Anglers urged to follow new ‘close to home’ guidelines to minimize potential virus transmission.
New ‘close-to-home’ guidelines minimize potential virus transmission.
(Minnesota DNR)The Minnesota DNR and Minnesota Department of Health collaborated to create new outdoor recreation guidelines for use during the COVID-19 pandemic. These guidelines apply to both recreational facilities and the public and are based on Governor Walz’s Emergency Executive Order Allowing for Safe Outdoor Recreation (EO 20-38). Following these guidelines will help protect you and your fellow Minnesotans from this health threat. You…
Minnesota DNR cites COVID-19 social distancing protocols in canceling 2020 egg-take operations for walleyes, other species. Categories: Fishing, Minnesota Videos, News, Walleye, Walleye Videos Tags: Fish, Fish stocking, Fishing, Minnesota DNR
DNR: Missed year of stocking will have minimal long-term impact on angling, fish populations.
Large, common raptor sported a 26-year-old leg band.
73rd annual event postponed to May 6-9, 2021; 2020 fishing opener still scheduled May 9.
Another victory to environmental groups who oppose the project.
Additional regulation changes for trophy northern pike and bass.
State parks, recreation areas and public lands remain open.
Young buck was found nearly 100 miles from the state’s primary CWD area.
In response to this discovery, the DNR is working with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Wisconsin DNR and commercial fishing operators to conduct large-scale netting, studies of the captured carp and increased monitoring.
For the ninth year in a row, Minnesota’s moose population remains relatively stable, but reproductive success – one of the factors that has the greatest impact on moose survival over time – remains low.
This is the first comprehensive update of regulations on the Mississippi River border waters in nearly 70 years.
The DNR will expand deer feeding bans in central Minnesota starting today due to additional discoveries of chronic wasting disease in captive deer in late 2019.
The committee is one of several ways the DNR will work with the public in updating the plan.
Using conservation grant money awarded by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, land managers bring in goats with an appetite for buckthorn and its berries. The four-legged lawnmowers had no problem chowing down the invasive shrubs, a task that would have proven difficult for humans and their equipment.
But CWD was not detected in wild deer in central and north-central Minnesota.
Lottery application now only required for three large wildlife management areas.
Thirty-day prohibition follows positive deer on Douglas County farm.
The new MOU closely parallels previous 1999-2019 agreements that facilitated restoration of high-quality walleye fishing to Minnesota’s largest inland body of water. The agreement states that each entity will support the Red Lake Fisheries Technical Committee, a joint panel of experts that recommends policies and practices to maintain a healthy fishery.
Half a million Christmas trees are harvested each holiday season from private tree farms in Minnesota, contributing about $30 million to the state’s economy. For each tree harvested, one to three trees are planted. Real Christmas trees store carbon during their lifespan, and they can be chipped and used for mulch when the season is over, making them an environmentally friendly choice.
The Minnesota DNR recently appointed Aaron Wunrow as the Itasca State Park supervisor. “I’m awed and humbled to be a member of the Itasca State Park team,” said Wunrow. “The park is a special place with incredible natural and cultural resources, old growth forests and the Headwaters of the Mississippi River. One of my goals as park supervisor is to…
It’s the first time the virus has been confirmed to cause illness in a Minnesota wild animal.
In 2019, 105 samples from 10 sites were collected by Red Lake tribal biologists and processed by the Minnesota DNR. Four samples contained zebra mussel larvae – two from Upper Red Lake (above) and two from Lower Red Lake.Since confirming zebra mussel larvae in Red Lake in Beltrami County earlier this year, the Minnesota DNR and the Red Lake Band…
The DNR has confirmed zebra mussel larvae in water samples taken from one of three sites in Lake of the Woods on the northern Minnesota border. While no adult or juvenile zebra mussels have been reported, the number of larvae is substantial.
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