Associate Editor St. Paul Prior to the arrival of DNR Commissioner Allen Garber three years ago, the department had no specific person or department to investigate employee violations of DNR policy. Now, the Office of Professional Standards includes three full-timers and a $300,000 budget. Its focus is “serious employee misconduct investigations,” according to Kim Bonde, […]
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Jan. 19: 3rd Annual Winona/Root River Pheasants Forever Chapter 242 Banquet at the Elks Club in Winona and begins at 5:30 p.m. Call Tom Casperson at 507-454-4523 for more info. Feb. 2: South Central Pheasants Forever Annual Banquet at Union Center, Albert Lea, starting 5:30 p.m. For more info call Pat Neilon at 507-373-0649. Feb.
Editor St. Paul Six regional DNR information officer positions will no longer exist effective July 1, 2002, thanks to budget cutting measures the agency outlined early this week. With regional operations facing $300,000 in base budget cuts for Fiscal Year 2003, the options were to eliminate info officers or regional planners, according to Laurie Martinson,
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Jan. 25 – 27: National Archery Assoc. Level II Instructor Course at the MN Shooting Sports Education Center (MSSEC). The course is designed to certify instructors to teach group archery classes, Jr. Olympic Archery Development Programs (JOAD), and Level I Camp Instructor Courses. Class is limited to 12. For more info and to pre-register call
Jan. 19: Bow hunter education course in Aitkin. For more info call Dave at 218-927-2896. Read More »
Social hour begins at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 7 and an 8 p.m. awards program. Tickets are $35 per person. For more info, call the MWA at (763) 553-2977.
Minnesota Minnesota is usually on the edge of the spring migration path but decent numbers of snow geese can be found in the southwest and western fringe of the state. The season doesn’t begin until March 1 but licenses will not be available until after Feb. 16 and interested hunters should not inquire until after
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Jan. 20: Isanti’s Knights of Columbus Family Ice Fishing Contest on Green Lake, Hwy 47 & 95 from 1-3 p.m. For more info call Ron 763-444-0369 (days) 763-444-4240 (nights). Jan. 26: Big Eagle Lake Improvement Assoc. Ice Fishing Contest on Big Eagle Lake, Sherburne County, is cancelled For more info call Karen Hiller at 763-263-2975.
Field Editor New London, Minn. A citizens’ oversight committee that reviews spending of the state’s pheasant stamp proceeds recommends Minnesota set a 20-year goal of building a pheasant population that can support annually 1 million roosters. Prior to substantial habitat loss during the 1960s, Minnesota hunters had killed up to 1.5 million pheasants per year.
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Feb. 2: Secrets of the Pros For More & Bigger Walleyes by “Tackle Terry” Tuma at 12:30 p.m. at the Walleye Expo, Canterbury Park, Shakopee, MN. For more info call 651-488-9017. Feb. 10: The 10th Annual Professional Fishing Seminar and Reservation Party sponsored by Temple Bay Lodge will be held from 11- 4 p.m. at
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