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Before 2025
- DNR to host eight deer population meetings in western Iowa this July to discuss declining herd numbersThe Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is hosting eight meetings in Western Iowa to discuss the status of the region’s deer herd as population levels ...
- Outdoor News Welcomes Josh Ahlberg as New Sales and Marketing VPMINNEAPOLIS, June 27, 2024 — Outdoor News, a leading publisher of hunting and fishing journalism for outdoor enthusiasts for more than 50 years, has anno...
- Mitigation of low-head dams dubbed as “drowning machines” continues in IowaSince the 1800s, low-head dams have been a part of Iowa’s inland rivers. According to the organization Iowa Rivers Revival (IRR), at one time there were 174 l...
- Ron Schara: State spending on Minnesota fisheries is shameful“The more you know, the more you know you don’t know.” Aristotle is credited with that bit of wisdom. I never met him. The Greek philosopher was born some...
- Illinois students catch seven muskies in 11th annual Bob Kerans Scholastic Muskie TournamentStudents from several schools in Illinois participated in the 11th annual Bob Kerans Scholastic Muskie Tournament, held June 8 on Johnson Lake at Banner Marsh i...
- New York DEC notes upgrades, improvements at recreation hubs across the stateIn addition to the debut of the new Accessible Recreation Destinations Map, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation also announced the compl...
- Fishing, boating locations for disabled included in virtual tool from New York DECThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently announced a new easy-to-use map of accessible recreation features and the completion of mor...
- Bear population continues to expand across MinnesotaWhen a black bear is spotted outside of its primary range in the northern third of the Minnesota – as has been the case recently in St. Cloud and locations so...
- Brush-busting deer guns: Still useful, increasingly popularGrandpa and great grandpa loved their brush busting, lever-action .30-30s, .35 Remingtons, and .32 Winchester Specials, but should you? Yes. But not for the bru...
- Gretchen Steele: Illinois EPA offers new tool to track harmful algal bloomsAs the summer heat rolls in and the allure of Illinois’ beautiful lakes and rivers beckons, staying informed about potential water hazards is essential. The I...
- WI Daily Update: Adjust to catch fish on clear-water lakesCrystal clear water as a result of zebra mussels impacts fishing in many ways. Tim Lesmeister has some thoughts on how to adjust to catch fish in these conditio...
- Nature Smart: One big, and extremely rare, brood of loonsNature is always showing me new things. For 20 years, I have been spending up to four weeks on my boat, photographing and studying the nesting, egg laying, chic...
- MN Daily Update: Adjust to catch fish on clear-water lakesCrystal clear water as a result of zebra mussels impacts fishing in many ways. Tim Lesmeister has some thoughts on how to adjust to catch fish in these conditio...
- Outdoor Insights: Here are the details of the closure of Minnesota’s Hill Annex Mine State ParkOutdoor News devoted ample space to the transfer of Upper Sioux Agency State Park to the local tribal community in February, so to be consistent, I couldn’t l...
- Man who diverted national park river in Michigan put on probationA man convicted of diverting a national park river to ease boat access to Lake Michigan was sentenced Tuesday to probation. Andrew Howard was also banned from N...