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As long as you can walk quietly, or move quietly while slipping along on your hands and knees, spring turkey hunting can be equal parts offense and defense. You don’t need a tree wider than

Editor St. Paul Minnesota DNR Commissioner Gene Merriam met with Minnesota Waterfowl Association President Bruce Philipson last week to discuss DNR concerns with a recent legislative audit of the conservation group. At the meeting, Merriam

Associate Editor Minneapolis The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced last week that gray wolves in the United States have been federally reclassified from “endangered” to “threatened.” That did little to affect wolf management in

April 5-6: 11th Annual Spring Shotgun Show, Rice Creek Hunting & Rec, Little Falls. For more info see www.ricecreekhunting.com or call 320-745-2232. April 5-6: Viking Woodcarvers 2003 Spring Show & Sale, Har Mar Mall, Roseville.

Associate Editor St. Paul An elk traced from a Minnesota farm near Sauk Centre, where a female elk in January tested positive for chronic wasting disease, has tested positive for the fatal cervid disease in

State wildfire information officer Jean Bergerson says the spring fire season has already begun. “We’re earlier than normal,” she says. “We have moderate drought conditions statewide.” Last weekend, at least 27 fires burned over 1,200

That’s the largest weekly increase in the number of deer found with the disease that the DNR has reported as it has been trying to pinpoint how widespread the disease is in the herd. The

Up-to-date information about trail closings, updated weekly on Thursday afternoons, is available on the DNR web site at www.dnr.state.mn.us or by calling the DNR Information Center at (651) 296-6157 or toll free 1-888-MINNDNR (646-6367).

Field Editor Perham, Minn. After a lengthy public hearing on March 19, the Otter Tail County Planning and Zoning Commission voted 7-3 not to recommend the county board require an environmental impact statement (EIS) for