Fishing
DNR, partners, restoring three southwest Minnesota lakes
Work is underway on three more southwestern Minnesota shallow lakes to improve water quality and waterfowl habitat. In a partnership effort between the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Ducks Unlimited (DU), and local conservation
DNR conservation officer has the right stuff to save a young man’slife
While Minnesotans hunkered down Tuesday evening for the coldest night of the season thus far, a Minnesota conservation officer braved dangerous temperatures, wind chills and freezing water to rescue a teenage boy from almost certain
Deer do not need supplemental feeding
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources wildlife managers are urging people not to feed deer this winter even though it may appear they need help to make it through the cold and snowy conditions. “Deer have
Idaho ready for wolf hunting season
Boise, Idaho (AP) — Idaho wildlife officials say they are prepared to manage gray wolves and open the state’s first hunting season on the predators as early as next fall. But they are also skeptical
Missouri continues losing prairie chickens
Lockwood, Mo. (AP) — Mike Theurer remembers that when he was a youngster, prairie chickens were abundant on the native grasslands around the family farm. “I know there was 100 within three or four miles,”
OHV recreation area expansion plans available for public review
A planned 2,500-acre addition to the Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area (OHVRA) just east of Virginia will be discussed a public meeting on Friday, Feb. 6, at 6 p.m. The OHVRA Advisory Committee and
Minnesota Legislature considering repeal of DNR land sale law
St. Paul, Minn. (AP) — There is growing support among state lawmakers to repeal a state law requiring the state wildlife agency to sell some state lands by June 30. State Sen. Ellen Anderson of
Snowmobiles and logging trucks don’t mix
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) urges snowmobilers to avoid riding on logging roads when loggers are working. “Having a loaded logging truck meet a snowmobile on a narrow winter road is dangerous,” said
Insurance group notes a sharp decline in the state’s deer herd
State College, Pa. – Pennsylvania sportsmen don’t need an insurance company to tell them there are fewer deer in the state than there were six years or so ago, but they may be interested to
