Outdoor News
Earlier this year
- Audit report delves into Minnesota DNR’s land acquisition reporting deficienciesWhile generally satisfied with the process by which the DNR acquires land in Minnesota and which lands are acquired, so-called stakeholders – landowners, part...
- New York’s 2025 Great Lakes Preview: Lake Ontario is a salmon angler’s ‘kingdom’On Lake Ontario, Chinook salmon is the “king” of this Great Lake. When you add in the other popular species of salmonids like Coho salmon, brown trout, lake...
- MN Daily Update: Utilize the Dubuque Rig on the Mississippi RiverThis Mississippi River guide says the water is low but the bite is heating up on the river in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Here’s how he’s catching walleyes, sa...
- DEC biologist honored by New York Wildlife Society chapterNew York State Department of Environmental Conservation Wildlife Biologist Josh Stiller received the “Outstanding Professional Award” from the New York Chap...
- Wisconsin state parks celebrating 125 yearsThe Wisconsin state park system will celebrate 125 years in existence at Interstate Park Sept. 20. Many other parks will have celebrations throughout the year. ...
- WI Daily Update: Utilize the Dubuque Rig on the Mississippi RiverThis Mississippi River guide says the water is low but the bite is heating up on the river in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Here’s how he’s catching walleyes, sa...
- Patrick Durkin: Nonresidents can’t carry Wisconsin’s license burdenWisconsin last raised its nonresident hunting and fishing license fees in 2023, but we haven’t had the spine to raise resident fees since 2005. Instead, most ...
- Black vulture depredation permits again available for Illinois farmersAbove: A “wake” of black vultures feeds on a dead animal in an Illinois farm field. Right: A map depicting the home range of black vultures in Illinois. The...
- Walleye season opens May 3 on Iowa’s Great LakesThe 150th walleye fishing season officially opens May 3rd at Iowa's Spirit Lake, East and West Okoboji lakes. “A very robust and healthy walleye population wa...
- Orleans County (N.Y.) Fishing Report – April 29, 2025One tactic for brown trout anglers is to work the stained Oak River plume when everything else is clear. The post Orleans County (N.Y.) Fishing Report – April...
- Outdoors policy provisions in Minnesota remain in legislative limboAs the state Senate’s environment bill approached the Senate Finance Committee in Minnesota, it was stacked with both policy and budgetary recommendations. Ho...
- Black bear sightings on the rise in Northeast IowaThe Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has been meeting with officials from local conservation boards, police departments, sheriff’s offices and dispa...
- Rice Lake summer fishing can be an ‘adventure’ in Fulton County, Ill.Predators create an attraction at the Rice Lake complex, with both northern pike and alligator gars swimming – and eating – in the collection of lakes and b...
- Illinois’ Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Illinois published in the May 2, 2025, edition of Outdoor News. The post Illinois’ Outdoor Calendar app...
- Illinois Cuffs & Collars: Improper tagging of whitetails in Fayette CountyIllinois cuffs and collars are field reports from Illinois CPOs. These reports are from the May 2, 2025, edition of Outdoor News. The post Illinois Cuffs & Coll...