The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is looking for about two dozen volunteers to help monitor the loon population in Becker and Otter Tail counties in northwestern Minnesota between June 27 and July 7...

Sharpshooters, hunters and landowners have taken 1,028 deer as part of Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) efforts to stop the potential spread of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in northwestern Minnesota...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has received a number of reports this winter of trumpeter swans that have been found dead at concentration spots along the Otter Tail River near Fergus Falls...

We are very pleased to be a part of the release of the new audio CD by Trout Whisperer. I have read his many articles, but did not realize the intensity, mystique, and quality of his storytelling until I heard him speak...

Pretend Fishing

CO Aaron Kahre (Minnetonka, Minnesota) was working Lake Minnetonka in the Excelsior area when he approached a portable fish house where a hand auger lying beside the door. Two men inside were sitting on buckets with a fish locator and a jiggle stick in front of them. Kahre asked why they didn’t have any holes to fish through. They got tired after about five inches of drilling with the hand auger and decided to just pretend fish before heading home...  18 more exciting tales from the DNR

State officials announced April 10 that laboratory tests have confirmed the presence of varying amounts of lead fragments in a number of venison samples collected from Minnesota food shelves. While there have been no reports of illness associated with the venison, the state has taken the precaution of directing food shelves to destroy any remaining venison. At the same time, consumers who have venison obtained from a Minnesota food shelf are asked to throw it away....

Spring open burning restrictions for much of central Minnesota will go into effect at 8 a.m. on Monday, April 14, 2008. The restrictions are meant to address the fact that most spring wildfires originate from the burning of yard debris, according to Olin Phillips, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) fire protection manager...

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)...

Lakeshore property owners should know that removing aquatic plants, treating nuisance algae, swimmer’s itch control, or altering the shoreline may require a permit from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR)...

Guided wildflower hikes are being offered on Saturday, April 26, at Kilen Woods State Park and Belmont County Park in Jackson County near Lakefield, Minnesota...