District 1 – Baudette area
CO Ben Huener (Roseau) checked boaters, anglers, and campers in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness with CO Anthony Bermel on a detail. Violations encountered included possession of marijuana and possession of glass and aluminum in the BWCA.
CO Eric Benjamin (Warroad North) worked OHV, boat and water, and angling enforcement. High winds kept most anglers at bay this past week with the majority of activity being limited to Four Mile Bay and the river.
CO Jeremy Woinarowicz (Thief River Falls West) continues to receive complaints about nuisance bears in the area. Homeowners in bear country are reminded to remove all food sources from their yards including bird feeders, pet food, and unsecured trash.
CO Demosthenes Regas (Blackduck South) handled reports of incidental catches as spring beaver closed.
CO Hannah Mishler (Baudette East) focused on commercial minnow trapping enforcement. Assistance was given with a medical, which led the driver of a vehicle to go off the road and resulted in the person being airlifted.
District 2 – Bemidji area
CO Tom Hutchins (Crookston) reports attending a law enforcement memorial event in Grand Forks. Follow-up work was completed on a pending wetland violation case.
CO Tim Gray (Bagley) checked anglers and continued flight training.
CO Brice Vollbrecht (Bemidji #1) checked one group of anglers in a boat that claimed to have a limit of walleyes. After closer count of the livewell, they were three over the limit. The anglers stated fishing was so good the past hour they lost count.
CO Chris Vinton (Perham) reports checking anglers and taking multiple requests for beaver permits. Rain, wind and cold hampered a local fishing tournament.
CO Jake Swedberg (Detroit Lakes) spent the week checking shore anglers and boaters.
CO Steve Chihak (Moorhead) spent the week working sport fishing, AIS and boating enforcement and safety.
CO Angie Warren (Mahnomen) received a call of a bear in a tree and information provided to the landowner. Warren assisted Becker County and White Earth police with a disturbance in White Earth.
CO Bill Landmark (Pelican Rapids) shares that calls from the public included numerous wildlife questions and complaints, questions about winter-killed lakes, and a report of a great blue heron stuck in a trap.
District 3 – Fergus Falls area
CO Troy Richards (Fergus Falls) followed up on TIP complaints. Enforcement action for fish and small game out of season.
CO Tricia Plautz (Henning) checked anglers and ATV riders throughout the week. Plautz continues to work on an ATV violation with several people involved and restoration of agriculture damage.
CO Andrew Goodman (Elbow Lake) received a call about a car-injured swan.
CO Mitch Lawler (Alexandria) cited a lake homeowner for shooting several muskrats on the water that were causing damage. He didn’t notify Lawler and also was shooting in an unsafe direction.
CO Brian Holt (Osakis) spent time on bowfishing and checking shoreline APM violations. Holt assisted with two firearms safety classroom sessions and a field day.
CO Daniel Baumbarger (Glenwood) reports enforcement efforts for the week were concentrated on checking anglers, boaters, and monitoring AIS law compliance.
District 4 – Walker area
CO Mark Mathy (Cass Lake) received a report of gill nets located in Boulder Lake near Nevis. The nets were located and removed. They contained several dead fish including walleyes, pike, and bass. Citizens with information regarding the net placement are encouraged to call the TIP line. An investigation was started on a separate incident where a lakeshore property owner removed cattails and filled portions of a lakeshore. A citation was issued.
CO Jacqueline Hughes (Longville) reports checking multiple anglers and boating activity. She also checked ATVs, took nuisance-animal calls, and assisted with a vehicle off the road.
District 5 – Eveleth area
CO Shane Zavodnik (International Falls #2) responded to call involving a vehicle that drifted off the road and had caught on fire. When he arrived at the scene, the vehicle was engulfed in flames, and Zavodnik learned that both the driver and passenger side doors were blocked shut due to the surrounding trees. Luckily, a passing by motorist had noticed smoke in the ditch and decided to turn around. The quick-thinking individual was able to open the back hatch of the SUV and pull the driver and her dog out to safety unharmed. The individual’s attention to smoke in the ditch and quick thinking made for an incredible day to see everyone walk away from the scene unharmed.
CO John Slatinski (Ray) assisted the local sheriff’s office with a welfare check, responded to a fire that got away from a homeowner after they decided to burn cardboard, and issued several permits for taking beavers causing property damage.
CO Duke Broughten (Cook) investigated multiple public waters violations. Broughten also assisted with a firearms safety class.
CO Don Bozovsky (Hibbing) reports that bear complaints keep coming in and have the same theme: The solution is to remove all food sources and garbage. Enforcement action was taken for taking bass out of season and a minnow trap violation.
