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Outdoornews December 31, 2020 District 1 – Baudette area CO Ben Huener (Roseau) checked traps, followed up on angling and drug cases, and investigated a complaint about hunting deer over bait. CO Corey Sura (Baudette) reports spending time patrolling on Upper Red Lake and investigating a TIP report with several area officers. Violations encountered included no fish house/shelter license, fishing without a license, possessing dressed/filleted fish on special-regulation waters, fishing with ext...

Termites on the menu: protecting South Africas edible insects From grasshoppers to worms, eating insects is common among many communities around the world. Could DNA barcoding help protect them and culinary traditions for future generations? Edible insects, consumed by many communities in rural South Africa, are now attracting the interest of scientists Standing underneath a big mango tree in Mopye, a village in north eastern South Africa, Martin Boima is snacking on crunchy dried termites. H...

Department of Natural Resources report for the week of Dec. 28, 2020. Written By: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | 1:41 pm, Dec. 28, 2020 × District 5 — Eveleth area Conservation Officer Darrin Kittelson (International Falls 1) reports the pine marten- and fisher-trapping season came to a quiet close with fewer trappers observed out in the woods compared with previous years. Injured-animal complaints were also handled throughout the week. People are remi...

Department of Natural Resources report for the week of Dec. 14, 2020. Written By: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | 3:02 pm, Dec. 17, 2020 × District 5 — Eveleth area Conservation Officer Don Bozovsky (Hibbing) worked anglers and muzzleloader deer hunters, and followed up on a firearms deer season case. Drug evidence was sent to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension lab from a second-degree possession and sales of a controlled substance case, which origina...