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Feb. 24-25: Hot Walleye Tactics by “Tackle Terry” Tuma, Sat. 11 a.m. and Sun. 2 p.m. at the All Canada Show at the Army Nat’l Guard Facility. For more info call 651-282-4041. March 1: Hot Walleye Tactics by “Tackle Terry” Tuma, 7 p.m. at Gander Mountain in Maple Grove. For more info call 763-420-9800 March […]

Mar. 10: Cannon Falls Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation is holding a fundraiser at the Edgewood Restaurant starting at 4:30 p.m. Contact Dan Williams at 612-861-9090 for more info. Mar. 10: Minnesota River Headwaters will be hosting a banquet from 5 p.m. – 10 p.m. at the Clinton Community Center. Contact Bob Bauer

Respected wildlife photographer and frequent Outdoor News contributor Bill Marchell is the featured speaker. Other features include wood duck videos, an open discussion about wood ducks, and a brief business meeting. Lunch will be provided, courtesy of the North Oaks Association. Anyone with an interest in wood ducks or nature photography is encouraged to attend.

CO Nikki Hollinbeck (Mille Lacs Lake) assisted with the snowmobile safety class in Onamia. She also gave a talk on furs and animals to Cub Scout troop. CO Bradley J. Schultz (Mora) spent time this week checking area lakes for garbage left on the ice, and for abandoned fish houses. Most anglers were prepared and

Officer Tony Anderson (Morris) spent the week checking snowmobilers in the area. Fish houses are coming off of the lake. Fishermen are reminded that you cannot leave fish shelters on public accesses. Officer Dave Rodahl (Melrose) assisted neighboring officers working snowmobilers this week. He also worked the sport show in St. Cloud, and assisted in

3 p.m., Admission is $3.50 unless otherwise noted. Children under 12 free with adult. For dealer information call (763) 444-9685. Feb. 24-25: Anoka Armory, 408 E. Main St. Mar. 3-4: Apache Plaza, 37th Ave. & Silver Lake Rd., St. Anthony. (Adm. $3.50) Mar. 31-April 1: Brooklyn Park Armory, 5500 85th Ave. April 14: West St.

Wieber was certified as a Snowmobile Safety Instructor in 1977. Since that time he has been vigorously promoting snowmobile safety training in classrooms, radio stations, and newspapers across central Minnesota. Wieber has been active in the Snow Joe Snowmobile Club of St. Joseph for more than 20 years including a term as club president.

Jeff Vonk has been the state conservationist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in California since 1998. From 1990-94 he served as the agency’s state conservationist in Iowa. Vonk, whose nomination must be confirmed by the Iowa Senate, would replace Paul Johnson, who resigned last May. It was Johnson who recommended

St. Paul What should Minnesota’s forests look like in five years, 50 years, or even 100 years? Interested parties will tackle that question at a May summit scheduled to happen amid the aspen, pines, and other trees of a “demonstration forest” being planned by the DNR. The 35,000- to 40,000-acre chunk of land eventually will