Minnesota’s Outdoor Calendar
Outdoor News
July 1, 2026
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Minnesota published in the July 3, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.
Hunting
Wisconsin DNR announces ’26 ruffed grouse and pheasant survey results
DNR Report
July 1, 2026
The Wisconsin DNR last week announced that 2026 data is now available from annual spring surveys of Wisconsin ruffed grouse and pheasant.
Pheasant observations were above the five-year average for the third consecutive year.
Proposed Federal data tracking plan on public lands raises red flags for some
Katie Hill
July 1, 2026
Federal natural resource agencies are accepting public comment on a proposal to increase public land user data tracking in 40 different pilot locations across the U.S. But members of the outdoors community find some of
New Senate Farm Bill draft would ‘modernize’ the CRP
Tori McCormick
July 1, 2026
In what has been anticipated for weeks, Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.), chairman of the Senate committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, released a federal farm bill draft with language in it that conservation officials say
Don Nyman to share trapline tips, tales at the 2026 Michigan’s UP Trappers Convention
Staff Report
July 1, 2026
Michigan trappers and trapping experts will trade stories and advice at the 2026 U.P. Trappers Convention and Outdoor Expo, set for July 10-11 at the UP State Fairgrounds in Escanaba.
Top trappers from the
Video: Easy steps to finding great whitetail setups
Eric Morken
June 30, 2026
With so much information at our fingertips today as whitetail hunters, it’s easy to take in a ton of information. Sometimes, especially for relatively new hunters, this can lead to a lot of second-guessing in
Michigan Mixed Bag: Trout Unlimited to study Big Creek Dam removal
Outdoor News
June 30, 2026
The DNR recently awarded a $75,000 grant to Michigan Trout Unlimited for a study of engineering, design and construction costs that will help provide information for removal of Big Creek Dam in Crawford County.
Ralph Loos: Mandatory reporting system offers good insight into Michigan’s turkey, deer harvest
Ralph Loos
June 30, 2026
Michigan’s turkey hunters followed some twists and turns on their way through the 2026 spring season – somewhat due to weather but mostly due to a significant overhaul of regulations and a whole set of
Jeff Frischkorn: Ohio DNR’s Put-In-Bay Aquatic Visitors Center well worth a visit
Jeff Frischkorn
June 30, 2026
After touring the T-shirt outlets and ordering a pizza, a visitor still has bunches left to do in this speck of a community on South Bass Island.
One can pay to see the
