National Volunteer Week is April 27-May 3. Each year thousands of people volunteer their time to help the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), and other organizations, with a variety of projects. What sort of volunteer opportunities does the DNR have to offer?

I just got done at a local public access for fishing. I got done filling two hefty bags with trash. Disposable diapers full of lords knows what,, beer cans, beer bottles, smokeless tobacco tins, bobbers, fishing line, egg cartons too include two unbroken eggs, bug dope cans, cans, fruit juice bottles, car parts , card board boxes, bottle caps,  foil, plastic bags, candy wrappers, one wool sock with red trim, and one bag of contents I’m not going to describe...

We’re heading into that time of year when the majority of our outdoors thoughts turn toward fishing. The bulk of the snow geese are well beyond North Dakota. The excitement of the first couple of weekends for spring turkey are past, and those of us who applied for a bighorn sheep, moose or elk license have learned of our fate in the lottery drawing...

CO Mark Fredin (Aurora, MN) ran a license check on what appeared to be an  abandoned fish house on a northern Minnesota lake. The check showed that the  fish house, which belonged to a 92-year-old man, may have been stolen more than  20 years ago from southern Minnesota. 18 more exciting stories...

As we wind down from our six month winter here in Nebraska, and things begin to green up.....you hear the whispers in the air...

Most of us have one - a coffee mug we once thought so clever, funny or fitting that we just had to buy it. I have several but my favorite is one with a simple statement: “Striving for harmony between man and the land.”

The retreat of ice from Minnesota’s shorelines may soon leave a grim reminder of winter’s effects around some ponds and lakes. That is according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR)...

In recent years, the snow goose harvest has been closer to 30,000. What has happened is the bulk of the snow goose migration is sticking in southern Canada, which has suitable food supplies, but lower hunting pressure...

For the second year, a coalition of conservation groups and agencies have joined forces to make bird migration safer by making Minneapolis and St. Paul a bit darker, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Watch this short video to learn more...

While fishing is open every day of the year – with a few exceptions – April 1 is the start of a new year of sorts, as that’s when a new 2008 fishing license is required. Probably since that date is fast approaching, and across the border the Minnesota legislature is debating a change for the Minnesota fishing opener...