A national environmental group says it will file suit to change how the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources allows trapping of animals like bobcat, fisher and marten because those traps also are ...

CROW WING COUNTY — The dog is a frenzied blur. Darting and vaulting — and always sniffing — Jack, a 1-year-old springer spaniel, is at one instant a few feet from owner John Reynolds and in the next ...

Bobcat trapping season opens Dec. 19 in Minnesota and John Reynolds is worried about your dog. “It happens every year. It’s going to happen this year. Someone’s dog, someone’s pet, or their favorite ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO/AP)-- Minnesota will offer 6,000 hunters and trappers a chance at taking 400 wolves when the state holds its first regulated wolf hunting and trapping season this fall, the ...

The Canada Lynx was listed under the federal Endangered Species Act in 2000. Its federally designated critical habitat includes northeastern Minnesota. (Photo by Washington Department of Fish and ...

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BEMIDJI, Minn.—In some ways, 61-year-old Tim Ewert was born a few hundred years too late. Fascinated by stories of French voyageurs and trappers who first came to Minnesota in the late 1600s, Ewert is ...

How John Reynolds lost his springer spaniel, Penni, on Dec. 17, 2011, is rife with irony. Accompanied by his hunting partner, the Brainerd resident had been setting a few traps to catch foxes. “I ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) --Wolf hunting opponents have put off an effort for now to get Minnesota lawmakers to stop wolf trapping. Rep. Jason Isaacson on Thursday shelved his amendment to a natural ...