State: MN

Contact: Kent Keene, Lower Midwestern States Coordinator On February 14-16, Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) Lower Midwestern States Coordinator, Kent Keene, attended the 2020 Pheasant Fest and Quail Classic hosted by Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever in Minneapolis, MN. In attendance were representatives from state fish and wildlife agencies, hunting and conservation organizations, Natural Resource Conservation…

Contact: Nick Buggia, Upper Midwestern States Manager On June 25, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) held an open house and public comment period in Brainerd, Minnesota regarding the delisting of gray wolves from the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. The event filled the 300-seat venue in northern…

By Nick Buggia, Upper Midwestern States Manager Newly elected Minnesota Governor, and former Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus (CSC) Co-Chair, Tim Walz recently joined the Governors Sportsmen’s Caucus (GSC), a bipartisan group of governors from across the country who are dedicated to providing a voice for their state’s sportsmen and women and advancing professional fish and wildlife…

By Nick Buggia, Midwestern States Manager On January 11, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation’s (CSF) Upper Midwestern States Manager Nick Buggia participated in the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Roundtable. Each year, the Minnesota DNR hosts a Roundtable, which gathers stakeholders and conservation leaders to discuss fisheries, wildlife, water resources, and other ecological issues in…

Since the start of the new year, states across the Midwest have been convening their 2018 legislative sessions. Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin have all convened for 2018, with a number of other states to follow soon. With the exceptions of North Dakota and Texas, which are not…

On February 17, as part of the 2017 National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic in Minneapolis, the Minnesota Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus hosted a reception with leaders of the Minnesota conservation community. The gathering shared ideas to elevate the discussion about conservation efforts throughout the state and learned more about the accomplishments of the community. Caucus…

The participation rates in the state have dropped around five percent in hunting and nearly 15 percent in angling since the 1980s. For the past decade, the number of sportsmen and women in Minnesota has remained stable, with approximately 1.1 million resident anglers and 550,000 resident hunters. While the number of sportsmen and women are…

On October 13, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) released a proposed rule to ban lead shot on all wildlife management areas (WMAs) in the far western and southern half of Minnesota. The affected area is referred to as the “Farmland Zone,” and contains almost 1,300 of the state’s 1,524 WMAs, approximating 600,000 acres…

2013 Sportsmen’s Economic Impact Report – Minnesota

Sportsmen and women support as many jobs in Minnesota as the University of Minnesota, Hormel Foods, and 3m Corporation combined (55,000 jobs). Every five years in conjunction with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Survey on hunters and anglers, CSF produces a report on the economic impact hunters and anglers have on the economy.  This information…