Party platforms: Repealing Legacy Amendment, no net gain of public lands, and wolves
When candidates visit your doorstep this political season, note these natural resources problems in their party agendas.
Outdoor Websights by Rob Drieslein
Woman archer has über-close encounter with a North Dakota moose
The largest member of the deer family visits a whitetail hunter in her prairie ground blind.
Drought, fires mean tough year for ducks in an important waterfowling state
You can't say waterfowl without saying “water,” so it’s bad news when one of the nation’s most important duck refuges is bone dry. Also, closer to home, Minnesota wild ricers face a challenging 2022.
Game Fair candidate debate in 2022 hinges on Walz
Most election years, Game Fair has hosted candidate forums on natural resources topics, but organizers still are waiting to hear from the governor’s campaign this summer.
A compact game-changer with a big punch: Federal’s new 30 Super Carry
Minnesota’s own Federal Cartridge revolutionizes the personal defense, conceal carry marketplace with the 30 Super Carry in 2022.
U.S. House bill would eliminate Pittman-Robertson Act
Georgia congressman says 85-year-old act infringes on the Second Amendment.
Great literature and tipping the cap to fine American educators
Rehashing a column on a legendary writer, and honoring a commitment – 33 years late – to a remarkable high school English teacher.
Howard Vincent, Pheasants Forever CEO since 2000, announces retirement plans
Longtime conservation leader will hang up his spurs at National Pheasant Fest and Quail Classic 2023 next February.
Snowmobilers have close wolf encounter near Voyageurs National Park in northern Minnesota
Voyageurs Wolf Project researcher says he’s never seen a wild wolf approach people like this animal did last weekend.
When ‘our loons’ don’t look like Minnesota’s state bird
Common loon wintering range usually is a footnote when describing the birds, but they spend half their lives on America’s saltwater coasts.
Big woodpeckers and renewed life for Migratory Bird Treaty Act
Despite an extinction press release from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, some good conservation news has emerged from Washington D.C.
Letter from outdoors coalition demands moratorium on deer and elk farms in Minnesota
Organizations forming the new CWD Action Coalition include state and national groups and a Minnesota tribe
Idaho couple thrilled to pay for a uniquely Minnesota experience
Bluebird day greets husband and wife who purchased wild ricing day via BHA online auction.
Friends of Animals says it intends to drop federal duck stamp lawsuit
Comment period on Biden USFWS proposal to eliminate the duck stamp ‘hunting element’ ends July 23
How did your state senator vote on the deer farm moratorium?
Amendment that would have banned new deer farms in state of Minnesota failed last week on a 29-36 vote in state Senate.
Minnesota DNR shares names of ‘advisors’ on agency reinvestment plan
The 10 names of initial participants are split between men and women from public and private sectors.
Minnesota outdoors users should be monitoring critical habitat debate
Continuing negotiations demand the question: Why does the Minnesota DNR want to divert the critical habitat match?
International angling icon Ron Lindner passes at age 86
In his 50-plus-year career, the In-Fisherman co-founder touched almost every facet of the recreational sport-fishing business.
Hunter tags black bear in southeast Minnesota
Start of a trend? The hinterlands of the no-quota zone produces a tasty, corn-fed bear in Winona County.
Did Aldo Leopold actually build a Leopold bench?
Whether or not he designed his namesake seat, it’s still a fun, simple project to occupy the kids during this era of social distancing.
What's Going On With Your Minnesota Public Lands?
Rob Drieslein, the managing editor of Outdoor News was asked by Pheasants Forever to moderate a session that included five individuals to discuss threats and opportunities to public lands in Minnesota. If you missed the session at Pheasant Fest, you can now have a look and see what was talked about and discussed at this event.
CWD positives see a major jump up in the southeast
Though the numbers remain relatively small, chronic wasting disease positives in southeast Minnesota jumped 50 percent in 2019. One year blip or has critical mass arrived for the disease in the region?
Minnesota man releases bald eagle caught in a trap
Adult bird flew up into a tree afterwards and presumably survived.
About This Blog
Rob Drieslein has been a professional newspaper and magazine outdoors scribe in Minnesota since 1992. In 1997, he became editor of Minnesota Outdoor News and was named managing editor of the Outdoor News Publications in 2003. In addition to his editorial duties, Drieslein hosts Outdoor News Radio (syndicated by Learfield Communications), and he’s written for several national and regional magazines including Pheasants Forever, American Rifleman, and Northern Wilds. Living in the Twin Cities, Drieslein and his wife of 20 years, Annette, raise three sons and a daughter, all of whom enjoy canoe camping trips in the Boundary Waters, hiking, recreational shooting, and fishing Minnesota’s lakes and streams.
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