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- Conservation groups applaud removal of land sale amendment from House budget billNational conservation groups were celebrating a major win on Thursday: the withdrawal of provisions in the House budget reconciliation bill – the One Big Beau...
- New Cessna 206 promises great changes ahead for how Minnesota DNR does workFrom more than a mile away, it can spy loons nesting on a lake below. During the dead of night, it can pick off perpetrators illegally cutting spruce tops and p...
- MN Daily Update: Is there damage done when targeting spawning bass?Every year, anglers debate if it’s a good idea to take spawning fish off their nest. Tim Lesmeister has some thoughts. The post MN Daily Update: Is there dama...
- Tom Venesky: Color variations add to unpredictability of natureSometimes, things occur in nature that smash the norms we are accustomed to. I was reminded by this recently when a friend passed along a photo of a bear with f...
- Outdoor Insights: Current threats to public lands have unified outdoors groups across the political spectrumConservation groups have flooded our email boxes at Outdoor News the past two weeks ever since the U.S. House Resources Committee passed a late-night amendment ...
- Ohio’s Outdoor Trailblazers: Sally Biancone fosters a passion through photosSurveying all that surrounds her on her Athens County, Ohio, property, Sally Biancone can’t help but think about what brought her here. A talented photographe...
- Park Service drops unpopular frozen lake use plan at Minnesota’s Voyageurs National ParkOfficials at Voyageurs National Park have scrapped a controversial plan that would have restricted winter vehicle access on the park’s frozen lakes, ending a ...
- Sight-fishing for bass is a subtle approach that’s great funOne thing that walleye anglers generally miss out on, for most of their lives, is sight-fishing. That’s a shame, because there are few types of fishing that a...
- Ohio DNR launches voluntary licensing for hunting outfittersThe Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of Wildlife is welcoming participation in Hunt PrOH, a newly launched hunting guide certification program. Guides and outfitters of...
- Mike Schoonveld: No more winter magic would be tragic for Great Lakes’ food webTop researchers are worried that warmer winters will end the annual magic that happens on lakes Michigan and Huron most years. They don’t call it magic, but I...
- Big bass? Minnesota’s Howard Lake in Wright County has ’em. Crappies? Howard has those, tooWright County’s Howard Lake is like many fisheries in this area of central Minnesota, which means it holds healthy populations of largemouth bass and panfish....
- Minnesota’s Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Minnesota published in the May 23, 2025, edition of Outdoor News. The post Minnesota’s Outdoor Calendar...
- Minnesota Cuffs and Collars: Angler cited for fishing with extra lines for fourth time since 2016Minnesota cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR conservation officers. These reports are from the May 23, 2025, edition of Outdoor News. The post Minneso...
- Steve Carney: Fish Minnesota’s farmland lakes before algae arrivesThe first week of the game-fish season in Minnesota has been wonderful, with cooperative walleyes and crappies – just as I expected. The warm weather leading ...
- For Minnesota turkey hunters, a record harvest within reach for a second straight yearIf harvest numbers are a good indication of the turkey population’s health, then Minnesota bird numbers are currently in a good place. It’s possible this sp...