Sharpshooters for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will assist the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) later this month in agency efforts to reduce the deer population in the designated bovine tuberculosis (TB) deer management zone of northwestern Minnesota...

A variety of tree and shrub seedlings are still available from state forest nurseries, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR)...

Members of the 1837 Treaty Fisheries Technical Committee have established Mille Lacs Lake 2008 harvest caps of 430,000 pounds for walleye, 270,000 pounds for yellow perch and 25,000 pounds for northern pike...

Nearly 200 acres of prime wildlife habitat about half an hour from Minneapolis will be preserved as public open space thanks to the legacy of a Twin Cities leader who died more than three years ago...

Conservation Officer (CO) Marty Stage (Ely) had an unusual number of moose incidents within a 24-hour period. One involved two cars hitting each other and the moose. In another, a plow truck hit two bulls. The last moose, found by a bulldozer operator, most likely suffered from brain worm. 14 more stories...

The Justnorth.com crew joined the Trout Whisperer in the Superior National Forest of Minnesota for the opening of Winter trout fishing. Commonly known as a 'Trout About'...

Winter is generally a good time to burn large brush and slash piles left over from logging and land clearing. However, if not properly extinguished and monitored, burned piles can rekindle and spark wildfires in the spring...

People interested in how the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) manages inland lakes for muskellunge and northern pike during the next 12 years have until Feb. 15 to review and comment on the agency’s draft long-range plan...

With help from calls of everyday residents, Minnesota’s Turn-In-Poachers (TIP) hotline has been a key asset to state conservation officers in their efforts to protect and preserve Minnesota’s natural resources...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds snowmobilers that a Minnesota snowmobile state trail permit is required for all snowmobiles operated on any state or grant-in-aid snowmobile trail in Minnesota. The permit has been required since Oct. 1, 2005...