Fishing
Pheasant season ahead: Good, but not like 2007
Madelia, Minn. – Pheasant hunters are unlikely to surpass last year’s take of 655,000 birds, but officials expect this season, which begins Saturday, to be another good one. Opening weekend and the early days of
Amendment supporters confident about Nov. 4
St. Paul – Less than a month remains until a vote that’s been in the works for nearly a decade. On Nov. 4, voters will decide if they want to amend the state’s constitution and
Duck stamp festivities in Twin Cities all next week
Bloomington, Minn. -_Given the past successes of its artists, it seems only apropos that Minnesota host the Federal Duck Stamp contest – as supporters celebrate 75 years of the stamp – and the events that
Crossbows, archery flap coming to head
Harrisburg – This year’s archery season might be the last of its kind. Right now, hunters armed with vertical bows – be they compounds, recurves, or longbows – are roaming the woods, looking for white-tailed
Top DNR_Enforcement officer Hamm retires
St. Paul – Col. Mike Hamm, for five years the DNR’s chief conservation officer, has retired. Hamm filed for retirement last Friday, four months after he was placed on administrative leave while an investigation and
Court puts wolves back on ‘the list’
Washington – Wolves in the Midwest became subject to federal protection – and state management responsibility for the species was removed – when a U.S. District Court judge on Tuesday ordered the U.S. Fish and
Black Otter drawdown spawns a stocking experiment
Hortonville, Wis. – Black Otter Lake has a lot in common with a family goldfish tank. Every so often, it needs a good cleaning. So you draw off the water, put the fish in a
DNR seeks a 2 percent budget increase
Rothschild, Wis. – A new two-year 2 percent budget increase request from the DNR was tentatively approved by the Natural Resources Board at its Sept. 24 meeting, but will be reviewed by the board once
