Red Lake DNR

05/04/2026

https://www.redlakednr.org/wp-content/uploads/Red-Lake-DNR-Newsletter-Spring-26.pdf

04/20/2026

2026 Elk Hunt

01/07/2026

CWD Raffle Winners
Congratulations and thank you to everyone that brought deer heads in for testing!

Rifle with scope: Brion Sayers
L & M Gift Card: Kelly Dahlen
Knife: Austin Cook
Gun Cleaning Kit: Tyrone Schoenborn
Ammunition: Charles Colhoff
Rifle Case: Allen Jourdain
Headlamp: Gordon Thompson, Jr.
Game Processing Kit: Brian Brun
Shooting Rest: Drayden Pemberton

12/17/2025

All deer brought in prior to December 2, 2025 have tested NEGATIVE for CWD.
Thank you to everyone that has brought in heads for sampling!
The raffle drawing will be held on Monday, January 5, 2026.

11/05/2025

All deer brought in prior to October 27, 2025 have tested NEGATIVE for CWD.
Please bring your deer heads in for testing and get entered into the raffle!

10/09/2025

All deer brought in prior to September 30, 2025 have tested NEGATIVE for CWD.
Please bring your deer heads in for testing and get entered into the raffle!

09/04/2025

Starting on September 15, 2025! Please bring your deer in for FREE CWD testing!

09/02/2025

Few spots are open yet
***Filled***

09/02/2025

PSA RLDNR FORESTRY

Starting on Tuesday September 2, 2025, operations to remove hazardous trees from Shady Park will begin. Please refrain from using the Park at this time. Please call RLDNR Forestry with any questions. (218) 679-3959

08/10/2025

07/18/2025

This Bald Eagle was found with extreme lead poisoning possibly from eating lead shot or lures. It took 3 months for it to recover at an animal hospital. It was brought back up to Red Lake and released today.

05/31/2025

Updated Monday, 6/2, at 3:34 pm. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has extended the Air Quality Alert through noon on Wednesday.

Whenever there is an Air Quality Alert, the DNR will not activate burning permits. Remember, burning permits are required for fires larger than 3 feet in diameter or 3 feet high. Campfires are discouraged.

For updates on fire danger and burning restrictions, visit: mndnr.gov/burnrestrictions

A band of heavy smoke from Canadian wildfires is moving into Minnesota from behind the cold front. Air quality levels will reach the maroon air quality index (AQI) category, which is hazardous for everyone, in the northwest. Parts of northwest and north central is expected to reach the purple AQI category, which is very unhealthy for everyone. Northeast, central, and south central Minnesota is expected to reach red AQI category, which is unhealthy for everyone. Southwest and southeast Minnesota is expected to reach the orange AQI category, which is unhealthy for sensitive groups. Please make safe recreation choices!

For more information on the air quality alert, sensitive groups, and health effects, visit the MPCA's current air quality webpage. https://www.pca.state.mn.us/air-water-land-climate/current-air-quality-conditions

📷: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency