ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota’s moose population is the largest its been in more than a decade after 11 consecutive years of remaining relatively stable. Department of Natural Resources officials said that the state’s estimated moose population is about 4,700 animals. The survey showed no statistically signficant change from the last one conducted in 2020 but is the highest estimate…
NORTH DAKOTA (KVRR) – The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced a possible case of chronic wasting disease in a deer southwest of Climax, Minnesota. The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is increasing hunter harvested surveillance efforts in the eastern part of the state. Chronic wasting disease is neurological disease contagious to deer, elk and moose. Hunters are encouraged…
NORTH DAKOTA & MINNESOTA (KVRR) — Early November brings a special tradition for thousands of North Dakotans and Minnesotans. Deer hunting season begins Friday in North Dakota and Saturday in Minnesota. “You may not be a deer hunter, but you probably work with somebody, live near somebody, or know somebody that is a deer hunter,” North Dakota Game and Fish…
OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. — A 38-year-old Dalton, Minnesota man is being held in the Otter Tail County Jail after firing at officers during an hour and 15 minute long standoff southwest of the town. Deputies say Derrick Sundeen rolled his vehicle near County Highway 37 and Bankers Drive early Friday evening. They say when a DNR officer arrived, Sundeen…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Department of Natural Resources has confirmed zebra mussels in Clitherall Lake in Otter Tail County, Eagle Lake near Frazee and Turtle Lake near Lake Park. DNR invasive species specialists followed up on a report from a lake property owner and an angler who found zebra mussels in two of the lakes. A DNR conservation officer…
Honor the Earth / FacebookPARK RAPIDS, Minn. — Environmental activist Winona LaDuke is among a small group of people arrested at Shell River near Park Rapids. They were protesting work on the river for the Line 3 replacement project by Enbridge. Honor the Earth, of which LaDuke is executive director, says a total of seven women were zip-tied and taken…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says it won’t consider holding a wolf hunting or trapping season until 2022 at the earliest. The agency said that it’s taking longer than expected to update its 20-year-old wolf management plan, and it’s now expected to be done by March. President Donald Trump’s administration in November ended Endangered Species…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Foresters and landowners are concerned that a disease that kills oak trees is spreading farther north in Minnesota. Oak wilt was been around for decades and has been confirmed in 40 Minnesota counties, but the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is now finding cases farther north than ever before. The disease was recently discovered in Crow…
GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. (KVRR) – Family, friends and law enforcement officers were in Grand Rapids Friday to attend the funeral for Minnesota Conservation Officer Sarah Grell. Grell died in a two-vehicle crash near Grand Rapids while on duty Monday morning. She was traveling on an Itasca County road when a semi collided with the driver’s door of her pickup. Grell…
GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. – The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says one of its conservation officers died in a two-vehicle crash. The crash happened Monday morning near Grand Rapids while the conservation officer was on duty. The officer’s name is being withheld until the family is notified. The Minnesota State Patrol is investigating the crash. Categories: Local News, Minnesota News…
