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    August 28, 2017
    Deer feeding ban expands into northern Minnesota
    ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources said Monday, Aug. 28, it is expanding its total ban on deer feeding into 11 new...
    newsAugust 28, 2017 - 5:40pm
    July 16, 2017
    Minnesota grouse drumming counts up 57 percent
    DULUTH, Minn. — Minnesota grouse hunters received great news this past week — ruffed grouse drumming counts were up 57 percent statewide...
    newsJuly 16, 2017 - 7:08am
    July 10, 2017
    A timber rattlesnake made its way to the front steps of a Red Wing home June 22. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officer Brittany Hauser surmised that the snake was likely brought in to the city by a harvest truck or something similar. Photo by Brittany Hauser
    Timber rattlesnake finds its way to Red Wing resident's front steps
    Walking down your front steps is an uneventful activity, but when a rattlesnake impedes the path, that quickly changes. That was the case for...
    sports/outdoorsJuly 10, 2017 - 4:42pm
    May 7, 2017
    Minnesota Department of Natural Resources conservation officer Julie Siems uses K-9 officer Brady, a golden retriever mix, to detect zebra mussels in a boat at the Pike Lake boat landing north of Duluth Thursday morning. Clint Austin / Forum News Serviceplay button
    DNR adds more dogs added to sniff out zebra mussels as efforts ramp up
    DULUTH—"Brady" looks like any other law enforcement officer of his rank — an eager, aggressive disposition, a long snout and wagging...
    newsMay 7, 2017 - 2:00pm
    March 19, 2017
    Dan Wilfond, right, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources fisheries specialist at French River, prepares to measure a northern pike while doing a fisheries survey on Grand Lake north of Duluth in 2015. At left is Peter Nasby, a DNR fisheries intern. Forum News Servce file photo
    Outdoor groups urge Minn. lawmakers to approve fee increases
    DULUTH, Minn.—The time is now to increase hunting and fishing license fees, says a coalition of Minnesota hunting, fishing and environmental...
    newsMarch 19, 2017 - 12:00pm
    March 1, 2017
    Devil's Kettle Falls is located along the Brule River at Judge C.R. Magney State Park, near Hovland on Minnesota's North Shore. Researchers are working to figure out where the water that falls into the "kettle" (at left) re-emerges. Minnesota DNR file photoplay button
    Mystery of Minnesota North Shore waterfalls may be solved
    DULUTH, Minn.—A recent study of Devil's Kettle Falls on Minnesota's North Shore, completed out of "scientific curiosity," shed light on...
    newsMarch 1, 2017 - 9:15am
    November 11, 2016
    Minnesota roundup: Racist graffiti reported at University of St. Thomas, Maple Grove school; State crackdown uncovers illegal sports betting pool; plus 1 more state news story
    ST. PAUL—The University of St. Thomas is investigating after a racist slur was found scrawled on a sidewalk of the St. Paul campus. Saying in a Thursday statement that they were "deeply saddened" and "this is not who we are and cannot be tolerated," the St. Thomas administration...
    newsNovember 11, 2016 - 9:30am
    November 10, 2016
    Minnesota roundup: DNR arrests two men for shooting deer on private property; Extra seat belt enforcement yields 4,351 citations; plus 2 more state news stories
    ERSKINE, Minn. - The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is investigating reported trespassing and illegal hunting in Northwest Minnesota Tuesday. According to a news release from the Polk County Sheriff's Office, two men were arrested and charged for shooting a deer on private...
    newsNovember 10, 2016 - 4:00pm
    October 29, 2009
    Another step forward for state's first copper mine
    Minnesota's first-ever copper mine came a step closer to reality Wednesday after the state's Department of Natural Resources and U.S.
    newsOctober 29, 2009 - 7:18am
    October 20, 2009
    Brad Nelson of Nelson Logging in Hermantown uses a grapple skidder to move logged birch trees into position so they can be sawed. Nelson was logging east of Cotton. (2008 file/News Tribune)
    DNR: Minnesota forests can sustain 5.5 million cord cut
    Minnesota's forests can sustain logging 5.5 million cords of wood each year, about double the current level, according to an analysis for the...
    newsOctober 20, 2009 - 7:26am
    May 15, 2008
    DNR commissioner envisions new course for conservation
    It was a message of a Renaissance, of future change, but the audience wasn't necessarily ready to hear it framed in so many words. It was a tough message of a need for local involvement and enforcement to preserve Minnesota's natural resources as the state's financial resources...
    newsMay 15, 2008 - 12:00am
    May 14, 2008
    DNR recruits and retains anglers through blitz campaign
    The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources wants you -- to "go fish". Watch for reminders to "cast a line" in your mailbox, on digital billboards, in radio ads and at St. Paul Saints and Minnesota Twins games. The DNR is also sending 40,000 reminder postcards to former anglers...
    newsMay 14, 2008 - 12:00am
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