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

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.

Hundreds of Canadian geese have been found dead this winter in Owatonna, Albert Lea, Waseca and other southern Minnesota cities.

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

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced Wednesday that it is discontinuing the practice of targeted deer culling in three permit areas in the southeastern corner of the state as it is no longer helping to manage Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) within the herd.

While the early and ever-thickening ice has been promising throughout the state, the lack of snow and fluctuating temperatures is raising another ice issue: pressure ridges.

A strategy change is taking place to help combat chronic wasting disease in three southeast Minnesota deer permit areas.

Minnesota’s management of white-tailed deer has marked some milestones though work remains before some goals are met, according to a Minnesota DNR midpoint review of the statewide deer plan. The plan is in effect from 2018-2028.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — Our entire region is under an Extreme Cold Weather Warning until 12 p.m. Tuesday; wind chills could fall as low as -45 degrees. This Arctic blast is thanks to a polar vortex.

"Chronic wasting disease, commonly referred to as CWD, is a fatal neurological disease that affects cervids, including white-tailed deer. It is found globally and in about half of the states in the U.S. CWD remains relatively rare in Minnesota but is a concern as there is no known cure," the DNR website states.

Current efforts have been ineffective at reducing disease prevalence or controlling the spread in a part of the state.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is looking for passionate and dedicated students interested in learning more about natural resource careers through paid summer internships. DNR summer interns receive valuable training,