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.

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 ...

Jan. 23—The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, in coordination with other Tribal entities, local governments, landowners and other ...

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 ...

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 ...

Four Minnesota hunters will be granted an elk license this year due to lower-than-expected elk populations. If you want to apply for one of these licenses, the Minnesota Department of Natural ...

A male elk stands in a field. The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has submitted a formal proposal to the Minnesota DNR to move up to 150 elk from the northwestern corner of the state ...

Feb. 18—ST. PAUL — Research biologists from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and University of Minnesota-Twin Cities will begin capturing and collaring elk in early March for an in-depth ...

East of the Missouri River, elk generally are a rare recreational opportunity. In the Rocky Mountains, the Black Hills, and in the ranges along the Pacific Ocean, elk are abundant — offering trophy ...