Minnesota Outdoor News Radio

Minnesota Outdoor News Radio


Latest Episodes

Episode 484 – Minnesota camping preview, steelheading tips, retracing Hemingway’s trout travels
April 20, 2024

This week’s show kicks off with a Minnesota legislative roundup with Outdoor News Managing Editor and host Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman. Then Sara Berhow, from Minnesota DNR parks and trails,

Episode 483 – Public Lands rally recap, interview with new BHA CEO Patrick Berry, MDNR muskie plan
April 13, 2024

Several Minnesota conservation groups hosted a Public Lands Day rally at the State Capitol last week, and a couple of Outdoor News staffers were there. Host and Managing Editor Rob Drieslein recaps th

Episode 482 – Land transfer legislation, April 8 solar eclipse preview, “Tackle” Terry on ice-out crappies
April 06, 2024

Minnesota legislation that would transfer state lands to the Red Lake and White Earth Ojibwe bands dominates this weeks discussion with host Rob Drieslein as well as Minnesota Editor Tim Spielman and

Episode 481 – MN-FISH letter on Mille Lacs, a new book by author Tony Jones, Iowa update, and Bassmaster Classic report
March 30, 2024

Top topics on this weeks program include news that the MN-Fish Sportfishing Coalition has asked the Minnesota DNR to explain its catch-and-release regulation from Lake Mille Lacs. Author Tony Jones t

Episode 480 – A catch-and-release walleye opener for Mille Lacs, Minnesota moose update, Stan Tekiela on Florida critters, and a giant hybrid Montana sheep
March 23, 2024

Top topics on this weeks Outdoor News Radio include the Minnesota DNRs announcement that Lake Mille Lacs will start with a catch-and-release walleye regulation. Managing Editor and host Rob Drieslei

Episode 479 – State-tribal land transfer legislation, an award for a DU employee, Stan Tekiela on winter in Yellowstone, and dogs-vs.-hounds
March 16, 2024

New legislation at the Minnesota State Capitol would transfer large swaths of state public lands to the Red Lake and White Earth bands. Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman break it d

Episode 478 – Minnesota DNR unveils its new state record fish program, migration update with Stan Tekiela and lake sturgeon in court
March 11, 2024

The Minnesota DNR unveiled its new state records fish program last week, and this weeks Outdoor News Radio devotes ample time to breaking it down. Specifically, what does it mean for historic records

Episode 477 – Get-out-the-lead bills, fishing Clear Lake, Iowa, March trout fishing, sportshow season, and resurgent lever-action rifles
March 02, 2024

This weeks Outdoor News Radio kicks off with host and Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman analyzing bills in the state House and Senate that would ban a wide array of lead fishing t

Episode 476 – Snow goose migration update, late-season rabbit and squirrel tactics, and a Kansas crappie controversy
February 24, 2024

This weeks Outdoor News Radio contains an update on the status of the snow goose migration up the central part of the continent. (The season opened in Minnesota last weekend). Joining Managing Editor

Episode 475 – Minnesota Legislative session preview, 75 years of A Sand County Almanac, Mille Lacs 2024 walleye quota, and Florida crack(!) bears
February 17, 2024

A continued mild February has host and Managing Editor Rob Drieslein plus Editor Tim Spielman discussing whether any black bears left their dens early this month. Also, what are some of the top policy