
Study tracks Minnesota’s small mammals
Researchers are conducting a statewide survey of Minnesota’s small mammals, using new technology to better understand species populations, ecosystem health, and the role small mammals play in spreading disease.

Researchers are conducting a statewide survey of Minnesota’s small mammals, using new technology to better understand species populations, ecosystem health, and the role small mammals play in spreading disease.

Tim Lesmeister and Rob Drieslein start the show with their first and mostly positive impressions of the Minnesota DNR’s new electronic licensing system, then they share final spring turkey hunting numbers from Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Not that long ago, the Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame put together its list of the 100 greatest fishing lures of all time. Tim Lesmeister opines on whether or not they got it right.

After several months of intensive training, two new dog/handler teams have earned their detection certification and joined the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ K9 Unit.
The two teams – Conservation Officer Matt Brodin and

Flying over Minnesota lakes, conservation officer pilots help ensure accurate data collection for creel surveys on some of the state’s most popular waterways.
Brianna Shaw, a Minnesota state conservation officer pilot, is a newer

Got out for a morning of fishing on Pool 5A of the Mississippi River in Minnesota last Saturday with my dad and three of my kids.
Angling started slow, then for a solid 20

More than 40 fawns have been fitted with tracking collars as part of the second part of a management study examining factors that affect deer populations in northeastern Minnesota.
The study is taking place

Three canoers were recently rescued from the Boundary Waters. Tim Lesmeister explains the two things they did right, and the one thing they were missing.

A copy of ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ found in Rochester gets the Nobel treatment
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