Farmers, hunters and members of Indigenous Tribes gathered Thursday night to discuss plans for an ambitious five-year plan to restore elk populations in northern Minnesota. During the meeting there ...

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 ...

Four Minnesota hunters will be granted an elk license this year due to lower-than-expected elk populations. If you want to apply for one of these licenses, the Minnesota Department of Natural ...

Feb. 14—CLOQUET — A plan to reintroduce elk in Carlton County by the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and the Minnesota Department of Resources was met with both concern and excitement ...

A male elk stands in a field. The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has submitted a formal proposal to the Minnesota DNR to move up to 150 elk from the northwestern corner of the state ...

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 ...

Elk once ranged across most of North America, and you still feel that scale when you look at where they thrive today. If you want to know which state holds the most animals now, you have to follow the ...

The project is rescheduled for the winters of 2025-2026 and 2026-2027. Researchers plan to capture 25 adult cows and up to 15 adult bulls each of the two winters and fit the elk with GPS collars. Elk ...

ST. PAUL – After canceling last winter’s aerial elk surveys because of lack of snow, the Department of Natural Resources on Monday, Dec. 23, said it is on track to survey the northwest Minnesota elk ...

BRAINERD — Hunters have through Thursday, July 3, to apply for one of four elk licenses offered this year by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. “We are reducing opportunities for elk ...