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To showcase prairie chicken mating behavior, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has set up a livestream video from Bluestem Prairie Preserve, near Glyndon, Minnesota.

Decreases in harvest were seen across the board in most DNR deer permit areas in the Detroit Lakes area, which includes Becker, Clay, Mahnomen and Norman counties.

In the past week, one bear was wandering near South Shore Drive. One bear went for a dip in Lake Lida, and one tried to scratch through a window screen to get into a house in Ponsford.

In the past week, one bear was wandering near South Shore Drive. One bear went for a dip in Lake Lida, and one tried to scratch through a window screen to get into a house in Ponsford.

In the past week, one bear was wandering near South Shore Drive. One bear went for a dip in Lake Lida, and one tried to scratch through a window screen to get into a house in Ponsford.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the Nature Conservancy have set up a livestream video of the greater prairie chickens on the lek at Bluestem Prairie near Glyndon.

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The work will cause part of the North Country Trail to close temporarily.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources have expressed a preliminary interest in potentially acquiring a large parcel of city-owned property on the northeastern edge of Detroit Lakes, according to a MN DNR wildlife manager. The nearly 200-acre parcel is mostly low-lying wetlands and located east of the North Industrial Park on Cormorant Avenue, north of Terry Street. Discussions are in the early stages and any potential sale could still be months away.

Fergus Falls wildlife supervisor Mike Oehler will work to manage an area of land that covers seven counties now as smaller staffs within DNR fish and wildlife divisions feel the pinch.