Outdoor News
Earlier this year
- Minnesota Cuffs & Collars: Pressure ridges popping up on state watersMinnesota cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR conservation officers. These reports are from the Jan. 17, 2025, edition of Outdoor News. The post Minnes...
- Steve Carney: Catching a thief, and some tasty fish soupI was astonished when I filleted a 16-inch walleye and out poured nine minnow heads, which the fish had managed to pluck from my jigging spoon. I finally caught...
- North Dakota uses online ‘Coyote Catalog’ to connect hunters with landownersIt’s pretty easy to disparage the electronic age in which we live. Yet, there’s no shortage of examples of how electronics have improved not just the safety...
- Minnesota Mixed Bag: Walz approves bird flu study in wild animalsAfter receiving preliminary approval from the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources, a new study on how bird flu moves through wild animals was ...
- Minnesota Letters to the Editor: One Minnesota duck opener for all, pleaseReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Jan. 17, 2025, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News. The post Minnesota Letters to the Editor: One Minnesot...
- Dave Trauba named to lead Minnesota DNR’s Wildlife SectionDave Trauba was reminiscing the other day about growing up in rural southeastern Wisconsin, where his love of the outdoors – including hunting and fishing –...
- Minnesota’s CREP 3 expanded to 75,000 acres, extended to 2039State and federal officials a week ago signed a new agreement that extends Minnesota’s current and ongoing Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program into 2039 ...
- Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: An Achilles heel in forward-facing sonar?But there is one thing they all have in common: They do not show a fish lying on the bottom or barely off the bottom – fish that are working the bottom with t...
- Minnesota’s statewide fishing report on Jan. 15, 2025Walleyes, crappies are biting best during nighttime. Here’s a look at the Minnesota fishing report on Jan. 15, 2025. The post Minnesota’s statewide fishing ...
- Here are Ohio’s best winter steelhead betsDrought conditions in 2024 hindered the start of the annual steelhead migration in Ohio. Anglers found fall-run fish staging along the Lake Erie shoreline more ...
- WI Daily Update: Apply for funding for projects through the wild turkey, pheasant and waterfowl stamp fundState residents and conservation groups can apply for funding for projects through the wild turkey, pheasant and waterfowl stamp fund. Here are the details. The...
- Public land solar farm plan stalled in MichiganA controversial proposal that the Michigan Department of Natural Resources was considering to lease some 400 acres of forest land in Otsego County for the devel...
- Commentary: Edward S. Thomas, an Ohio naturalist who left a strong legacyI consider myself a naturalist. Naturalists are folks who look at nature, interpret what they see, and are able to pass on their knowledge to others about the n...
- Notes off a soiled cuff: Nominate your choice for Pennsylvania Outdoor News’ Person of the YearThis year, as we have done annually for about two decades, we will be naming our Pennsylvania Outdoor News Person of the Year. If you are aware of someone in ou...
- MN Daily Update: Collect black spruce and jack pine cones this winterThe Minnesota DNR is asking state citizens to support the state’s forests by collecting black spruce and jack pine cones this winter. Here’s how you can hel...