DNR news release, Aug. 30, 2013

DNR NEWS – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                      Aug. 30, 2013 

Roadside wildlife counts to be released Sept. 9

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will release its annual roadside wildlife survey on Monday, Sept. 9. The report summarizes roadside counts of pheasants, gray (Hungarian) partridge, cottontail rabbits, white-tailed jackrabbits and other wildlife observed in the early morning hours during the first two weeks of August.

The observations take place throughout the farmland region of Minnesota. Observers surveyed 171 25-mile routes, 152 of which were located in the ring-necked pheasant range.

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