The Department of Natural Resources has released the first of two planned updates to Minnesota’s buffer map that was first released in July. The map shows public waters and public ditches ...

In areas with significant agricultural land use, expanded bear hunting opportunities can help lower the level of conflict ...

If other counties find errors similar to those found in McLeod County, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources may have a hard time implementing new buffer strip regulations as quickly as it ...

There have been relatively few changes to Minnesota’s bear permit area boundaries since the early 1990s. At that time, bears ...