After the Minnesota DNR’s aerial elk survey last winter revealed lower than expected elk numbers, we made the decision to ...

Dec. 23—ST. PAUL — After canceling last winter's aerial elk surveys because of lack of snow, the Department of Natural Resources on Monday, Dec. 23, said it is on track to survey the northwest ...

The creation of a management plan to expand Minnesota’s elk herds is moving forward. The current elk herds of northwest Minnesota may have some of the herd picked up and moved to northeast Minnesota ...

Jun. 10—ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is offering four elk licenses this year — down from 10 in 2024 — and the tags will be limited to the Caribou-Vita area of northeast ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will conduct its annual aerial elk surveys in the coming weeks in northwestern Minnesota and on the border with Manitoba, information that will be used to ...

The 2021 proposal calls for moving 100 to 150 elk from northwest Minnesota in small increments over the course of many years. Elk stand watch in northwest Minnesota in this undated photo. The ...

The Minnesota State Cattlemen's Association has deer, elk and wolf-related damage concerns near the top of their priority list for another year. Elk destroying fences or plundering crop fields remains ...

Farmers, hunters and members of Indigenous Tribes gathered Thursday night to discuss plans for an ambitious five-year plan to restore elk populations in northern Minnesota. During the meeting there ...

A grand plan to reintroduce wild elk to northeastern Minnesota will be delayed at least another year after organizers hit a pair of stumbling blocks, state and tribal officials confirmed this week.