The people and partnerships behind Minnesota’s 75-year-old Wildlife Management Area system
Tori McCormick
July 31, 2026
DNR events will highlight a WMA system encompassing nearly 1.4 million acres across 86 counties
Nature Page & Night Sky
Commentary: Latest Endangered Species Act rules equal open season on wildlife habitat
Devon Bowker
July 30, 2026
If your home was burned down, were you harmed? The answer is, of course, yes.
Left or right, red or blue, there are some things we can all agree are simply true. Yet the
Minnesota DNR drawing down Lake Henry to boost vegetation and ducks
Justin Runberg
July 30, 2026
Lake Henry near Cleveland in Minnesota’s Le Sueur County has an ongoing drawdown through next spring for habitat improvements after the DNR designated it as a wildlife lake earlier this year.
The lake is
Steve Pollick: Public fracking in Ohio brings up quagmire of issues
Steve Pollick
July 30, 2026
The trouble with fracking here in Ohio is that it is as much a political problem as it is an environmental one, and it’s not going away anytime soon.
Witness the recent “fine tuning”
Minnesota Mixed Bag: International Black Bear Show in Grand Rapids set for July 31 to Aug. 2
Staff and News Reports
July 29, 2026
Grand Rapids, Minn. — Mark your calendar for the International Black Bear Show, taking place July 31 to August 2 at the Yanner Arena in Grand Rapids.
Massive heat wave causes more fish kills across Minnesota
Justin Runberg
July 29, 2026
Statewide, the running tally of fish-kill events jumped 30% in a week earlier this month as water temperatures climbed into the 80s, killing thousands of fish across Minnesota.
Isaiah Tolo, fish health supervisor with
Tom Vorisek honored for dedication to Ohio Wildlife Council
Jane Beathard
July 29, 2026
Former Ohio Wildlife Council member Tom Vorisek received a Red Oak Leaf Award in recognition of his years of service to the council and to the state’s conservation efforts.
The Ohio native expressed gratitude
Notes off a soiled cuff: Marigolds a solid source of protein?
Jeff Mulhollem
July 29, 2026
Researchers at the University of Georgia’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences found that marigold flowers contain about the same amount of protein as conventional plant protein sources like quinoa.
U.S. Forest Service reopening 41 Boundary Waters entry points on July 30
Staff Report
July 28, 2026
Portions of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness are reopening to overnight visitors starting Thursday, July 30, a little more than two weeks after a huge surge of wildfires prompted the U.S. Forest Service to
