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FARIBAULT AREA Muskie reports have been very good on French Lake. Topwater baits are working best on top of the weeds. Minnows are still producing walleyes on French Lake and Cannon Lake in three to

Splash guards are not anything new. I made my first set of splash guards out of a couple of semi-truck mud flaps back in the 1970s. I suppose I had read about them somewhere, or

St. Paul After an increase in 2003, state ruffed grouse counts showed a double-digit decline of 11 percent statewide this spring. Wildlife biologists with the Minnesota DNR say an unexpected drop in ruffed grouse survey

Field Editor The recent discovery of over 400 dead songbirds beneath the guy wires of an Anoka County communications tower was by no means the first “tower kill” reported in Minnesota, but DNR biologists say

125 crappies/102 bass discovered DNR Reports St. Paul A construction worker’s call of a freezer full of fish has led to gross overlimit charges against a St. Paul woman. The caller was renovating a residence

Staff Writer St. Paul For the tenth consecutive year, spring turkey hunters have set a harvest record. According to the DNR, the 2004 kill came out to 8,330 birds. That’s up from 2003, also a

It’s been a good spring for coho salmon fishermen off southern Wisconsin ports, with a few big steelhead and chinooks mixed in as well. Farther north, anglers were still waiting for more than the occasional

June 5: Friends of the Tuscobia Trail ATV Ride, Park Falls, refreshments at noon; register by contacting the Ladysmith DNR office, 715-532-3911 or e-mail: timothy.miller@dnr.state.wi.us. June 5: National Trails Day statewide, with events planned nationwide

“The Lower St. Croix Forest Legacy Area in Washington and Anoka counties is one of two new conservation areas in Minnesota recently activated by the U.S. Forest Service,” said Peggy Booth, the DNR’s community assistance