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Associate Editor Fort Snelling, Minn. — Federal and state enforcement officers are seeking clues that will lead them to the person or persons who cut down a white pine containing a long-used bald eagle nest.

Applications can be made through the Electronic Licensing System (ELS) and are available from ELS agents throughout the state, plus the DNR License Center in St. Paul. Applications also may be made by calling 1-888-MNLICEN

A list of the guns being auctioned will be available on the Department of Administration web site www.mmd.admin.state.mn.us. The state auction hotline is (651) 296-1056. The Department of Administration has an online auction for surplus

ALEXANDRIA AREA All lakes are open, and the crappies have just started biting in shallow water. Oscar Lake presently is producing the best numbers on small minnows and bright-colored jigs. Look to the shallow bays

April 23-24: 13th Annual Rice Creek Hunting & Rec. Spring Gun Show, 8-5 p.m. each day, The Hunt Club, Little Falls. For more info call Joseph LeBlanc, 320-745-2232. Sept. 5-6: Commonwealth Sportsmen’s Club Sportsmans Show,

Twin Arrows 3D Range. Outdoor 3D shoot, 30 targets, easy walk trails, wheelchair friendly. Warm up for the IBO World Qualifier. 2005 Hoyt VTec giveaway. For more info call 1-866-679-3986. April 23-24: Twin Arrows 3D

Duluth News Tribune Duluth, Minn. (AP) — The primary goal of ice anglers at the mouth of the French River was to avoid joining the trout swimming below. The possibility of falling through the ice

May 5 – June 5: Rapids Riders “Canoe U” Whitewater Canoe and Kayak Instruction, Hyland, St. Croix and Willow River Parks. Training offered from basic to intermediate whitewater paddling with American Canoe Association certified instructors

Madison — More than 193,000 spring turkey permits have been issued for the spring turkey season, which will run in six, five-day periods beginning April 13 and ending May 22. “Turkey hunters can look forward