MN Department of Natural Resources -- News Releases

Sharpshooting ends in bovine TB area
- The sharpshooting effort to remove deer in the bovine tuberculosis (TB) area of northwestern Minnesota, which began in February 2008, concluded on May 9. Sharpshooters, hunters and landowners have taken 1,207 deer since the fall hunting seasons closed as ...

Spring lakeshore projects may require permits
- The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds lakeshore property owners to check state and local permit requirements before initiating spring improvement projects.  Of particular concern are projects that involve construction near the shor...

Shoreland rules update project to include open house meetings around the state
- The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will hold 12 open houses throughout the state as part of a three-phase approach to develop potential revisions to the statewide minimum standards for shoreland management.

DNR announces student poster contest winners
- Seventh- and eighth-grade students from Walnut Grove and Champlin were the top winners in the 24th annual Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) “Roadsides Are for the Birds” poster contest. Tara Kelley and Nolan Isaacson of Jackson M...

Len Hardy is 2007 DNR volunteer ATV Safety Training Instructor of the Year
- Len Hardy of Nashwauk was named the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources? 2007 Volunteer ATV Safety Training Instructor of the Year during the recent ATV Fair held at the Benton County Fairgrounds in Sauk Rapids.

Report outlines how Minnesota?s working forest lands can be conserved
- A report that recommends how to conserve Minnesota?s working forestland is now available, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

DNR seeks comments on motor vehicle use proposals for state forest lands in
- The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is seeking public comments on its forest classification and motor vehicle route designation proposal for the White Earth State Forest. Comment is also being sought for scattered DNR Forestry lands in Bec...

DNR seeks comments on access proposal for state forest lands in northern St. Louis County
- The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will hold two public meetings on its draft forest classification and motor vehicle route designation plan for northern St. Louis County. The first meeting will be on Tuesday, July 1, at the Mesabi Range ...

Minnesotan convicted of illegal hunting activity in Montana
- Steven E. Range, 59, of Minneapolis, reached a plea agreement and pled guilty recently to two counts of killing mule deer bucks in Montana without a license. He paid $1,070 in fines. He was also assessed $1,000 in restitution, with his hunting, fishing an...

Township fire wardens recognized for public service
- The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) presented length-of-service awards to several dedicated fire wardens in the Cass and Crow Wing county areas.

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