t reflect what’s happening in the rest of their range. The number of

By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul — The DNR this week confirmed what pheasant hunters knew last fall: the 2005 season was a stellar one. With a kill of nearly 586,000 roosters, the fall