Outdoor News Archive

Spring open burning permit restrictions for much of northwest and west central Minnesota will go into effect at 8 a.m. on Thursday, April 24. 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 Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds horse riders to buy their Horse Trail Pass. The pass, costs $21 for the calendar year purchased, and is required on horse trails within state parks, state forests, state trails, and state recreation areas for anyone 16 years of age and older. Cost for a daily pass is $5...

The application deadline for the 2008 black bear hunt is Friday, May 2, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). This fall’s black bear hunt will be Sept. 1 through Oct. 12 and the DNR is offering 11,850 licenses spread across 11 permit areas...

The application deadline for the 2008 bull-only moose hunt is Friday, May 2, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). A total of 247 bull permits are available in 30 zones in northeastern Minnesota for this year’s hunt, which runs Oct. 4-19, and winners are selected by drawing...

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...

Great horned owl, raven, and eagle chicks are being reported in some nests...

Winter continued to rear its head late last week in northern Wisconsin, with some areas of northern Ashland, Iron and Vilas counties receiving nearly a foot of heavy, wet snow. Warm temperatures this week melted most of the snow that fell...

Landowners interested in sponsoring a gun deer hunt this fall for hunters with disabilities have until June 1 to enroll their property in the Deer Hunts for Persons with Disabilities Program...