July 2000


July/August 2000

Also this issue:
Reality Check
Ask the DNR
From the Field
Conservation Officer
   Report
Regulation Review
On My Mind

DNR information on:
Hunting
Fishing
Wildlife Watching
Management:
Fisheries
Wildlife
Native Plants
Ecosystems


More Stories:

Job Well Done
NWTF honors DNR farmland wildlife coordinator Kevin Lines.

Letter of gratitude
DNR officials thank fish, wildlife, and native plant supporters during the 2000 legislative session

New, free DNR publications
Four color brochures on fishing piers, northwoods wildflowers, stream habitat, and lake mapping.

What happened?
The 2000 Minnesota legislative session will dramatically affect future fish, wildlife, and native plant management.

A boom town for chickens
Two grassland “coffee shops” open in Lac qui Parle County, raising hopes that these prairie birds, once common and then driven nearly to local extinction, are back for good.

New DNR map shows rare natural treasures of Stearns County
Researchers found boreal fens, goblin ferns, marbled godwits, and more when they scoured this central Minnesota county in search of the rarest plants and animals.

Red Lake cranks out the crappies
Limits of 10-inchers were common last winter, but how long will this panfish bonanza on “the biggest crappie fishery the upper Midwest has ever seen” last?

Quad Lakes dynamo bowls over resistance
With a smile and a handshake, one man mobilizes a community to restore local lakes and lands


Are 6 walleyes too many?

DNR Fisheries Director Ron Payer explains why it may be time to lower fishing bag limits.

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