Many deer hunters and off-highway vehicle (OHV) riders will be out this weekend in northeastern Minnesota preparing for the Nov. 3 opening of the firearms deer season...

[Read the rest of this article...]

Minnesota’s two CL-215 aircraft left this morning for California to help fight the existing fires and also to work on initial attack (first fire response) in the Los Angeles/Burbank area, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). ..

[Read the rest of this article...]

Deer donated to food shelves will be processed at no cost to hunters this fall, thanks to a new program coordinated by the Minnesota departments of Natural Resources (DNR) and Agriculture...

[Read the rest of this article...]

Although most state park visitors associate camping with the season that runs from Memorial Day through Labor Day, Chuck Kartak, deputy director of Minnesota state parks, reminds people that excellent camping opportunities are available in state parks during the fall hunting seasons...

[Read the rest of this article...]

The feeding of deer and elk continues to be prohibited throughout much of northwestern Minnesota as the state remains vigilant about ensuring the health of these herds and agricultural livestock...

[Read the rest of this article...]

Deer hunters using firearms in the Moorhead area need to verify their hunting locations before going out in the field Nov. 3 because of an error in the 2007 Hunting Regulations Handbook, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources...

[Read the rest of this article...]

Archers took 231 deer during the first two-day bow hunt held Oct. 18-19, at Camp Ripley Military Reservation near Little Falls...

[Read the rest of this article...]

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Tower Area Fisheries Office announces the opening of Whitefish/Cisco netting on the following lakes...

[Read the rest of this article...]

The 2007 bulls-only moose-hunting season in northeastern Minnesota ended Sunday Oct. 14. Hunters registered 115 bull moose at nine registration stations scattered across Cook, Lake and St. Louis counties over the 16-day season. This compares with 159 moose (bulls and cows) harvested in northeastern Minnesota in 2006, 163 in 2005, and 149 in 2004...

[Read the rest of this article...]

Being Minnesotan means hunting, fishing, boating, camping, exploring the great outdoors, right? Well, maybe not so much anymore...

[Read the rest of this article...]

Anglers who visit Leech Lake in the coming years should expect some good fishing, according to Harlan Fierstine, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) fisheries supervisor in Walker...

[Read the rest of this article...]

Anglers from Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, and Florida face $14,000 in fines and restitution for more than the legal limit of fish in Minnesota.

A Sept. 20 call to the Turn In Poacher (TIP) hotline led DNR conservation officers (CO) to four fisherman in possession of 240 perch over the legal limit. The legal limit for perch in Minnesota is 20 per day and 40 in possession...

[Read the rest of this article...]

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Grand Rapids area fisheries office has announced the dates for sport netting whitefish and cisco on area lakes...

[Read the rest of this article...]

In an effort to improve brushland habitat on private land in northwestern Minnesota, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has partnered with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to provide funding to qualifying landowners for brushland management...

[Read the rest of this article...]

While the walleye population in Lake Mille Lacs remains healthy, it may be smaller than expected, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

This fact was discovered during recent routine test netting to monitor the size and abundance of walleye. The DNR reports near-shore test nets caught only half as many walleye as the long-term average from 1983-2006. Nets placed in deeper water also caught fewer walleye than previous years...

[Read the rest of this article...]