In the fall of 1941, just before the U.S. entered World War II, hunters in Minnesota went afield and shot 1.8 million pheasants, the most ever. That was just 25 years after the birds, natives of China ...

MARSHALL -- Minnesota's strategy to reverse a steady decline in its pheasant population should focus on making habitat improvements on private land, and better enforcement of laws requiring vegetative ...

Minnesota farmers have withdrawn hundreds of thousands of acres from the government's biggest conservation program in the last decade, shifting land that was set aside for grasses and wildflowers back ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Pheasant hunting is a big part of South Dakota’s economy. But with the dry weather we’ve been having lately, that’s not good for the pheasant population. Wildlife officials ...

Thriving pheasant populations and excellent hunting conditions are primarily the result of two things: high-quality habitat and access to that habitat. South Dakota works hard to protect and add to ...

You have to applaud Pheasants Forever on this eve of pheasant-hunting season ? Saturday through Dec. 31. The national organization, which, true to its name, is dedicated to the conservation of ...

The annual summer roadside count for pheasants in Minnesota showed a 17% increase over 2021, the state Department of Natural Resources announced Thursday. The count showed an average of 48 pheasants ...

Bees, monarch butterflies and other pollinators struggling in the face of disappearing habitat and other threats have a new ally in the form of pheasants, which are experiencing their own long-term ...

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WILLMAR — The Kandiyohi County Pheasants Forever chapter has won state and national recognition for its work on behalf of habitat. The local chapter is the 2019 recipient of the National Habitat award ...

“Habitat and weather are the two critical factors driving our populations,” said Bogenschutz. “Unfortunately, neither of those factors have been pheasant-friendly during the last few years.” Gamebird ...

The USDA has reduced its focus on the CRP conservation program, undercutting Nebraska’s ability to maintain habitat for pheasants and other wildlife, this Midlands Voices writer says. With the 2020 ...