Minnesota DNR wildlife manager, whose region is 75% hunting land, retires after 34 years
Tom Rusch was part of state's annual moose survey, championed sharptail grouse.
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Tom Rusch was part of state's annual moose survey, championed sharptail grouse.
Tom Rusch was part of state's annual moose survey, championed sharptail grouse.
Tom Rusch was part of state's annual moose survey, championed sharptail grouse.
Within a few weeks, northern Minnesota black bears preparing for hibernation will scrounge for 12,000 calories a day worth of food, a search that might lead the ravenous bruins to trash cans and bird feeders, due to a shortage of berries and nuts caused by the state's ongoing drought. In southern Minnesota, meanwhile, ring-necked pheasants just ended what might have been their best hatch in decades, thanks to the same extremely dry conditions. The birds could benefit further by a banner grasshopper crop — the bane of many farmers — that is just now showing up on the state's farmlands, aga...