After the Minnesota DNR’s aerial elk survey last winter revealed lower than expected elk numbers, we made the decision to ...

Jun. 10—ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is offering four elk licenses this year — down from 10 in 2024 — and the tags will be limited to the Caribou-Vita area of northeast ...

Dec. 23—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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will conduct its annual aerial elk surveys in the coming weeks in northwestern Minnesota and on the border with Manitoba, information that will be used to ...

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 ...

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 ...

A decade of worthy work and planning to bring the majestic elk back home to the Northland — specifically, to the Fond du Lac Reservation and the surrounding 1854 Ceded Territory — is ready for our ...

A grand plan to reintroduce wild elk to northeastern Minnesota will be delayed at least another year after organizers hit a pair of stumbling blocks, state and tribal officials confirmed this week.