
Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Winnebago system’s annual sturgeon spearing season opens Saturday, Feb. 14
The 2026 Winnebago system sturgeon spearing season will open Saturday, Feb. 14, and will run for 16 days, or until harvest caps are met.
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The 2026 Winnebago system sturgeon spearing season will open Saturday, Feb. 14, and will run for 16 days, or until harvest caps are met.

Natural Resources Board (NRB) members expressed concerns similar to those expressed by citizens that the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is not doing enough to prevent invasive species from spreading to Wisconsin’s waters.
At

A town in the southern Adirondacks is considering a law that would regulate how property owners on two lakes in town can use “ice eaters” and bubblers to protect docks and shoreline in the winter

It was a foggy, drizzly-smeary kind of day, 50-ish by afternoon, unseasonably mild for the day after Christmas. Perfect time for a winter hike.
Shelly and Mark Goodman, veteran hikers and nature fans from

The Minnesota DNR held its annual roundtable event with nearly 400 stakeholders on Friday, Jan. 9, at the Heritage Center in Brooklyn Center.
The gathering provided some respite from current events given that attendees

St. Paul — The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is requesting written public comments to help determine whether the state’s Groundwater Protection Rule is adequate to protect Minnesota’s air, water, land, and other natural resources from

The 2026 Minnesota Sportsmen’s Show is set for Friday through Sunday at Canterbury Park in Shakopee.

On Dec. 4, after a longer wait than usual to learn the results, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released its annual Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Severity Index (SI) score for Western Lake Erie.<br

Research from Michigan State University is protecting the Great Lakes from a dangerous threat looming specifically in and around Lake Erie.
For roughly a decade, Michigan State scientists have been studying grass carp, one
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