Minnesota

By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Red Lake, Minn. – Red Lake tribal members would be allowed to take, by hook and line, 10 walleyes in waters of Upper and Lower Red lakes under a proposal

By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul – With the first legislative deadlines come and gone, four main conservation issues remain in play, as do a variety of smaller topics. The Clean Water Legacy Act

By Dale Wetzel Associated Press Grand Forks, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota cannot extend preferential duck hunting rights to resident landowners while denying the same benefits to property owners who live outside the state, a

By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Washington — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last week announced a new plan to remove the gray wolf from federal protection under the Endangered Species Act in Minnesota, as

By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul — Uncertainty still seems to reign at the Legislature regarding the future of dedicated funding – bills to do it evolve on a consistent basis – but two

By David Espo AP Special Correspondent Washington (AP) — President George W. Bush selected Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne as Interior secretary on Thursday, choosing a Westerner whose state is home to rich natural beauty as

Whitetail from western Minnesota farm By Joe Albert Staff Writer Madison, Minn. — A white-tailed deer on a farm in western Minnesota has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, the Minnesota Board of Animal Health