Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

The Minnesota DNR has advice for avoiding a confrontation with a hungry bear.

It appears a deer bagged in Winona County had CWD.

Preliminary test suggest chronic wasting disease could be spreading in southeastern Minnesota.

The Minnesota Pheasant season opens on Saturday and as we told you back in September, despite a mild winter last year, the population is estimated to be down 26 percent.

Minnesota's Waterfowl Hunting season opens on Saturday, a half hour before sunrise. According to Steve Cordts with the Department of Natural Resources, breeding duck numbers have been good in North America and Minnesota, so the numbers for hunting should be pretty good this year.

Undated (KROC AM News) -  Minnesota DNR fisheries workers conducting a survey on Cottonwood Lake a few weeks ago snagged something unusual - a three foot long American eel.

The economic impact of the fishing season is staggering, but it's the individual memories the sport creates that makes it a Minnesota treasure.

Local DNR officials will host an informational meeting Thursday, February 16, at Cabela's in Owatonna to discuss license fee increases proposed by Gov. Mark Dayton.

This year's mild fall lulled us into a false sense of a possible warm winter. But Minnesota's weather has reared its ugly head and comes in full force with a snowstorm followed by bitter cold. But really, when you think about it, this is classic Minnesota season change...

Higher-than-average temperatures and a growing deer population combine this weekend for the Minnesota firearms deer hunting opener.