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Prairie Sportsman celebrates our love of the outdoors to hunt, fish and enjoy outdoor recreation provided by our vast resources of lakes, rivers, trails and grasslands. Here, we connect with the natural world and leave the stresses of our daily lives behind.
Prairie Sportsman is made possible by the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, SafeBasements of Minnesota, Diamond Willow, Live Wide Open and Western Minnesota Prairie Waters.
Fishing lake sturgeon on the Rainy River and returning sturgeon to the Red River Basin.
Rock climbing at Blue Mounds State Park & seeing swans at Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge
Foraging and tasting mushrooms and a visit to Gopher Campfire Wildlife Sanctuary.
Prairie Sportsman is in southeast Minnesota on a conservation deer hunt and at TUNE camp.
Twisted Sisters and Dam Be Gone
Twisted Sister Spearing Decoys and removing obsolete river dams to improve fish habitat.
We follow dogsled mushers Chloe and Carlie Beatty on the Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon.
Bret is in Luverne at the Governor’s Pheasant Openerand visiting with Jim Brandenburg.
Fishing LOW and Saving the Skipper
Bret visits Lake of the Woods resort owners who have been fishing guides for decades.
The annual Governor’s Fishing Opener, pollinator-friendly solar and the TIP program.
Fly Fishing and Chef Curt Tribute
Fly fishings from a kayak and paying tribute to the late Curt Anderson, a colorful chef.
Jake McLean, an avid outdoorsman, survived childhood leukemia after being diagnosed at 5.
The St. Croix River was the first major river protected under the Wild & Scenic Rivers Act
A new episode of Prairie Sportsman airs on Pioneer on Sunday, May 5 at 7:30 p.m.
In the 1980s, the DNR reintroduced trumpeter swans to the Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge
Starry Trek engages volunteer groups in checking lakes for starry stonewort.
Blue Mounds State Park draws rock climbers to southwest MN, from all over the midwest.
