The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is reporting a higher number of deer harvested during the 2024 hunting season.

(ABC 6 News) — In Dodge County, the Minnesota DNR held a public workshop to go over its findings on local groundwater. The DNR published its Groundwater Atlas for Dodge County, covering items like flow, chemistry, and the pollution sensitivity of aquifers.

A mix of outdoors stories from Minnesota, including an opportunity to share your thoughts on the new Keystone Woods Wildlife Management Area.

At one point, muskie fishing was the fastest-growing segment of freshwater angling in the entire country, and Minnesota was the leader in that.”

Minnesota fishing license sales have been fast and furious since Thanksgiving, popping at a rate not seen in more than a decade as ice fishing makes a comeback after two difficult years. For the six-week period between Nov.

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DNR aerially surveyed 17.5 million acres of Minnesota for damage to forests in 2024. Since the early 1950s, aerial surveys have been a valuable tool for discovering, tracking, and managing forest health threats like spruce budworm, oak wilt, ice storm damage, eastern larch beetle, and more.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources hosting its first Free Park Day of 2025 yesterday, where vehicle permit fees were waived at all 73 state parks and recreation areas. Free Park Day is designed to encourage Minnesotans to spend some time out in nature.

Snowmobile enthusiasts still await a large, widespread snowfall, but are finding places to ride in some parts of. Frozen lakes are seeing plenty of attention, as are road ditches

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will discontinue targeted culling in the southeastern corner of the state — including parts of Winona and Fillmore counties — where chronic wasting

Northwest Minnesota also saw a jump in harvest, with an 8% increase from 2023. Many DNR wildlife managers received reports of fawn twins and triplets in spring and summer 2024.

Deer feeding and attractant bans are in place in 24 Minnesota counties to prevent concentrations of wild deer in areas with a higher risk for disease, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR).