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Paul Murdaugh hosted booze-fueled boat party days before his murder – as he faced charges for deadly crash

Alex Murdaugh was ‘going to take care of’ the incident – which came two years after the death of Mallory Beach

The Independent UK

Wisconsin wolf hunters face tighter regulations under new permanent rules

Wolf hunters in Wisconsin would have to register kills faster and have less time to train their dogs under new regulations being finalized by state wildlife officials

The Independent UK

Chicago fishing: Lakefront kings and options for Labor Day weekend

The smattering of lakefront Chinook from shore and prospects for fishing the Labor Day weekend lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Wisconsin officials add recommendations to new management plan to keep wolf population around 1,000

Wisconsin wildlife officials have revised their new wolf management plan to recommend maintaining the statewide population at around 1,000 animals

The Independent UK

Dive team deployed after helicopter crashes into Alaska lake; all 4 on board presumed dead

A rescue and recovery dive team was deployed Saturday after a helicopter with a pilot and three state workers crashed in a large lake on Alaska’s North Slope,

The Independent UK

Beset by engorged winter ticks, Minnesota moose suffer a ghastly fate

A type of tick is draining so much blood from Minnesota's moose that the animals are starving to death. Winter tick populations have exploded along the North Shore as the state's winters and springs have gotten warmer, allowing the parasites to swarm individual moose by the tens of thousands, scientists…

Tribune News Service

Despite signing bill, Missouri governor never funded program probing radioactive waste

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Five years ago, Gov. Mike Parson signed legislation aimed at providing state funding to help investigate areas of the state exposed to radioactive waste.

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Death of deer farms a matter of time under new laws, group president says

The president of the Minnesota Deer Farmers Association said herd owners across the state are reeling from a sweeping change in regulations adopted last month by the state Legislature.

Tribune News Service

Minnesota legislature passes jumbo outdoors bill with ‘transformational’ money

If you care about fishing, final legislation heading to the desk of Gov. Tim Walz might be considered a record catch.

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Minnesota, Wisconsin so far avoid mysterious southern states' turkey decline

DULUTH, Minn. — Minnesota and Wisconsin so far seem to be avoiding a mysterious decline in wild turkey numbers that has plagued several southern states in recent years, with populations in the north holding steady even through some tough winters.

Tribune News Service

Snowstorm Likely To Blame For Tragic End To Longstanding Eagle Nest

Due to the prolonged snowy winter, Minnesota's nesting season is too short for bald eagles to incubate eggs.

Zenger

Dennis Anderson: Tomorrow’s Minnesotans won’t forgive for inaction on invasive carp

The year is 2035 and debate is raging at the Capitol in St. Paul about where to place a gaggle of bronze statues lawmakers commissioned to "commemorate" the transition in Minnesota between two major epochs, the Pre-Invasive Carp Period, otherwise commonly referred to as the "fun" time of human existence…

Tribune News Service

Signs point to northern Minnesota deer under winter stress again

Regardless of when spring finally arrives in northern Minnesota — assuming it does — the winter of 2022-2023 will go down as another severe one for deer in the top half of the state.

Tribune News Service

Minnesota town votes to dump motorized trail project approved by DNR for offroading

Having won a clear majority of seats on the Houston, Minn., City Council in last fall's elections, opponents of a proposed motorized trails project on city-owned land have voted to dump the idea after more than 14 years in the making.

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Bills introduced to prohibit any wolf hunting, trapping in Minnesota

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Bills removing any option for a wolf hunting and trapping season from Minnesota statutes have been introduced in the Minnesota Legislature.

Tribune News Service

Our need for seed fosters an unusual partnership to restore forests

OLYMPIC NATIONAL FOREST, Wash. — Deep in the evergreen woodlands of Washington’s Olympic Peninsula sits a forest-within-a-forest: groves of Douglas fir, western hemlock, Sitka spruce and western white pine in evenly planted rows surrounded by a tall deer fence.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Bear stuck in ice given Pop Tarts during ill-advised rescue attempt

A Minnesota bear that picked the wrong place to hibernate wound up stuck in the ice in a culvert alongside a road near Wannaska.

Tribune News Service

Bear, flooded out of culvert, gets DNR ride to new hibernation location

WANNASKA, Minn. — A bear that tried to spend the winter in a culvert outside of Wannaska in northwestern Minnesota's Roseau County had to be rescued Monday morning when the culvert filled with melting snow and the bear couldn't get out of a deep snow drift.

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Dennis Anderson: Carpe diem: Time is long past to stop jumping carp from invading more Minnesota rivers

You remember invasive carp, right? Scary critters with fins that are swimming up the Mississippi River toward Minnesota? Some are called grass carp, others bighead carp or black carp,

USA Today Sports Media Group

Poacher doesn’t care to be ethical hunter, claims addiction to venison

Man facing 10 charges for illegal deer hunting makes outrageous claims and admissions to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Man jailed for sabotaging hunter’s tree stand, causing 15-foot fall

A Michigan hunter is serving two months in jail after pleading guilty to sabotaging another hunter’s tree stand, causing the victim to fall more than 15 feet.

Tribune News Service

Dennis Anderson: Walz, DNR propose to tap state surplus for $118 million to fix hatcheries, water accesses

A Department of Natural Resources gathering Friday in Bloomington with key stakeholders and Sarah Strommen, the agency's commissioner, detailed an ambitious $118 million onetime request Gov. Tim Walz is seeking from the state's surplus to repair and replace aging boat accesses, fish hatcheries and other outdoor-recreation infrastructure.

Chicago Sun-Times

Gov. J.B. Pritzker appoints former Downstate legislator as IDNR director

Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Natalie Phelps Finnie, a former Downstate legislator, as the new director of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.

Tribune News Service

Minnesota Supreme Court rejects Mesabi Metallics' bid to keep critical iron ore leases

The Minnesota Supreme Court has upheld the state's decision to terminate mineral leases for Mesabi Metallics' long-delayed iron ore project near Nashwauk.

Tribune News Service

Dennis Anderson: DNR leader says funding needed, source to be determined

Appointed Department of Natural Resources commissioner in 2019 by Gov. Tim Walz, Sarah Strommen is the first woman to lead the conservation agency. In the interview below Strommen, now reappointed by Walz, looks back at recent conservation successes and also at challenges that lie ahead. The interview has been edited…

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