Outdoor News
Earlier this year
- Without much fanfare, Dixon Lake in Minnesota’s Itasca County is good for panfish, walleyesThere’s an interesting and mostly undeveloped lake tucked deep into the Chippewa National Forest where, despite some solid angling opportunities, fishing pres...
- Minnesota’s Outdoor CalendarHere's a look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Minnesota published in the Jan. 24, 2025, edition of Outdoor News. The post Minnesota’s Outdoor ...
- Backyard and Beyond: Look, listen for owlsOwls can be easier to spot in wintertime: great horned owls start hooting and nesting while we’re still in winter’s grip, and barred owls aren’t far behin...
- Minnesota Cuffs & Collars: Vehicle breaks through ice in area known to have pressure ridgesMinnesota cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR conservation officers. These reports are from the Jan. 24, 2025, edition of Outdoor News. The post Minnes...
- Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Presentation is the key on Minnesota’s Mille LacsWith a tougher bite on Mille Lacs, an angler’s presentation becomes more important. What’s been working best for us is a two-pronged attack. Setlines are al...
- Steve Carney: Ice anglers should be using chartplottersThere is no way I would access a lake without my chartplotter. I remove the chartplotter from my boat in the autumn and install it on my ATV with a heavy-duty b...
- Minnesota Mixed Bag: DNR seeks input on new Keystone Woods Wildlife Management AreaThe Minnesota DNR invites people interested in the new Keystone Woods Wildlife Management Area to share their thoughts on what amenities and opportunities they...
- Minnesota’s preliminary 2024 season report shows higher deer harvestMinnesota hunters harvested more than 170,000 deer during the 2024 hunting season, up 7% statewide from the 2023 hunting season. The statewide harvest was 3% lo...
- Minnesota Letters to the Editor: How many S.D. resident turkey hunters are there in the Black Hills?Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Jan. 24, 2025, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News. The post Minnesota Letters to the Editor: How many S.D...
- Minnesota’s new muskie plan will put an emphasis on yearling stockingA session at the 2025 Minnesota DNR Roundtable on Friday, Jan. 10, focused on state muskie research and future management of the species. Brian Herwig and Mike ...
- Farm bill extension has no funding for access; how might Minnesota’s Walk-in Access program be impacted?When Congress last month passed an extension to the federal farm bill for 2025 and avoided a government shutdown, the bill, unlike other extensions, did not inc...
- WI Daily Update: Conservation groups call Supreme Court decision a victory for wildlife and public landsThe U.S. Supreme Court recently rejected a lawsuit by the State of Utah that sought to transfer 18.5 million acres of federal public lands to state control. Lis...
- Measure allows tribe to acquire Illinois state parkNearly two centuries after losing its reservation in Illinois in a land sale that most people now concede was illegal, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation could ...
- Christine Thomas: Remembering the perseverance of Wisconsin conservationist Roy Sebald“I could bet you that I can set a trap for a coyote and predict which foot I can catch him by,” challenged Roy Sebald with a twinkle in his eye. “I have w...
- Dean Bortz: OK, let’s try this archery elk hunting thing one more timeDuring my days as a soldier in the U.S. Army’s Alpha Co., 2nd/60th Mechanized Infantry Battalion at Fort Lewis Washington I often found myself right up agains...