The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is purchasing black spruce pine cones at a rate of $200 per bushel and jack pine cones for $60 per bushel.

Mushroom hunters, wild blueberry pickers, chokecherry lovers and other foragers don’t want to leave it to the DNR.

Changes could soon be coming to bear hunting in the state — in short, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources wants to expand the hunting in certain parts of the state.

If you have a fish house on one of Minnesota's frozen lakes, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is urging you to start making plans to remove it before the deadline.

The most memorable scene from the 1975 movie “Jaws’’ isn’t when its star mutant chomps partygoer Chrissie while she skinny-dips. Nor is it when the great white shark is blown up when police chief Martin Brody shoves a pressurized tank into the shark’s mouth and explodes the tank with a rifle shot.

Minnesota's moose population appears to have stabilized, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. The results of the Minnesota DNR's 2025 population survey shows the most recent population estimate in the state is approximately 4,040 animals.

After a steep decline from a population estimate of about 8,000 in 2009, Minnesota’s moose population has fluctuated around 3,700 animals in recent years.

The most recent Minnesota moose population estimate is approximately 4,040 animals, according to the results of the Minnesota DNR’s 2025 population survey.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Enforcement Division in February formally recognized 18 people and one dog for their lifesaving actions during 2024 and so far in 2025.

If shelters aren’t removed by the deadline, owners may be prosecuted, and structures may be confiscated and removed or destroyed by a conservation officer.

The DNR estimates there are 4,040 moose in northeastern Minnesota, up from 3,470 in 2024. Their numbers have remained stable for more than a decade after crashing from 2009 to 2013, but climate change,

A bipartisan bill would create a Minnesota Sustainable Foraging Task Force in hopes of opening up more of Minnesota to foraging