Wolf plan committee named

Twenty Minnesotans have been selected to help update the state’s wolf management plan. They’ll serve on an advisory committee formed by the DNR. Committee members represent diverse perspectives, including hunting and trapping; wolf advocacy and animal rights; livestock and agriculture; and other interests related to wolf conservation and management. Find more about the plan update on the DNR website.

Find outdoors skills classes

Women and families can learn outdoor recreational skills in a wide range of hands-on learning opportunities listed in the newly released 2020 Becoming an Outdoors Woman and Becoming an Outdoors Family catalog.

For more information about upcoming classes, visit mndnr.gov/bow or call the DNR Information Center at 651-296-6157 or 888-646-6367 and request a copy of the BOW 2020 catalog of events.

The skinny on light geese

Hunters can help reduce the population of light geese through a federally authorized spring conservation harvest that runs Feb. 18 through April 30.

Light geese are snow geese, blue-phased snow geese and the smaller Ross’s goose, and harvest regulations can be found on the DNR website. The conservation action aims to reduce damage from these geese to fragile ecosystems in Arctic coastal areas and around Hudson Bay. 

Attend and shape deer goals

Local workshops to set deer population goals continue in late February for northwestern and western areas of the state. Workshops will be in International Falls, Thief River Falls, Moorhead, Alexandria, Warroad and St. Paul.

Visit the DNR website for details about the deer permit areas addressed at each workshop, locations and times, other ways to participate in the goal-setting process, and how to RSVP.