Outdoor News Archive

Agricultural encroachment into roadsides is becoming an increasing problem in many areas of Minnesota. The Minnesota departments of Natural Resources (DNR) and Transportation (Mn/DOT) reminds landowners with real estate adjacent to rural roads that fencing, plowing, planting row crops, or dumping rocks and other debris in the right-of-ways is prohibited by Minnesota law...

This is the time of year when young animals are scampering about lawns, roadsides and just about everywhere in Minnesota, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR)...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is accepting public comments through June 18 on the Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) for the proposed restoration of Pelican Lake, a 4,000-acre designated wildlife management lake in Wright County near Albertville and St. Michael...

Mitchel Monforton of Mound finished as the national champion male archer in the elementary division and Chantelle Skarda of White Bear Lake finished fourth in the female high school division at the National Archery In The Schools (NASP) National Tournament May 10 in Louisville, Ky...

Tamarack trees are reeling from Eastern larch beetle attacks, and the evidence is everywhere, says the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR)...

Two bridges in the Beltrami Island State Forest are currently closed and being replaced. Both bridges are on the Pitt Grade Forest Road: the Schuh Bridge at the south end, just north of the Rapid River Forest Road, and the Lundeen Bridge just north of the Bankton Trail...

A report that recommends how to conserve Minnesota’s working forestland is now available, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR).,,

The sharpshooting effort to remove deer in the bovine tuberculosis (TB) area of northwestern Minnesota, which began in February 2008, concluded on May 9. Sharpshooters, hunters and landowners have taken 1,207 deer since the fall hunting seasons closed 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) reminds lakeshore property owners to check state and local permit requirements before initiating spring improvement projects. Of particular concern are projects that involve construction near the shore, shoreline modification or protection projects, excavation projects, and projects involving structures in the water...

The weather did not cooperate Saturday morning of the opening of Wisconsin 2008 game fishing season. Cold conditions statewide with some rain in the south and even some snow in the north put a bit of a damper on fishing. However, conditions improved in the afternoon and on Sunday, and many anglers reported success. Most lakes across the state were free of ice, but some of the larger, deeper lakes in far northern Wisconsin were still ice covered...