• CO Taylor Hochstein (Hill City) reported that deer-hunting success among hunters significantly improved with the onset of colder weather. Se…
• CO Taylor Hochstein (Hill City) talked with deer hunters over the busy firearms opener. Overall harvest rates in the area seemed to be lower…
On Friday, Nov. 26, entrance to all 75 Minnesota state parks and recreation areas will offer free admission to everyone. The parks are open ye…
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is accepting public comments regarding parts of the nonferrous mine siting rule. Public comments…
Deer hunting is Minnesota’s most popular form of hunting. White-tailed deer exist throughout the state so you are never far from a quality opp…
Hunters can help the DNR assess neonicotinoid exposure in deer by providing spleens from deer harvested this 2021 hunting season.
Ice anglers on Mille Lacs Lake will again be able to harvest walleyes this winter season.
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One aquatic invasive species (AIS) has yet to get a strong foothold in Aitkin County and those who care want to keep it that way.
Long Lake Conservation Center is an environmental education school.
Gavin Sturm, 12, recorded his first-ever deer as part of Minnesota’s recent youth deer hunt.
• CO Mikeena Mattson (Wealthwood) primarily worked small-game hunting, waterfowl hunting, archery deer hunting and sport fishing enforcement t…
Anglers over the summer caught and released a new Minnesota state record northern pike and tied the record for muskellunge.
• CO Mikeena Mattson (Wealthwood) worked ATV/OHM, sport fishing and small-game, bear, and archery deer enforcement this past week. Many squirr…
DNR Fisheries will hold an open house Oct. 6 to collect public comments on proposed sunfish regulation changes for the following waterbodies i…
Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge, McGregor, will hold its annual deer hunt for persons with disabilities Oct. 7-10, which means the wildlife…
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, the Metropolitan Council and the Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails Commission are see…
Spruce grouse hunters in northern Minnesota’s boreal forests can voluntarily submit samples for the final year of a genetics research project …
Possibly due to summer’s hot and dry weather, snails were prevalent in the finds of Starry Trek participants in the Aitkin area Aug. 21.
• CO Mikeena Mattson (Wealthwood) worked waterfowl hunting, bear hunting, sport fishing, boat and water enforcement and ATV/OHM enforcement th…
The summer of 2021 was a hot, dry one in Minnesota’s lakes country.
To celebrate the most colorful season, Explore Minnesota, the state’s tourism office, and Minnesota State Parks and Trails has launched its we…
The annual fall deer hunting season has arrived, with archery hunting opening Saturday, Sept. 18.
• CO Taylor Hochstein (Hill City) talked with people who were headed to either the woods to try their hand at bear hunting or to the water for…
• CO Mikeena Mattson (Wealthwood) worked a variety of activities this week. Time was primarily spent checking bear baits in the area. Wild ric…
Chronic wasting disease testing for deer harvested in certain deer permit areas will once again be mandatory for specified weekends of the 202…
What a wonderful surprise the other morning to find more flowers blooming at our cabin on Mille Lacs Lake.
• CO Ashley Whiteoak (Malmo) spent time patrolling for fishing, boating, and ATV activity. Enforcement action was taken for operating an unreg…
• CO Mikeena Mattson (Wealthwood) worked sport fishing, boating and ATV/OHM enforcement this week. Enforcement action was taken for angling wi…
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