Research found reasons to be concerned that wakesurfing in too-shallow depths could harm a lake’s water quality. The findings ...

Fisheries biologists and volunteers survey walleye size during a spawning run. The Minnesota DNR is reworking management plans for more than 100 lakes in 2024 and public input is invited in February.

The DNR encourages people with thoughts on the future management of a lake scheduled for a 2025 plan update to call or email the area fisheries office listed for that lake before March 31.

Then they saw it, floating in the water: spawning brook trout. “It’s incredible,” said Cory Goldsworthy, the Lake Superior fisheries supervisor for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

Minnesota DNR extends looser walleye limit on Mille Lacs Lake for ice anglers ST. PAUL, Minn. — Anglers on central Minnesota's Mille Lacs Lake will be able to fill their livewells with a bit ...

In a news release, the DNR said a property owner contacted the DNR after finding a zebra mussel attached to a native mussel in Union Lake. DNR staff found more than 15 zebra mussels near the ...

According to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, the nuisance mollusks were first detected in August 2023, when one adult zebra mussel was found by DNR staff working with native mussels.

Salt Lake is located on the Minnesota/South Dakota border. “It’s very special,” Kurt Vascek with the Minnesota DNR said. “It’s the only salt lake in Minnesota.

The DNR and Ojibwe treaty tribes set the annual harvest limit on Mille Lacs. This year's mark is set at 113,600 for state-licensed fishers and 88,000 pounds for Ojibwe treaty fishers.

The DNR will start doing more survey work this October to see if it can find more populations of lake-spawning trout. ©2025 The Minnesota Star Tribune.

Jul. 15—ST. PAUL — Zebra mussels have been confirmed in Union Lake near Erskine, Minnesota, in Polk County, the Department of Natural Resources said Monday, July 15. The invasive mussels also ...