Minnesota hunters harvested 164,550 deer during the 2013 firearms season, according to preliminary numbers announced by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
America's national bird, the bald eagle, is about to become a regular visitor in homes, offices and classrooms across the state, thanks to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' nongame wildlife program and the citizens who donate to it, either directly or when filing their income taxes.
It seems a strange irony that many of us are almost religious in our commitment to providing a banquet for birds in our backyards, yet we are deeply divided in our attitudes toward feeding deer, pheasants, and other wild creatures we call "game."
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources encourages homeowners to dispose of vegetative debris before the snow melts and fires spread more easily.
ST. PAUL - With another boating season just around the corner, Minnesota boaters and anglers need to continue to take steps to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species (AIS).
Deer hunters are invited to attend one of a series of listening sessions jointly hosted by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association (MDHA).
The 2014 fishing opener on Leech Lake is expected to be excellent, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Known as one of the state's top 10 "fish factories," Leech Lake will boast another year of high walleye abundance and healthy populations of northern pike, largemouth bass and other …
Hunters have until Friday, June 13, to apply for one of nine elk licenses offered this year by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Hunters interested in applying for a license can find maps of the two hunting zones and other pertinent information on the DNR website at www.mndnr.gov/hunting/elk.
Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne illness in the northern hemisphere. Approximately 20,000 new cases are reported to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) each year. The CDC acknowledges that 90 percent of cases go unreported. Lyme disease is endemic to much of Minnesota, including Cass and surrounding counties.
In my part of the country, somewhere between the first and fifteenth of May, morel mushrooms spring forth from their winter hiding places and provide the intrepid mushroom hunters with a gourmet treat.
The forest tent caterpillar population has been on the rise in some northern and west-central Minnesota counties since 2007, but may have reached a peak in 2013 when 1.1 million acres of aspen, oak, basswood, birch and other hardwood trees were defoliated.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Forestry Division will celebrate the acquisition of the 2,751-acre Camp Lake property in Cass County on June 12, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., at the Trelipe Township Hall, 3669 County Road 55 NE, near Remer.
