September 1997

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Table of Contents - Fall 1997

  • Around the state
    Recent reports on fish, wildlife, and native plant activities throughout Minnesota
  • More bucks for your bucks
    How the DNR uses your hunting license dollars to produce more deer and better hunting across the state
  • Fighting for fens
    Can the DNR save these rare wetlands in the face of growing suburban development?
  • Angling for answers
    Gathering information and putting it to use is how the DNR improves fishing in lakes and streams across Minnesota
  • Minnesota: the house of grouse
    Our state provides ruffed grouse shooting that hunters in other states only dream about
  • Muskies on the move
    The DNR has doubled the number of lakes holding these large underwater predators
  • Beetles unleashed to bug purple loosestrife
    Nearly one million insects were released in Minnesota this summer to devour the exotic wetland invader
  • What's up down there?
    New lake mapping technology reveals underwater topography on Minnesota's largest waters
  • National fur group honors Minnesotans
  • DNR biologist relates ringneck's reliable      roosting routine
  • Hunters help biologists track waterfowl      "bracelets"
  • Reality Check
  • Director's message: Green hunters
  • Fish & Wildlife Today, published by the Division of Fish and Wildlife, is the DNR's quarterly newspaper for Minnesotans interested in fish, wildlife, and native plant conservation.