Minnesota Outdoor News Radio

Author: Minnesota Outdoor News Radio

Every week, Outdoor News Radio explores timely outdoors topics emerging from Minnesota, the Upper Midwest, and around the country. For one hour, host Rob Drieslein, managing editor and president of Outdoor News, Inc., interviews a slate of natural resource experts, conservation advocates, and top outdoors writers. Along with regular co-host Tim Lesmeister, expect raucous and sometimes irreverent banter about hunting and fishing, shooting sports, wild game cooking, and nature. Among the programs many guests, get news updates from editors Tim Spielman, Dean Bortz, and Brian Peterson. Hear fishing tips from Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame legendary angler Terry Tuma, hunting tactics from Tony Peterson, and nongame notes and stories from Birdchick Sharon Stiteler and Backyard and Beyond columnist Stan Tekiela.
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Episode 607 – Bluegills in Japan, wild rice, black bear preview, Doug Hartke, Ambler Road debate
Friday, 28 August, 2026

https://www.outdoornews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Aug-29-long-show.mp3 Did you know the humble bluegill has become an aquatic invasive species in Japan? Host Rob Drieslein and Tim Lesmeister kick that topic around, as well as grizzly bear debate in California, and Drieslein gives a first-hand, fresh wild rice report from last weekend. Other guests include bear biologist Andrew Tri from the Minnesota DNR who offers some insight into the 2026 black bear hunting season, which begins Tuesday, Sept. 1. Drieslein also spends a segment with Doug Hartke from the Fox Lake Conservation League and Ducks Unlimited who talks about the 20 wildlife management areas in southern Minnesota’s Martin County. Conservationists played a big role in creating most of them, and there’s a special open-to-all dedication for new public lands in the area on Sept. 19. The post Episode 607 – Bluegills in Japan, wild rice, black bear preview, Doug Hartke, Ambler Road debate appeared first on Outdoor News.