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The ice cover on Foot Lake in Willmar was retreating from shore on Friday. The Spicer fisheries crew will begin assessing some of the shallow lakes in the region this coming week for possible fish kill. Foot Lake is aerated during the winter to prevent fish kills from oxygen depletion. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny

DNR to begin assessing lakes

SPICER -- We'll soon be learning whether some area lakes suffered winter fish kills. Fisheries workers with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources in Spicer will begin assessing some of...

news / local / region Mon, Apr 11, 2011 - 12:00am

Jason Moeckel, fisheries operations supervisor, outlines the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources proposal for the first increase in fishing and hunting license fees in 10 years to the West Central Chapter of the Minnesota Dark House Anglers in Spicer on Feb. 17. Tribune file photo

DNR seeks license fee hike to stop downward funding slide

SPICER -- It will cost more to put walleyes in the boat or pheasants and ducks in the bag, if the state Legislature approves license fee increases being requested by...

outdoors / region Sat, Feb 26, 2011 - 12:00am

No course change likely in northern pike management

SPICER -- It's no secret that slot limits on the harvest of northern pike in designated lakes aren't very popular with spear fishermen and women. But spear fishermen will likely...

outdoors / region Sat, Feb 26, 2011 - 12:00am

There are more reports of paddlefish being seen in the Minnesota River. It's not known if the apparent increase in their numbers can be credited to improving water quality, or higher, average water flows in the last decade, or a combination of these and other factors. Submitted photo

Electrifying fish stories

MONTEVIDEO -- For 30 years the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has been electro-fishing the Minnesota River to coax out the secrets of the fish in its murky waters, and...

outdoors / region Sat, Feb 05, 2011 - 12:00am

A whole new world

NEW LONDON -- Replace the swish, swish, glide of cross country skis with the woosh, woosh, crunch of snowshoes breaking powder, and the world is yours to explore. Snowshoes are...

outdoors / local / region / state Sat, Jan 22, 2011 - 12:00am

A wild turkey hunts for food alongside a railroad bed earlier this week. A growing snow pack that has been hardened by a freezing rain and the below-normal temperatures experienced so far are making this a difficult winter for wildlife. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny

Tough winter taking toll on wildlife

WILLMAR -- Area wildlife groups and many individuals are contemplating whether to begin feeding wildlife to help see them through a difficult winter. There's no doubt the growing snowpack, last...

outdoors / local / region Sat, Jan 08, 2011 - 12:00am

Paul Otto has led Sibley State Park as manager for just a few days shy of 10 years. Its mix of woodlands, prairie, and wetlands and its hilly terrain offers the best of everything, he said. Tribune file photo

The perfect career landing

NEW LONDON -- A career of more than 35 years with the Minnesota state parks system hasn't made it any easier to answer the question that has made Paul Otto's...

outdoors / local / region / state Fri, Dec 24, 2010 - 12:00am

DNR early retirements to be felt in region

ST. PAUL -- Two managers responsible for some of this area's most highly-regarded and popular resources have left the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources as part of a retirement incentive...

outdoors / local / region / state Fri, Dec 24, 2010 - 12:00am

Bruce Gilbertson retired as fisheries supervisor for the Spicer office of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. He's served as supervisor in Spicer for the last 16 years of a 36-year career in fisheries. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny

Hook was set long ago

SPICER -- As certain as a fish taking the bait, Bruce Gilbertson was destined to make fisheries management his career. He basically grew up in a fishing boat. His grandfather...

outdoors / local / region Fri, Dec 24, 2010 - 12:00am

This is the first time in more than 40 years that it is possible to hunt geese at the Lac qui Parle refuge. The December hunt at the refuge is being looked at as a learning experience, but hunters have praised the expanded opportunity it represents. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny

Lac qui Parle Refuge in December

WATSON -- Hunting geese in December takes some adjustment and, as we discovered, some cooperation from Mother Nature. For the first time ever, there's a December goose hunting season at...

outdoors / region Sat, Dec 18, 2010 - 12:00am

33-year-old Olivia man faces 17 counts for illegal taking of game

OLIVIA -- An Olivia man faces 17 different misdemeanor and gross misdemeanor charges for allegedly taking four deer by illegal means and registering and transporting the deer using other people's...

news / region Wed, Oct 06, 2010 - 12:00am

Portions of Marsh Lake islands to be closed for waterfowl hunting

MARSH LAKE -- Waterfowl hunters are being advised that portions of islands in Marsh Lake will be closed during the waterfowl season as a precaution to prevent the possible spread...

news / region Sat, Sep 25, 2010 - 12:00am

The Minnesota Falls dam constructed in 1905 and is at the point where major repairs are needed. An engineering study estimates it's cheaper to remove the dam.

Xcel planning to remove large dam; upstream water users say they're worried

GRANITE FALLS -- Xcel Energy intends in 2012 to remove an aged dam that no longer serves any purpose for the company, but upstream water users including a large ethanol...

news / region Fri, Sep 17, 2010 - 12:00am

Dustup over group's charge that coal ash from Big Stone plant contaminating area

BIG STONE COUNTY -- A public interest group is charging that heavy metals and chemicals are leaching from coal ash stored at the Big Stone power plant near Milbank, S.D.,...

news / region Fri, Aug 27, 2010 - 12:00am

Lee Sundmark, fisheries supervisor with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, said that perceptions of the Minnesota River as a polluted waterway are believed to be keeping anglers away. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny

Minnesota River offers a safe, diverse fishery

OLIVIA -- Its reputation as a dirty and polluted waterway seem to be keeping a lot of anglers away from the Minnesota River. "It's an under-utilized fishery,'' said Lee Sundmark,...

outdoors / region Sat, Jul 31, 2010 - 12:00am

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