April 15, 2005

Associate Editor Fort Snelling, Minn. — Federal and state enforcement officers are seeking clues that will lead them to the person or persons who cut down a white pine containing a long-used bald eagle nest. The nest was located in a wooded area near Sartell. A $2,500 reward has been offered to anyone who can […]

A list of the guns being auctioned will be available on the Department of Administration web site www.mmd.admin.state.mn.us. The state auction hotline is (651) 296-1056. The Department of Administration has an online auction for surplus property at www.mnsurplus.org and a daily “garage sale” at the Arden Hills warehouse.

The next funding cycle for Minnesota’s Coastal Program will begin in late August. For information, contact Pat Collins at Minnesota’s Lake Superior Coastal Program, 1568 Highway 2, Two Harbors, MN 55616; phone (218) 834-6612; fax (218) 834-6639; e-mail pat.collins@dnr.state.mn.us, or go to the web site at http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/lakesuperior.

Lanesboro, Minn. — Ed Stork walked onto a section of dock extending over the blue water of one of the ponds at the state cold-water fish hatchery in Lanesboro. As soon as he set foot on the section, the majority of the pond’s 150,000 rainbow trout yearlings rushed to the area, making the water dark

It is illegal to operate an ATV along or on the roadway, shoulder, or the inside bank or slope of a public road right of way. Also, between April 1 and Aug. 1, ATVs cannot be operated within the right of way of a trunk, county or county state-aid highway in the agricultural zone of

At Maplewood, European buckthorn, a Minnesota restricted noxious weed, has invaded hundreds of acres of the woodlands. Using saws and treating the cut stumps, park staff are systematically removing larger buckthorn shrubs from the woodlands. Once the parent plants are removed, fire provides an efficient, cost-effective tool to control buckthorn seedlings over large acres of

April 16: Cannon Falls Sportsmens Club Trout Fishing Tournament. Registration 5-7 a.m., the Club House. For more info call Jason, 507-263-2523. April 30-May 1: 7th Annual Great Hunt N Dog Challange, American Heritage Hunt Club. NBDCA sanctioned. For more info call Sue Ellwanger, 218-738-5143. June 14 – Aug 30: Hackensack Children’s Fishing Contest, every Tuesday,

Applications can be made through the Electronic Licensing System (ELS) and are available from ELS agents throughout the state, plus the DNR License Center in St. Paul. Applications also may be made by calling 1-888-MNLICEN (665-4236), or through the DNR web site at www.dnr.state.mn.us.

ALEXANDRIA AREA All lakes are open, and the crappies have just started biting in shallow water. Oscar Lake presently is producing the best numbers on small minnows and bright-colored jigs. Look to the shallow bays on Lobster Lake and Lake Geneva to start kicking out panfish as well. Christopherson’s Bait and Tackle (320) 763-3255 ANNANDALE