MNTU identified several improvements that should be made to ensure timely investigation and better public disclosure of lessons to be learned from any fish kill. Below is a summary of improvements needed. Background: The most recent large fish kill in a southeast Minnesota trout stream occurred on Rush Creek in July...
On April 5 we joined with partners to celebrate the public lands that we collectively own. Public lands are vital for supporting trout and steelhead populations and providing public fishing access. Wild trout and steelhead populations are products of the forests on public lands in northern Minnesota. They provide clean water to...
For the past ten years the possibility of a new type of mining in northeast Minnesota has consumed the energies of environmentalists, conservationists, businesses, agencies, and politicians at all levels of government. The debate about whether, where and how to permit the mining of precious metals from sulfide ore deposits,...
Policy decisions by the Minnesota Legislature decide the health and persistence of coldwater fisheries around Minnesota and in Lake Superior. Speaking up for clean water and coldwater fisheries is vital to ensuing places for us, our children and our friends to enjoy quality trout, steelhead and salmon fishing in the...
We urgently need your calls to our U.S. Senators, Klobuchar and Smith, asking them to oppose the Coast Guard Authorization Act because it contains bad ballast water provisions that will increase the risk of new invasions of aquatic invasive species. The Senate will hold a vote on the Coast Guard...
On Monday afternoon April 16, both the Minnesota House and Senate will debate bills that limit the state's ability to protect our groundwater, which is both our drinking water and the lifeblood of trout streams. Existing Minnesota law gives the state authority to protect groundwater and drinking water. It is called...
Increased funding is needed to protect and improve our fisheries, yet legislative leaders are ignoring anglers’ request for a small fee increase to maintain quality fishing. The legislative session ends Sunday, BUT CALLS TODAY CAN TURN THE TIDE. Tomorrow may be too late. Please take 2 minutes and place short calls (or send e...
The MN Legislature is poised to remove the 50 foot buffers from trout streams in place since the 1980s. They plan to roll back basic water protections, push an anti-public lands agenda and cut core funding from DNR and MPCA as well. Legislators are claiming that they are not hearing from voters....
MNTU and a broad coalition of Minnesota’s largest fishing, hunting and outdoors groups is warning state lawmakers that inaction could harm fishing, hunting and outdoor recreation and jeopardize the state’s $5.5 Billion tourism industry. In a letter to top leaders of both parties in the Minnesota House and Senate, the coalition...
Forty-one trout streams are slated to lose their protective “designated trout stream” status under a proposal by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Comments are due by Monday November 7, 2016. This is your last chance to provide evidence that these streams recently did, currently do, or could sustain...
