
Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Ikes’ ‘common-sense’ approach to lead ban makes no sense
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the April 18, 2025, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the April 18, 2025, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.

The Minnesota DNR has released more details regarding a wolf shot and killed in Fillmore County in early January.
DNR Enforcement’s incident report states that the kill is believed to have occurred around Jan.

The Minnesota DNR has completed upgrades at the Madison Lake Public Water Access, located on the east side of Madison Lake, east of the city of Mankato in Blue Earth County. The project is among

Spring has arrived, and higher water temperatures will start to push crappies and bluegills into staging areas near their spawning grounds. But, not yet. For most lakes, it has only been a few weeks, or

Crappies remain more deep than shallow this week. Here’s a look at the Minnesota fishing report on April 16, 2025.

After an almost three-hour meeting late last week, the Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy committee approved S.F. 2077, its omnibus package, sending it to the Senate Finance Committee.
Unlike the House environment committee,

Initial reports for sturgeon are excellent. Good numbers being caught and released. Anchored up in a hole or on the slope of a hole with a no-roll sinker and sturgeon rig is the ticket.

Jeff Broberg, 71, a clean water and trout fishing advocate and a giant on Minnesota’s conservation scene, died Saturday, April 12 from complications of pancreatic cancer.
In a Facebook post on March 29, Broberg

There’s no other season in fishing that rewards scouting, timing, and location knowledge as does spring. When it comes to chasing panfish – especially crappies and bluegills – it’s not just where you fish, but
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