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July 7, 2022
Stay informed! Here?s a summary of upcoming wildlife and habitat management activities and ways you can discover, explore and experience Minnesota?s outdoors.
Learn how to harvest wild rice
Want to know more about how to harvest wild rice? We have a webinar at noon Wednesday, July 13, all about wild rice harvesting. Nicholas Snavely, DNR assistant wildlife manager in Sauk Rapids, will share everything you need to know to get out and harvest your own wild rice. Harvesting wild rice is open to Minnesota residents and nonresidents each year in the early fall, once the rice is ripe. There are license requirements and regulations that apply.
The webinar is part of the DNR?s Minnesota Outdoor Skills and Stewardship Series, which aims to give participants quick, relevant information on upcoming seasons and events, as well as skills to enjoy these opportunities. The webinar is free, but registration is required.
More details: Register for the webinar
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Sign up for wild rice email updates
You can now sign up to get wild rice email updates! Get wild rice harvesting information including season outlooks, season dates, regulation reminders and how-to tips.
If you?re interested in wild rice harvesting, or know someone who is, please sign up and encourage others to sign up, too.?Once signed up, you?ll get email updates before and during wild rice harvest seasons.
To sign up, use the link below, select ?email? as your subscription type, submit your email address, then check the ?Wild rice harvesting? box and hit submit. ?
More details: Sign up for wild rice email updates
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Wolf plan webinar is July 13
We are welcoming comments on a draft of Minnesota?s updated wolf management plan. The wolf plan draft incorporates the diverse views of Minnesotans and will guide the state?s approach to wolf conservation once finalized.
You can register for an informational webinar about the draft plan. The webinar will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 13. Registration is required and free, and participants will have an opportunity to pre-register to ask questions and comment during the webinar.
More details: Register for the webinar
Photo courtesy of Joe Walewski
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Want to try hunting? Now is a great time to start preparing
Are you interested in giving hunting a try this fall? While we?re still in the prime of summer, now is the time to start preparing for fall hunting seasons if you?re new to the pursuit. Step one? Get your Minnesota hunter education certificate.
More details: Learn more and get started
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Prairie Pod: Season 5 is here
It?s grasslands month in Minnesota and that means the Prairie Pod podcast is back! The podcast communicates the science surrounding prairie conservation, restoration/reconstruction and management.
This season of the podcast will cover prairie predators, how to make reconstructions more diverse, the fungus among-us, Minnesota state ?prairie? parks, pollinator-friendly solar, shallow lakes and prairie economics. If you?re passionate about prairie, this is the podcast for you! New episodes air weekly on prairie Tuesday in July-August.
More details: Listen to the Prairie Pod
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Get hunting information
Find hunting and trapping regulations, harvest registration, how to contact a conservation officer and information about pursuing a variety of species at mndnr.gov/hunting. New to hunting? Check out the DNR learn to hunt page.
Have Minnesota wildlife or hunting photos to share? You can upload your photos and we may use them in emails notifications, social media or the DNR website.
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