The 2021 statewide survey results for ruffed grouse were 1.3 drums per stop. The most recent peak in 2017 was 2.1 drums per stop. During the low point of the cycles, counts are typically about 0.8 drums per stop.
DNR: Management actions planned, including closing east-central hunting zone season
The invasive algae now confirmed in 18 of Minnesota’s 11,842 lakes.
State DNR and landowner now determining the next steps.
Once hunted to the brink of extinction, elk could be reintroduced to the forest in northeastern Minnesota.
The agency said in a statement that it’s taking longer than expected to update its 20-year-old wolf management plan, and it’s now expected to be done by March.
Beginning this year, the format of the hunt will change to a single three-day event happening Oct. 29-31.
Invasive algae found in Pimushe Lake in Beltrami County.
St. Paul — If you care to see what kinds of confrontations can develop between shoreline anglers and lakeshore property owners, just search YouTube.com. There’s no shortage of examples: an angler casting close to a dock, a dock owner offended by the proximity of the angler to his or her property, a shouting match. Who’s right? In most cases in Minnesota,…
As of June 16, as many as nine people have been victims of boating fatalities. That number, which is preliminary, marks the most fatalities at this point of the year in more than a decade.
The 10 names of initial participants are split between men and women from public and private sectors.
Advocates switching to DNR from BAH.
Gets 15 months after removing the head of a black bear on the Red Lake Indian Reservation.
Emergency action meant to provide time to understand connections between known CWD-positive farms and preventing additional transfers from potentially exposed farms.
Plan update may not be complete until next year; some wonder why.
Twelve additional white-tailed deer tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease in the infected Beltrami County farmed deer herd.
Sarah Grell, who was stationed in Grand Rapids and served as a conservation officer since 2005, died Monday in a two-vehicle crash.
License applications available now.
On April 23, Minnesota DNR received an anonymous tip about two dead bald eagles in a rural area near the Blackduck River in northwestern Minnesota.
34 silver carp captured in recent multi-agency operation.
Legislation in both the Senate and House would direct the Minnesota DNR commissioner to reduce the statewide walleye bag limit from six fish to four fish.
Underwater sound and electricity are used to drive the fish into nets.
Biologists with the Minnesota DNR will collect walleye eggs this spring; however, social distancing requirements mean this popular springtime activity will not be open for public viewing this year. Hatcheries, the destination for the eggs collected, also remain closed to the public. “Egg take operations are neat things to watch,” said Henry Drewes, northwest region fisheries supervisor. “But the closeness…
Contamination from long ago still holds risks for coastal areas of the Great Lakes.
First time for new method in Minnesota/Wisconsin waters.
Continuing negotiations demand the question: Why does the Minnesota DNR want to divert the critical habitat match?
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