...that kid will be an adult sitting side-by-side in a boat with a mentor whose fishing days are behind him. And when the ol' boy bags a walleye, the kid couldn't be prouder. (Bylander is the DNR information officer from Brainerd)

...000 deer are killed on Minnesota roads each year. The solution is for hunters to reduce the deer herd, said DNR Information Officer Tom Dickson. "We've increased antlerless permits in much of the state," Dickson said. "In many areas we're...

...or having talked to old Hi Jenkens, who used to be a market hunter and who came here in 1908. Inside the DNR DNR Information Officer Tom Conroy will write a monthly column to help readers better understand DNR positions, goals and responsibilities...

...in common than we might think. In the words of Ben Franklin, we can hang together or we can hang separately. DNR Information Officer Tom Conroy writes this column the first week of each month.

...It won't matter once everyone understands that it's still a tasty cut of meat either way. TOM CONROY is a DNR information officer stationed in Rochester. He can be reached at (507) 359-6014

...between Bay Lake and Tame Fish Lake. "It isn't much in your (the Brainerd) area yet," said Scott Pengelly, DNR information officer. "Most of the discoveries have been in the metropolitan Twin Cities area." Milfoil is now known to have spread...

...web site at www.dnr.state.mn.us and click on the Nature link at the top of the page. TOM CONROY is a DNR information officer in New Ulm. He may be reached at tom.conroy@dnr.state.mn.us.

...freshwater drum has the greatest north-south range of any freshwater fish in North America, said Tom Dickson, a DNR information officer and co-author of ''Fishing for Buffalo.'' The fish is known for the heavy molars that line its throat and...

...Brainerd headquarters, today the office is eerily quiet. C.B. Bylander has moved on. On Oct. 15 the former DNR information officer was named DNR Communications Director, replacing Dennis Stauffer. In his new role Bylander supervises a staff...

Hope you caught the column in these pages last week where DNR Information Officer Tom Conroy quoted the late Jack O'Connor on why he didn't ask his state fish and game department when he had a question about...