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    May 10, 2017
    Alexandria, Minn.-based conservation officer Mitch Lawler docks his boat on Lake Victoria in Douglas County on May 5, 2017. Lawler will be patrolling waters in the area for the Minnesota fishing opener. Eric Morken / Forum News Service
    DNR goes into fishing opener with 25 enforcement positions unfilled
    ALEXANDRIA, Minn. — Alexandria conservation officer Mitch Lawler will drop his boat into the water for the Minnesota fishing opener Saturday...
    sportsMay 10, 2017 - 12:47pm
    May 4, 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 to sniff out zebra mussels as efforts ramp up
    DULUTH, MINN.—"Brady" looks like any other law enforcement officer of his rank — an eager, aggressive disposition, a long snout...
    newsMay 4, 2017 - 8:21pm
    May 1, 2017
    Mike Kurre, DNR mentoring program coordinator. Submitted photo.
    DNR column: Thinking deeply about your own fishing
    I will soon be out fishing, not in the office thinking about fishing. The sun will descend toward the horizon creating a masterpiece that needs...
    sports/outdoorsMay 1, 2017 - 10:49am
    April 26, 2017
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    Youth ATV Safety Training set for May 20
    If you're a youth over the age of 12 years old--or the parent of one--planning to ride your ATV on the trails this spring or summer, mark your...
    newsApril 26, 2017 - 10:44am
    April 15, 2017
    An area of the Pagami Creek wildfire shows active burning in this aerial photograph on the afternoon of Tuesday Sept. 13, 2011 in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Northeastern Minnesota. Forum News Service file photo
    DNR ready for Minnesota wildfire season if warm, dry conditions continue
    ST. PAUL—It's been an average start to the Minnesota wildfire season so far but a trend to warmer, drier weather in recent months has firefighting...
    newsApril 15, 2017 - 10:23am
    April 12, 2017
    A female walleye splashed DNR staff. According to Assistant Area Supervisor Mandy Erickson, a female walleye can contain up to three-quarters of a quart of eggs. (Meagan Pittelko/Tribune)
    Spring spawning: Annual walleye run underway at Dunton Locks
    A man visiting Detroit Lakes from Iowa described the spectacle taking place at Dunton Locks on Tuesday morning as "fascinating," while local...
    newsApril 12, 2017 - 1:00pm
    March 31, 2017
    Spring burning restrictions begin today
    With warm temperatures, little to no snow and dry vegetation, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources started spring burning restrictions in parts of the state today. As conditions for wildfires increase, exposed dead grass and brush can light easily and burn quickly, especially...
    newsMarch 31, 2017 - 11:12am
    March 30, 2017
    Sandy fields are being prepped for planting near Menahga, Minn. Carrie Snyder / The Forum
    New sheriff in town: DNR creates Straight River Groundwater Management Area
    The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has decided the Pineland Sands Aquifer, which runs beneath the Ponsford, Osage and Park Rapids...
    newsMarch 30, 2017 - 9:19am
    February 21, 2017
    These fields sit heavy with water Thursday, April 7, 2011, as they wait to drain into the Wild Rice River east of Horace, N.D., and eventually the Red River. Michael Vosburg / Forum News Service
    How risky will the Red River diversion dam be? Depends who you ask
    SOUTHWEST CLAY COUNTY, Minn. — From a distance, it will probably look like an elevated road stretching from beyond the line of trees that...
    newsFebruary 21, 2017 - 9:00am
    February 19, 2017
    Water flows from a spring in a natural cave. Minnesota DNR photo.
    Finding springs is a wintertime thing: New DNR app gives you a chance to help with groundwater research
    A new web-based app developed by the Department of Natural Resources gives people the ability to submit reports on the location of springs in...
    sports/outdoorsFebruary 19, 2017 - 11:00am
    DNR says burn debris now--EMDASH--restrictions will happen soon
    The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reminds woodland owners to take care of vegetative debris such as dry branches now, as annual open burning restrictions will take effect shortly after snowmelt. "This winter burning permits have been required in areas of the state that...
    sports/outdoorsFebruary 19, 2017 - 7:00am
    February 12, 2017
    Minnesota native Seth Feider pulls another smallmouth bass from the depths of Mille Lacs Lake at the Bassmaster's tournament there last year. The tournament returns to the lake in September. B.A.S.S. photo.
    The bass tournament that wowed the pros
    The 2016 tournament put Mille Lacs Lake in the spotlight: fishing pro after pro raving about hauling in multiple four-pound-plus smallmouth bass,...
    sports/outdoorsFebruary 12, 2017 - 10:00am
    February 3, 2017
    Fishing boats fill the water near Williams Narrows at dawn on Cut Foot Sioux Lake north of Deer River, Minn., during the Minnesota fishing opener. (Clint Austin / Forum News Service)
    Dayton wants big bucks for natural resources
    ST. PAUL — Gov. Mark Dayton's administration on Wednesday outlined its natural resource budget proposal for the next two years saying it...
    newsFebruary 3, 2017 - 12:30pm
    December 27, 2016
    A youngster checks out the current Fish Lake Dam near Dunvilla. The aging dam will be replaced with a rock rapids this summer. Submitted photo.
    Fish Lake Dam at Dunvilla will be converted to rock rapids
    Thanks to a $305,000 grant, the Fish Lake Dam, located near Dunvilla on the Pelican River, will be removed this summer and converted into a rock...
    newsDecember 27, 2016 - 1:00pm
    December 10, 2016
    Zebra mussel larvae confirmed in Leech Lake
    The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has confirmed zebra mussels in their larval stage in two locations in Leech Lake in Cass County. The DNR has found no adult zebra mussels in the lake, but the locations and numbers of zebra mussel larvae, called veligers, indicate a reproducing...
    sports/outdoorsDecember 10, 2016 - 9:30am
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