A lease to develop a 3-square-mile state-owned tract in the Absaroka Range foothills has been finalized without any mandatory ...

The new WMA, just off state Highway 11 about 35 miles west of International Falls, includes 1.6 miles of Rainy River shoreline that now is available for public use and wildlife habitat.

Game and Fish officials say they would have been out of bounds pursuing rigid safeguards for mule deer, or other big game ...