Hunting
Minnesota deer harvest climbs 8 percent in 2010
Ideal hunting weather during the opening weekend of Minnesota’s firearms deer season helped hunters harvest 207,000 deer during the 2010 season, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). This is an 8 percent
Preliminary test identifies CWD-positive wild deer in southeast Minnesota
A preliminary screening test strongly indicates that a deer harvested by a hunter last November near Pine Island in southeast Minnesota had Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
Wyoming ‘Constitutional Carry’ Legislation Moves on to Senate
The state of Wyoming is making a bid to join three other states in allowing law-abiding citizens to carry concealed handguns without a permit. So-called ‘constitutional carry’ legislation is on the books in Vermont, Arizona,
MN: Report fuels land funding debate
St. Paul – Public land has been a hot topic in recent years, and the conversation often has centered around management of land the DNR already owns, and acquisition of more. It’s a topic that
MN: A severe winter for deer? Wait and see
Grand Rapids, Minn. – Calls to the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association office about winter and deer began in December, just after deep snow hit the southern part of the state. The calls have not abated.
MN: MWA’s annual Symposium, Hall of Fame set for Feb. 5
Hopkins, Minn. – The duck season may be months away, but waterfowlers should mark this date on their calendars: Saturday, Feb. 5. That’s the date of the 14th annual Minnesota Waterfowl Symposium, and the day
MI: Long-time staffers opt for early out
Lansing – An early retirement incentive offered by the state prompted more than 10 percent of the employees in the Department of Natural Resources and Environment to retire in 2010. In total, about 312 of
MI: Order will make feral hogs invasive species
Lansing – In one of her last orders as director of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Rebecca Humphries signed the Invasive Species Order Amendment 1 of 2010, which would classify feral swine as
MI: Testing finds no CWD in state’s deer herd
Lansing – After three years of aggressive testing, state veterinarians have not found any chronic wasting disease in the state’s free-ranging white-tailed deer herd. The majority of deer tested each year – for CWD, bovine
