January 24, 2003

Garber: I don’t know if it’s the five years, but it did take a careful look at: Where are we? Where are we going? Who are the people that we represent? What do they think about the job we are doing for them? What’s their take on us? It’s about how you negotiate, too. You […]

Jan. 18: Southern Dakota County Sportsmen’s Club Wild Game Dinner at Farmington American Legion at 5 p.m. For more info call Bill McQuade 952-432-6877. Jan. 18: NWTF sanctioned turkey calling contest, Thunderbird Hotel in conjunction with the NWTF State Convention. Registration is 10 a.m. For more info call Blair Scheifler, 952-758-2601 or bwspres824@aol.com Feb. 8:

Field Editor Grand Rapids, Minn. Wildlife biologists will be capturing and radio-collaring up to 40 northeastern Minnesota moose this winter, hiring a professional helicopter crew to catch the animals. DNR Wildlife Biologist Mark Lenarz says the heli-capture will further a moose research project that is entering its second year. Last February, 24 moose were captured

Garber: I don’t think you can have first-line supervisors who don’t see their personnel for weeks or months. That’s unacceptable. You have to know what they’re doing. We have an arrangement with the State Patrol and a good radio system that operates through the State Patrol dispatchers. We have to have the conservation officers checking

Friday’s show is membership night with $15 memberships available at the door. One membership admits the entire family and a chance to find that great item before the general public is admitted to the show. There’s no admission charge on Saturday, Feb. 1, when the show opens at 9 a.m. and closes at 4 p.m.

Associate Editor St. Paul State Board of Animal Health officials say two more captive elk herds have been destroyed and are being tested for chronic wasting disease, a fatal brain disease discovered in September in an elk from another farm. They say the CWD-positive elk from a farm owned by Clayton Lueck in Aitkin County

Garber: Yes. If the Legislature chooses to appropriate only a fifth of what’s available, they can do it. But they can’t use the other four-fifths to build highways. It’s a big policy decision. I don’t see that we contradicted ourselves with 3/16ths, but maybe we weren’t clear enough. This is a big decision for the

Associate Editor St. Paul The Minnesota DNR tightened its belt along with other state departments when Gov. Tim Pawlenty announced how the state would eliminate about $346 million in spending over the next six months. The governor’s plan actually eliminated more than $400 in spending a cushion, of sorts in case funding shortfalls are greater