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                    <title><![CDATA[Rally at the Capitol featuring Al Lindner on Monday]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Come hear Al Lindner, renowned angler, fishing tackle innovator and sportsman's television and radio personality ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 19, Apr 2012 6:37</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Dear Governor Dayton:  Stop the Asian Carp]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Without immediate efforts to stop Asian carp, Minnesota could lose its multi-billion dollar statewide annual fishing, water recreation, and tourism industries. ]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Minnesota’s Environmental Trust Fund Problems?]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Commentary to Outdoor News.  Dismissal of LCCMR Executive Director brings partisan politics back to Minnesota’s Environmental Trust Fund.

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                    <title><![CDATA[Preventing the expansion of Asian Carp ]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[To prevent the further expansion of Asian Carp moving further up the Mississippi River a Coalition of Outdoors and Conservation groups work toward a solution. ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 15, Dec 2011 12:36</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[The 2011 Legislative session could have been worse for fishing]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[In Minnesota many anglers respond to the disappointments doled out by the Legislature, by saying "It could have been worse" ! ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 24, Aug 2011 12:36</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Doing our Part: Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[All anglers and especially those of us who fish in Bass Clubs and Tournaments need to do their part in preventing the spread of Aquatic Invasive Species. ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 10, Aug 2011 14:26</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Stop the Legislative Mandate to Lower the Quality of Northern Pike Fishing]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[As anglers, biologists, resort owners, and lake shore property owners we are shocked and dismayed that legislators are seriously considering bills that will mandate lower quality northern pike fishing.  If these bills (House File 225 and Senate File 213) becomes law they will limit the number of lakes managed for large northern pike to 60 out of the state’s 3,351 northern pike lakes and will go a long way to destroy 25-years of hard work to improve our fisheries. ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 27, Apr 2011 17:50</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[What does Hunting and Fishing cost?]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Is it the cost? Or what it’s worth to you? These aren’t separate questions when it comes to maintaining the quality of our outdoor pursuits. So, what does it take to maintain, improve, and insure the quality hunting and fishing we have today and for the future? Over the last ten years budget cuts by the legislature and increasing inflation has eroded the DNR’s ability to put enough boots on the ground to manage the resources we all treasure. 
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                    <pubDate>Mon, 28, Mar 2011 13:2</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Bass: Catch and Release - Hook and Delayed Mortality]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Learning new catch and release methods can reduce delayed mortality in release fish. ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Sun, 20, Jun 2010 10:39</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Who's to Blame? ]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[ Despite well established rules about transporting invasive hitchhikers, each month more lakes and rivers are added to the list of infested water bodies. An invasive algae known as didymo (Didymosphenia geminate) has made its way into the Connecticut River in Vermont and New Hampshire, and its creeping south. Water Chestnut is spreading across East Coast waterways. Red Swamp Crawfish have been found in Southern Wisconsin.  ]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Fishing Contest Best Management Practices]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[While not all fishing contests are the tournament “style” Bass or Muskie events, many are. To these anglers, the concept of “Catch and Release” isn’t just a practice, for most it borders on being a religion. Keeping fish alive and releasable is almost as important as catching them.   ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 22, Jan 2010 16:17</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Help direct 100 million dollars in Clean Water funding]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[The University of Minnesota’s Water Resources Center is developing a Water Sustainability Framework for the next 25 years to protect and improve Minnesota’s precious water resources. Because the state’s surface and ground waters belong to the people, we are gathering public opinion via surveys and listening sessions on a range of water issues. ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 7, Jan 2010 9:34</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Fish or Cut bait]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[The passage of Outdoors and Clean Water funding has attracted even the Legislators who opposed the Amendment.  ]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Big Pequaywan Lake]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA["Access to public water is an important part of Minnesota’s heritage and identity.  Therefore, Anglers For Habitat supports the MnDNR Public Access Program and its plan for Big Pequaywan Lake. Blocking access to public waters is unacceptable.

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                    <title><![CDATA[18 Kids each a winner]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[The first ever Urban/Reservation Challenge tournament. 14 kids from Red Lake and 4 from the Cities.  ]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Fishing Contest "Best Practices" ]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Decreasing delayed mortality in catch and release Bass fishing contests. ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 10, Aug 2009 16:30</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Those pesky weeds]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Keeping our lakeshore as clean as a whistle. Maybe we should Nuke those Lily pads! ]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Never trust a man who never fished]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Sage advice, for on any given day fishing humbles even the best of us. A man who never fishes never know the meaning of true humility. ]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Introducing Anglers for Habitat]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Anglers for Habitat is dedicated to the preservation and improvement of aquatic habitat, clean water and fishing in Minnesota ]]></description>
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