May 21, 2004

Counties that still have burn restrictions likely will be removed in the near future. For more information about burning restrictions, check the DNR’s web site at www.dnr.state.mn.us/forestry/fire or call your local DNR office.

May 14-16: 6th Annual MN Spring Weekend event, Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center in Lanseboro. For more info call Jane Potter, 651-458-5546. May 21-23: Annual Northwest Mn & Eastern ND weekend, Cooperstown Camp in Cooperstown, ND. For more info call Audrey Knutson, 701-746-5946. May 22: Outdoor event, Beaverbrook Sportsman’s Club, Est Bethel, 8:30-4:30 p.m. For

May 16, 22-23: Faribault Archery Club Outdoor 3D Shoot. All skil levels/ages welcome, 8-2 p.m. For more info call Brian, 507-334-7446. South Forty Archery Club in Lakeville. For more info call Al or Tammy Anderson, 952-461-4167. June 26-27: Traditional Shoot, 8-2 p.m. July 10-11: All Shoots, 8-2 p.m. Aug. 28-29: All Shoots, 8-2 p.m. Buffalo

Bill Spence, who has been with the division since 1983, has been named administrative manager. Most recently he was assistant director of the division. He will continue working at the St. Paul DNR headquarters. Hamm will conduct interviews for the operations manager position this month and announce the appointment in early June. All three of

The state’s Stewardship program and various land trusts that are being established around the state to preserve natural landscapes are moving in the right direction, he said. “We have to be thinking 50 or 100 years down the road,” Welter said. Western Wisconsin has good trout streams where landowners generally allow public access, but anglers

June 26: NWTF Jakes Youth Event, 9:30 – 1:30 p.m., Nicollet Conservation Club. For more info call Raoul Johnson, 507-327-0995

or at the congress statewide, was allowing the use of dogs for fall turkey hunting. On the Conservation Congress “advisory question” side of the agenda, delegates went against the April 12 vote that rejected a proposal to allow nonresident trapping. The delegation supported the idea, 39 counties to 26. Both topics fall turkey and nonresident

May 25: Brillion Boss Toms Chapter NWTF Banquet. For more info call Brad Martinson, 920-864-2924. May 27: Antigo Ladies DU Banquet, 5:30 p.m., Black Jack Steakhouse, Antigo. For more info call Melissa Duffek, 715-623-6140. June 24: Crivitz Lions Club Banquet. Aug. 3: Fox Valley Chapter NWTF Banquet. For more info call John Hay, 920-589-6086. Aug.

Baudette, Minn. Persistence paid off for Gov. Tim Pawlenty as he landed a 21-inch walleye weighing in at three pounds Saturday afternoon on Lake of the Woods after getting shut out during five hours of cold morning fishing. First lady Mary Pawlenty had a better morning, landing two small walleyes before the party came in