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.
In a one-half acre plot in his backyard, prairie enthusiast Mike Halverson has seen many benefits of planting over 125 different species during the last 15 years.
Along with another unusual spring and late ice-out, Minnesota's breeding mallard population counts are down slightly from last year while other species saw higher declines, according to the results of the annual Minnesota Department of Natural Resources spring waterfowl surveys.
Hunters can expect a conservative 2014 deer season designed to rebuild deer numbers across much of the state, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources said.
Those who want to harvest antlerless deer throughout much of Minnesota this hunting season must apply by Thursday, Sept. 4, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources said.
Minnesota's 2014 Waterfowl Hunting Regulations handbook is available wherever hunting and fishing licenses are sold, online at www.mndnr.gov/regulations and in Minnesota Department of Natural Resources wildlife offices across the state.
