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Joe Fellegy: Mille Lacs mess gets messier, and money for the Minnesota fishing museum
Joe Fellegy
July 19, 2024
There is no good excuse for the present no-keeping-of-a-walleye regulation until mid-August on Mille Lacs. Do any of the other “big eight” lakes in Minnesota have such extremist regs?
The hunt for record-fish piques anglers’ interest in Minnesota after changes
Natalie Ryder
July 18, 2024
Steve Renneberg, owner of Arrowhead Outdoors in Ely, Minn., thinks the recent influx of record-contesting catches of big fish in the Boundary Water Canoe Area Wilderness during the past few months is a simple snapshot
Streams of Thought: Nominate outdoor leaders from your Minnesota communities
Tim Spielman
July 18, 2024
It’s nearly August (how can that be?), so it’s the time of year again when we at Outdoor News send out the call for nominations for our Outdoor Leaders Award.
Selecting winners of our
Minnesota DNR investigates employee’s social media post related to assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump
Natalie Ryder
July 17, 2024
The DNR says it is investigating an agency employee’s personal social media post, allegedly about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on July 13.
Around 1 p.m. on Tuesday, July 16, the
Steve Carney: Ways to limit the irritating effects of fishing through weeds in summer
Steve Carney
July 17, 2024
High temperatures recently have increased weed growth in many Minnesota lakes, making it more of a challenge to properly present fishing baits. This is typical for the middle of July, and we again are faced
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency seeks comments on plan to curb pollution in state waters
Tori McCormick
July 17, 2024
State conservation and environmental groups – including Minnesota Trout Unlimited – are encouraging the public to comment on the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s proposed changes to two feedlot permit rules designed to reduce nitrate pollution
Minnesota DNR plans to sell 80,000 school trust acres in the Boundary Waters to U.S. Forest Service
Tim Spielman
July 17, 2024
The Minnesota DNR announced last week a plan in which the agency would sell more than 80,000 acres of state-owned school trust lands within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to the U.S. Forest Service,
Brian Haines: The biggest catch of all on Minnesota’s Lindsey Lake
Brian Haines
July 14, 2024
To this day, I recall a catch from many years ago, right around the time I turned 13 and was being introduced to walleye fishing. Back then, my family would take an annual late-spring fishing
Substantial changes in place for Minnesota’s Camp Ripley hunt this fall
Natalie Ryder
July 12, 2024
Since 1954, 53,000-acre Camp Ripley has hosted weekend-long events for archery deer hunters in the fall, but this year hunters will have season-long access to the property.
“The installation is going to be open
