Jan. 23—The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, in coordination with other Tribal entities, local governments, landowners and other ...

Aug. 26—ST. PAUL The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is holding an in-person meeting on northwest elk management next month in Thief River Falls to begin work on developing a legislatively ...

On Tuesday, biologists aim to capture and collar 20 female elk in northwestern Minnesota. The DNR's long-term goal is to increase elk numbers, potentially benefitting the ecology, tourism and hunting ...

Cattle trailers filled with wild elk captured from the eastern mountains of Kentucky will roll to Black River Falls, Wis., in the coming months as part of a five-year reintroduction of the animals to ...

The phrase “once-in-a-lifetime” gets used frequently to describe adventures in the outdoors, but when it comes to hunting elk in Minnesota, it’s not hyperbole. Hunters who beat the odds and are drawn ...

The DNR wants to expand the state's elk population. Farmers and ranchers are concerned because elk herds destroy fences and crops. A plan at the Capitol would halt the DNR's plans until it could prove ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Researchers have begun outfitting elk in far northwestern Minnesota with GPS radio collars for the first time as part of a broader study to better track their movements and how the ...

The creation of a management plan to expand Minnesota’s elk herds is moving forward. The current elk herds of northwest Minnesota may have some of the herd picked up and moved to northeast Minnesota ...

The Red Lake Band of Chippewa also hunts elk within the boundaries of the 1863 Old Crossing Treaty Area. The 2025 Red Lake ...