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Dennis Anderson: In NE Minnesota, DNR staff, habitat and deer all decline

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MINNEAPOLIS — Jeff Lightfoot was a northeast Minnesota Department of Natural Resources wildlife manager from 1980 to 2015. He first served as assistant area manager and deer habitat specialist in International Falls and later was area wildlife manager in Virginia, Minn., before being promoted to regional wildlife manager in Grand Rapids. In ...Read more

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Idaho wolf trapping halted. Court cites potential deaths of protected grizzlies.

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BOISE, Idao — A federal court ruling will cut back Idaho’s wolf trapping and snaring season in large swaths of the state in response to claims that grizzly bears, which are protected under the Endangered Species Act, could be killed or injured by trapping or snaring devices.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Candy Dale issued the summary judgment last ...Read more

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(Table for March 31-April 14)

This table lists top fishing times and days for the coming weeks. For best results, begin fishing one hour before and continue one hour after the times given. Times apply to all time zones.

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Sunday…………...........4:25 a.m........……….........................................................4:...Read more

David Joles/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS

Minnesota: Walleyes caught on Mille Lacs can't be kept until August

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Walleye bag limits on two of Minnesota's most popular fishing lakes have been cut back this year, including no keepers on Mille Lacs until at least mid-August.

The 2024 open-water regulations for Mille Lacs and Upper Red Lake go into effect May 11, the opening day of walleye and northern pike fishing statewide, the Department of Natural ...Read more

Christi Bode/Western Rivers Conservancy/TNS

Colorado buys 1,800 acres near Fairplay as playground for hunters, anglers, bird watchers, wildlife lovers

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Colorado Parks and Wildlife has acquired Collard Ranch in Park County and will turn it into a state wildlife area, an acquisition Gov. Jared Polis hailed Friday as an “enormous opportunity” for hunters, anglers, bird watchers, wildlife lovers and photographers.

The 1,860-acre property located near Fairplay provides an important elk ...Read more

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(Table for March 24-April 7)

This table lists top fishing times and days for the coming weeks. For best results, begin fishing one hour before and continue one hour after the times given. Times apply to all time zones.

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Sunday………..............11:55 p.m.....…………………...................................................Read more

Brad Branan/The Sacramento Bee/TNS

The challenge: Trek from Carson City to Canada. You could make $5,000.

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LOS ANGELES — People will soon be able to trek from the steps of the Nevada state Capitol in Carson City through the Sierra at Lake Tahoe and on to the Pacific Crest Trail, where they can complete the 1,600-mile journey to the Canadian border.

Oh, and two participants will earn $5,000 each for doing so.

There is a caveat for this money-...Read more

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(Table for March 17-March 31)

This table lists top fishing times and days for the coming weeks. For best results, begin fishing one hour before and continue one hour after the times given. Times apply to all time zones.

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Sunday.…..................6:40 p.m....………………….…….............................................7...Read more

Luis Santana/Tampa Bay Times/TNS

Is Crystal River a nursery for baby bull sharks? We went fishing to find out.

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CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. — Just 12 minutes had passed since the bait hit the water.

The tide flowed into the Gulf of Mexico, and each passing minute dropped the pontoon closer to Crystal River’s rocky bottom. Five chunks of ladyfish floated on hooks: Three on a handline, two on rod-and-reel.

A handline was hit first.

“Shark!” yelled Alyssa...Read more

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To save the Allegheny woodrat, researchers schlep pounds of nuts

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While few profess a deep love for any small mammal with "rat" in its name, the Allegheny woodrat is a special case.

Pennsylvania Game Commission biologists, foresters and land managers recently have been lugging 25-pound bags of chestnuts to rocky hilltops in Fayette County and elsewhere to keep the state-threatened species alive.

Chinchilla-...Read more

Haley Nelson/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/TNS

Dennis Anderson: Caitlin Clark isn't the only Iowa woman riding a success streak

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Caitlin Clark was still in middle school when Abby Stone moved to Iowa from Downers Grove, Ill., to attend Iowa State University.

Stone, 27, wasn't then and isn't now a particularly avid basketball fan. And she hastens to add that Iowa State is a rival of the University of Iowa Hawkeyes, whose women's team, led by the sharpshooting Clark, is in...Read more

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Wildlife encounter leads Iditarod racer Dallas Seavey to dispatch and gut moose on trail

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Five-time Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion Dallas Seavey shot and dressed a moose that threatened his dog team early Monday morning, less than 24 hours into this year's race.

The incident happened on a portion of the race route between the Skwentna and Finger Lake checkpoints.

"It was on a downhill. I mean, it fell on my sled, and it was ...Read more

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(Table for March 10-March 24)

This table lists top fishing times and days for the coming weeks. For best results, begin fishing one hour before and continue one hour after the times given. Times apply to all time zones.

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Sunday…………...........12:20 p.m........………......................................................12:45...Read more

Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post/TNS

Colorado bear encounters dropped in 2023. Here's why.

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The number of conflicts between people and bears reported in Colorado dropped by 15% in 2023 thanks to sufficient natural food sources, state wildlife officials said Monday.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife received 3,526 reports of sightings and conflicts with bears in 2023, down from 4,147 reports in 2022, the agency said in a news release.

...Read more

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Minnesota's deer harvest was down 8% from 2022, with declines across the state

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Minnesota's 2023 deer season, already known to hunters as a disappointment, was officially declared a downer this week by the Department of Natural Resources.

The agency's final report not only confirmed a dismal situation in the northeast region, where harvest nose-dived 21%, but it also disclosed declines in the state's three other hunting ...Read more

Tony Kennedy/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS

Rough Mille Lacs ice season at odds with great fishing. What's going on?

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As state officials devise tighter walleye regulations for Lake Mille Lacs, anglers, resort operators, bait shops and other stakeholders have been left to wrestle with two paradoxes.

As described this month by the Department of Natural Resources, the lake's overall walleye population is down 10%, lowering this year's allowable harvest. But ...Read more

Jerry Holt/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS

Dennis Anderson: Lead-ban legislation could set back thriving prep trapshooters

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Difficult as it is to be both right and wrong about an issue, some politicians are adept at it. Such was my conclusion after reading legislation proposed at the Capitol by Sen. Jen McEwen, DFL-Duluth, and Rep. Patty Acomb, DFL-Minnetonka, that would ban lead used by target shooters, hunters and anglers. Thriving high school trapshooters would be...Read more

Best times for anglers

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(Table for March 3-March 17)

This table lists top fishing times and days for the coming weeks. For best results, begin fishing one hour before and continue one hour after the times given. Times apply to all time zones.

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Sunday………..............5:35 a.m.....………………….................................................6:...Read more

Best times for anglers

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(Table for Feb. 25-March 10)

This table lists top fishing times and days for the coming weeks. For best results, begin fishing one hour before and continue one hour after the times given. Times apply to all time zones.

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Sunday.…..................12:40 a.m....………………….…….........................................1:10 ...Read more

Anthony Souffle/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS

Dennis Anderson: Are we going to save Minnesota waters from carp, or not?

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In a career spanning nearly four decades, University of Minnesota professor Peter Sorensen has researched invasive fish from Australia to the Great Lakes. For the past five years, he's focused on Lock and Dam 5 in the Mississippi and believes the lock there is an ideal location to install a deterrent to keep silver and other invasive carp out of...Read more