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The Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund has awarded a billion dollars to more than 2,500 projects that protect, conserve, preserve and enhance Minnesota’s natural resources. This playlist includes many of these projects featured on Prairie Sportsman, an outdoor show produced by Pioneer PBS for all Minnesota PBS stations.

Alclair Outdoors and Robotic Weed Control

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The story behind Alclair Outdoors and researchers test a weed terminator in a cornfield. (27m 46s)

Tradition on the Water and Spiny Waterfleas

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An annual friend's trip to Lake of the Woods and tracking spiny waterfleas. (27m 46s)

Arrowhead 135 and Bringing Youth Outdoors

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The Arrowhead Ultra 135 winter race and Project Get Outdoors. (27m 46s)

Danny's Deer and Offal Wildlife Viewing

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Danny Thompson manages land for deer while trail cams monitor deer offal scavengers. (27m 46s)

Hooks and Hazards

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A Minnesota DNR crappie barotrauma study and problems with dumping baitfish. (27m 46s)

Precision Shots and Green Ammonia

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A precision rifle competition and converting wind energy into green ammonia. (27m 46s)

Bass Classic and Aquatic Research

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The Dick Hiley St. Jude Bass Classic and advances in controlling AIS in Minnesota. (27m 46s)

Pheasants and Stewardship

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A retired conservation officer on a pheasant hunt and conservation can start at home. (27m 46s)

Hooked on the St. Croix

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St. Croix fishing with seasoned angler, guide, and battling invasive carp on rivers. (27m 46s)

Northern Elk Chase

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A special elk hunt in Northern MN and efforts to remove toxic PFAS from MN's environment. (27m 46s)

Bows and Beyond

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National champion archery team, toxic algae blooms and foraging for milkweed pods. (27m 46s)

Ice Fishing for Sturgeon

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Ice fishing sturgeon on the St Croix and the St. Croix Watershed Research Station (27m 46s)

Muskies and Uninvited Guest

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Muskie fishing at Maplewood State Park and controlling zebra mussels with copper. (27m 47s)

Edge of Water Thrills

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Layout boat duck hunt at Lake of the Woods and accessible fishing piers in Minnesota. (27m 46s)

Turkeys and Woodpeckers

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Spring turkey hunt and the decline of red-headed woodpeckers. (27m 46s)

All Along the River

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Winter fishing on the Mississippi and rock snot invading northeast Minnesota streams. (27m 46s)

Things That Fly

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The National Eagle Center’s expansion in Wabasha and mentoring young fly fishers (27m 46s)

Fishing Red Lake and Absorbing Road Salts

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Fishing Red Lake Nation’s open waters and plants that could absorb road salts. (27m 46s)

Forgotten Trail and Drone Tracking Deer

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The state trail Minnesota forgot and thermal drones used to locate and track fawns. (27m 46s)

Pheasants and Pollinators

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This episode features pheasant hunting and pollinator-friendly yards. (27m 46s)

Lac qui Parle Remembrance and Restoration

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Host Bret Amundson visits the Pauly Larson Memorial Fishing Tournament. (27m 46s)

Wild Food Foraging

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Foraging for woodland's bounty and restoring native mussels in Minnesota rivers. (27m 46s)

A Quiet Pursuit

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Bow hunting deer in the quiet of nature and studying fox and coyotes in urban areas. (27m 46s)

Fishing a Spring-Fed Stream

Fly fishing in southeast Minnesota and protecting native brook trout and wood turtles. (27m 46s)

In Service and Healing

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Soldier who lost an arm receives a custom-made rod and reel, and inside The Raptor Center. (27m 46s)

Whitewater Rafting and Nature's Lessons

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Whitewater rafting on the Kettle, Osprey Wilds ELC and Critical Habitat Plates. (27m 46s)

An Inspirational Hike and Dining on Plastic

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Emily Ford thru-hikes the Ice Age Trail and microplastics in our food and water. (27m 46s)

Vets Hunt and Ag-based Solar Cells

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Nobles County Pheasants Forever's habitat work and vets hunt and printable solar cells. (27m 46s)

Walleyes for Kids and Ginger's Legacy

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Stocking walleyes in kids’ ponds, conservationist Ginger Homme and testing robotic mowers. (27m 46s)

Bluegills and Salty Waters

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Quality Bluegill Initiative, road salt impacts on waters and strange native plants. (27m 46s)

Carrol's Wild Life

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Carrol Henderson's longtime career restoring endangered species and deer antler scoring. (27m 46s)

Paddles and Kernza

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DNR I Can Paddle! program and kernza, an eco-friendly perennial wheatgrass. (27m 46s)

Centered on Wolves

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Wolf expert Dave Mech, International Wolf Center and snowmobiling in the northeast. (27m 46s)

Pheasants and Bison in the Heartland

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Two veterans hunts and a bison grazing study. (27m 47s)

Rock Climbers and Trumpeters

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Rock climbing at Blue Mounds State Park & seeing swans at Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge (27m 47s)

Whitetails and Kids in Nature

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Prairie Sportsman is in southeast Minnesota on a conservation deer hunt and at TUNE camp. (27m 47s)

Twisted Sisters and Dam Be Gone

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Twisted Sister Spearing Decoys and removing obsolete river dams to improve fish habitat. (27m 48s)

Soaring with Sleds and Eagles

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We follow dogsled mushers Chloe and Carlie Beatty on the Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon. (27m 47s)

Fishing LOW and Saving the Skipper

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Bret visits Lake of the Woods resort owners who have been fishing guides for decades. (27m 47s)

Walleyes and Solar Farms

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The annual Governor’s Fishing Opener, pollinator-friendly solar and the TIP program. (27m 47s)

Birds, Bogs, Beavers and Brookies

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The Sax-Zim Bog, the effect of beaver dams on trout habitat and a taxidermist. (27m 46s)

Snow Travel and Prairie Beasts

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Snowmobiling, Lake of the Woods, prairie bison and youth exploring nature! (27m 46s)

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