Minnesota’s Outdoor Calendar
Staff Report
September 17, 2025
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Minnesota published in the Sept. 19, 2025 edition of Outdoor News.
Hunting
Minnesota Cuffs & Collars: Boat operator apprehended after crash on Lake of the Woods
Staff Report
September 17, 2025
Minnesota cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR conservation officers. These reports are from the Sept. 19, 2025 edition of Outdoor News.
Interior wants to nix rule that made conservation a ‘use’ of public lands
Matthew Brown
September 17, 2025
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Sept. 10 proposed canceling a public land-management rule that put conservation on equal footing with development, as President Donald Trump’s administration seeks to open more taxpayer-owned tracts to drilling, logging,
Minnesota Mixed Bag: DNR asks upland bird hunters to voluntarily log hunting activities
Staff and News Reports
September 17, 2025
The Minnesota DNR is inviting upland bird hunters to voluntarily log details about their hunts for grouse, woodcock, pheasants, prairie chickens, and partridge.
“We’re working with bird hunters to improve our understanding of what
Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Walleye limit change? Where’s the data showing that it’s necessary?
Minnesota Letters To The Editor
September 17, 2025
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Sept. 19, 2025 edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.
Streams of Thought: Will audit of Minnesota timber harvest spur the DNR to emphasize wildlife again?
Tim Spielman
September 17, 2025
How Minnesota’s forested acres – on Wildlife Management Areas and in state forests, alike – are managed for timber harvest matters.
Few know that better than Tim Quincer who, on Sept. 9, retired as
Minnesota’s statewide fishing and hunting report on Sept. 17, 2025
Staff Report
September 17, 2025
Fish patterns haven’t changed as warm weather persists. A look at the Minnesota fishing and hunting report on Sept. 17, 2025.
Illinois’ Outdoor Calendar
Staff Report
September 17, 2025
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Illinois published in the Sept. 19, 2025 edition of Outdoor News.
Better things yet to come for Minnesota bowhunters after hot opening weekend
Tim Spielman
September 17, 2025
Archery deer hunting began last weekend – just in time for a September warmup that included temperatures that soared to around 90 degrees in southern parts of Minnesota, and lingered in the 80s for much
