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Snow geese making their way across North Dakota
Duck hunting may be closed for another six months, but waterfowl hunters still have a reason to take to the water and fields with their shotguns. The Spring Light Goose Conservation Order offers an opportunity

Minnesota becomes the 20th state with an outdoor recreation office
The Minnesota Outdoor Recreation Industry Partnership (ORIP) is nearly halfway through its first year of formation. Randolph Briley, the state’s deputy director of outdoor recreation, is focused on laying the foundation and building up for
Minnesota Mixed Bag: Northwest Sportshow kicks off Thursday in Minneapolis
The Northwest Sportshow, presented by Progressive, will be on location at the Minneapolis Convention Center, March 14-17.

Commentary: Bill to transfer Minnesota’s White Earth State Forest land to tribe divisive, unpopular, unnecessary
A new bill has come to my attention, and the ramifications are concerning. I believe the public deserves to know about it before the bill goes anywhere. Sen. Mary Kunesh, DFL-New Brighton, has recently introduced

Streams of Thought: Transfer of more Minnesota state lands to tribes could have widespread implications
State legislators often are accused of much taking as sessions progress – your money (taxes), gun rights, just to name a couple. But would it make you feel better to know the elected have been

Two state forests among proposed land transfers to tribes in Minnesota
Legislation offered earlier this week by seven Minnesota House DFLers seeks to transfer state forest and other DNR-administered land surrounding Upper Red Lake to Red Lake Nation, the potential implications of which on area landowners,

No major changes proposed for Michigan elk hunting season
Michigan’s elk season lengths and quotas would go unchanged for the next two years under a proposal being considered by the state Natural Resources Commission.
Commissioners are vetting a proposal from the Department of

Commentary: Increasing Michigan’s Upper Peninsula bear licenses would benefit the deer herd
Increasing the Upper Peninsula bear harvest by issuing more bear licenses will increase recruitment of fawns, thereby increasing the white-tailed deer population.
Black bears are major predators on fawns. Retired DNR deer researcher John

Pennsylvania call maker Michael Lapp receives prestigious NWTF award
Pennsylvania is known for having some of the best turkey callers and turkey hunters in the country.
So it’s perhaps not surprising that the Keystone State is also home to some of the best