The weeks leading up to Memorial Day are a time when many people begin taking their all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) out of the garage for the summer, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). It's also a time when the DNR reminds ATV owners and riders to ride safe …
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) fisheries biologists began an eight-year study in 2008 to determine the optimum number of walleye fry that should be stocked back into lakes where eggs are removed for stocking purposes. The first phase of the study focused on marking walleye fry using oxytetracycline (OTC) …
May is the month when most fawns are born. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is urging people to leave fawns and other wildlife alone. While a new fawn may appear helpless, it is important to stay away and not interfere with the doe's natural instinct for raising its …
Minnesota's first regulated wolf hunting and trapping season will be conducted this fall and winter. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is seeking public comment on details of the proposed season. Consistent with state law, the state's first regulated wolf season will start with the beginning of firearms deer …
Sometimes we become so accustomed to seeing the world in conventional ways, that we don't take the time to consider the consequences of that accepted vision, or the viewpoint of the influential people and enterprises that shape our world. This thought occurred to me one afternoon at my in-laws' lake …
Don't move a mussel. Or Eurasian watermilfoil, spiny waterfleas or any other Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) during the upcoming Memorial Day holiday weekend, advises the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). For this weekend and entire summer, the agency has considerably ramped up its boat inspections, enforcement efforts and educational …
ST. PAUL - With warmer weather bringing in the traditional summer outdoors activities, many families will head out to the rivers and lakes during the upcoming Memorial Day weekend. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wants to remind everyone to be safe as they enjoy their favorite water based activity …
A fisherman can draw from a seemingly bottomless well of self-styled logic, to justify fishing at times when others might question the wisdom, even the sanity, of doing so. The recent monsoon-like rains in central and northern Minnesota brought into focus the way some anglers' minds work when considering whether …
Minnesotans who have yet to wet a line can do so on June 8-10 when they can fish without a license while accompanying a child younger than 16, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The annual Take-A-Kid Fishing weekend is designed to rekindle childhood memories, construct some …
A recent call to the Turn-In-Poachers (TIP) hotline led a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) conservation officer to three anglers committing alleged over-limit fishing violations on the Rainy River along the Minnesota/Canada border. They face fines and restitution of $3,000.
One of the things I find especially interesting about wild creatures is the way they profit by their contact with humans. House sparrows hang around parking lots to "score a meal" of dead bugs from the radiators of cars and trucks; deer learn to make regular visits to suburban backyards …
Thinking about going out on the boat this weekend and tossing back a six-pack of beer? Better reconsider that. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) conservation officers and county sheriff's water patrol deputies will be out in force June 22-24 for Operation Dry Water. It is part of a nationwide …
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has released some initial statistics from its increased aquatic invasive species (AIS) patrol efforts. So far this year, the AIS violation rate among boaters is 20 percent. "This rate is unacceptable," said Maj. Phil Meier, DNR Enforcement Division operations manager. "The majority of …
Minnesota's ruffed grouse spring drumming counts were lower than last year across most of the bird's range, according to a survey conducted by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will begin accepting applications on July 1 for the 2012 regular archery deer hunts at Camp Ripley near Little Falls.
