Legislative Auditor Jim Nobles' office issued a report today that criticized the state Department of Natural Resources for not doing long-term budget plans for managing its forests, prairies and other lands.

Debate on the PolyMet copper mining project on the Iron Range is heating up as the DNR takes two days of public comment on a draft environmental study.

Mower County officials have agreed to donate 33.1 acres of land adjacent to the Cedar River to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in lieu of paying a $31,000 penalty for stormwater violations during a ditch repair project.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has released $30,000 in hazard mitigation grant program funds to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to upgrade five flood-warning stream gauges throughout southern and western Minnesota.

Minnesota voters in 2008 agreed to increase the state sales tax to pay for the arts and outdoors projects. Now the Minnesota economy is having a say on how quickly the money flows into state coffers to pay for such things.

Environmental and conservation groups are so far generally pleased with ongoing negotiations at the Capitol to spend new dedicated sales-tax dollars on habitat and clean-water ...

Some lawmakers pushing to use a large chunk of new money to conserve forest Some state lawmakers and conservation groups want to spend dedicated state ...

This year’s turbulence in the stock market is putting pressure on investments derived from forest lands held in trust for Minnesota’s public schools. The state ...

Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Mark Holsten on Friday went north to scope out 2,500 acres of real estate on Lake ...