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- Illinois Landowner of the Year inspired by quail, pheasant hunting as a youthChuck Martin, a lifelong upland bird hunter, conservation advocate and local author, is the DNR Illinois Recreational Access Program’s 2023 Landowner of the Y...
- Cost-share programs (Part 1): Finding what fits you when it comes to wildlife habitat managementIf you’ve ever done a habitat-management project – whether large-scale prairie restoration on land you own or a small timber stand improvement on a buddy’...
- Dave Zeug: Wolves are controversial in Spain, tooThe news article’s first paragraph was blunt. “The ban on wolf hunting is ratcheting up tensions, pitting farmers in the rural north who fear for their live...
- Ice-out surges across Minnesota as prior records begin to fallTo the surprise of few, historical ice-out records continue to fall as early open water progresses northward on Minnesota lakes. It’s the El Niño effect on f...
- Nature Smart: Visiting the Bunting LadyNature is in constant flux. It is how she works, and during the past 40 years of working as a wildlife photographer, I have witnessed change repeatedly. It is a...
- Backyard and Beyond: A heron on hard waterGreat blue herons engage in some “hard-water” fishing, too, as evidenced by the big bird observed by Vern Lemasters. He reports that the heron eventually wa...
- Wisconsin Assembly approves license fee hikes for nonresident hunters, anglersThe Wisconsin Assembly approved a bill Feb. 22 that would raise a variety of hunting, fishing, and trapping license fees for nonresidents to help shrink a defic...
- Joe Shead: Shed hunting tips after a non-winterWhat a crazy non-winter we’ve experienced this year, especially in the wake of a ridiculously snowy winter last year in states like Minnesota and Wisconsin. T...
- Steve Carney: The good, bad, and unlikely-to-be-used features on a new boatIt’s always exciting to get a new boat rigged each season and enjoy the new technological advances that come along every year. Here are some thoughts on the s...
- What’s to love about Jennie in Minnesota’s Meeker County? For starters, its big fishOnce known as one of the better walleye lakes in this central-Minnesota area, Jennie’s largemouth bass and northern pike are more abundant now and seem to be ...
- Minnesota’s Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Minnesota published in the March 8, 2024, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News. The post Minnesota’s Outdo...
- Minnesota Cuffs & Collars: Man looking to “escape the hustle and bustle of the East Coast” stranded on Red Lake WMAMinnesota cuffs and collars are field reports from Minnesota DNR conservation officers. These reports are from the March 8, 2024, edition of Outdoor News. The p...
- Penalties under Minnesota House bill raised for buffer offensesPassed in 2015, Minnesota’s buffer law requiring perennial vegetation on lands bordering waters was called Gov. Mark Dayton’s signature clean-water legislat...
- Interview with director Tom Opre about The Last Keeper filmwww.dailymotion.com/video/x8tyy4sA new documentary claims Scotland’s rural communities are ‘at war’ with each other – with conservation at the centre gr...
- How to make delicious pheasant jerkywww.youtube.com/watch?v=W_XsNVb3ucM Cai Ap Bryn shows how to make delicious pheasant jerky, which makes a great snack to carry in the field. He uses the versati...