Before the early 1900s, elk inhabited most of Minnesota. Their territory shriveled due to settlement, overharvest and the displacement of prairies by agriculture. The DNR’s latest total count of ...

ST. PAUL – The Department of Natural Resources is offering 10 elk licenses this year in northwest Minnesota, and hunters have through Saturday, June 15, to apply, the DNR said Monday ...

The Minnesota DNR is working to support the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa to restore elk to the Fond du Lac Reservation and surrounding area, including the 1854 Ceded Territory.

A male elk stands in a field. The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has submitted a formal proposal to the Minnesota DNR to move up to 150 elk from the northwestern corner of the state ...

During the last winter aerial survey in 2023, DNR crews tallied 75 elk in the Kittson Central herd, 29 in the Grygla herd and 227 in the Caribou-Vita herd. And while the Minnesota Legislature last ...

will be conducted by DNR pilots who will fly during daylight hours at an altitude of 200 to 300 feet. Staff will survey the Kittson County and Grygla elk herds in northwestern Minnesota as well as ...

"Elk are important to a lot of Minnesotans for many different reasons," said Kelsie LaSharr, Minnesota DNR elk coordinator. "At this meeting, we look forward to providing an update on elk ...

Elk were once distributed throughout Minnesota, but their population diminished due to overharvest and conversion of prairie to farmland in the early 1900s, according to the Minnesota DNR.

Kelsie La Sharr, an elk coordinator with the Minnesota DNR said elk are a sturdy and resiliant animal. “They can survive in pretty much any habitat that you put them in,” La Sharr said.

The DNR this year will require mandatory testing ... near where elk would be captured for the Fond du Lac project. No Minnesota elk have tested positive for CWD to date. Mandatory CWD testing ...