CO Matt Frericks (Virginia) attended National Police Week in Washington, D.C., as a member of the Enforcement Division Honor Guard. The Honor Guard was on hand to honor the memory of O.P. Lofquist, who died in the line of duty in 1936.
CO Marc Hopkins (Tower) took enforcement action on an individual angling in a closed spawning area.
District 6 – Two Harbors area
CO Sean Williams (Ely #1) spent the week investigating a wildfire in Aurora.
CO John Velsvaag (Ely) received several questions about bears and feeding birds and nuisance beavers.
CO Darin Fagerman (Grand Marais) worked a detail with an Ontario CO along the border. He was also called out for a wildfire investigation in northwestern Minnesota.
CO Mary Manning (Hovland) participated as part of the DNR Honor Guard at ceremonies at the Law Enforcement Memorial in St. Paul for Police Week and attended a firearms instructor meeting.
CO Anthony Bermel (Babbitt) did an extended BWCA trip with CO Huener during the week.
CO David Schottenbauer (Silver Bay) reports calls about “abandoned” fawns have started coming in already this spring. Please do not pick up fawns laying in the grass. The doe will come get it after the coast is clear.
CO Thomas Wahlstrom (Tofte) worked on Lake Superior with CO Schottenbauer checking commercial fishers and anglers. Some nice lake trout were in the bag.
CO Don Murray (Two Harbors) reminds boaters to check all safety equipment and make sure lifejackets are readily accessible. But provide the best protection when they’re worn. Enforcement action was taken for ATV and licensing violations.
District 7 – Grand Rapids area
CO Randy Patten (Northome) handled bear complaints. Enforcement action taken for keeping bass during the catch-and-release season.
CO Jayson Hansen (Big Fork) answered wildlife-related calls. He also assisted other agencies and handled a TIP call.
CO Mike Fairbanks (Deer River) checked anglers, monitored trapping activity and responded to wildfires.
CO Thomas Sutherland (Grand Rapids) reports angling violations: angling without a license, keeping northern pike within the slot and angling too close to a dam.
CO Jimmy Van Asch (Pengilly) spent time responding to a brush fire that burned out of control. Enforcement action was taken for various boating violations.
CO Taylor Hochstein (Hill City) reports enforcement action was taken for various fishing and boating violations.
District 8 – Duluth area
CO Jacob Willis (Brookston) spent most of this week in Washington, D.C. as part of the Division’s Honor Guard detail. Willis stood guard for a shift at the National Law Enforcement Memorial, attended the candlelight vigil on the National Mall, and stood as part of Honor Guard contingent for memorial service at the U.S. Capitol.
CO Andy Schmidt (Duluth West) spent the entire week in Alabama for training. Phone calls regarding smelting and use of seines were answered and a complaint of a boat that washed up on shore on Island Lake was handled.
CO Kipp Duncan (Duluth East) spent time working the area rivers. Night work was also done as smelting enforcement continues. TIP calls were investigated involving illegal netting and ATV complaints.
CO Jeff Humphrey (Cromwell) spent most of this week in Washington, D.C. as part of the Enforcement Division Honor Guard detail.
CO Scott Staples (Carlton) conducted extra training with K9 Schody as well as a visit to the vet for an annual check-up.
Lake Superior Marine Unit
CO Matt Miller (Lake Superior Marine Unit) checked anglers and smelters along the North Shore. A smelt netter was cited early one evening for netting smelt in a closed river and fish sanctuary directly behind a sign that read, “No Smelting.” A few hours later in the night, the same smelter returned and was again caught netting smelt in the closed river farther into the protected spawning sanctuary. Enforcement action was again taken, including equipment confiscation.
District 9 – Brainerd area
CO Patrick McGowan (Pine River) patrolled Crow Wing, Aitkin and Beltrami county lakes the past week. Enforcement action was taken for numerous walleye overlimits and boating violations.
CO Chelsey Best (Crosslake) assisted with a drifting watercraft and issuing nuisance-wildlife permits.
CO Jim Guida (Brainerd) worked an enforcement detail with other conservation officers where overlimit and extra line violations were addressed.
CO Scott Fitzgerald (CCSRA) investigated a call of someone living illegally in the SRA and patrol was done for SRA violations.
CO Bob Mlynar (Aitkin) worked aquatic invasive species and a complaint of dogs chasing deer. Dog and cat owners need to mindful of their pets’ whereabouts as we enter the period of newborn wild animals around us.
CO Eric Sullivan (Pequot Lakes) spent most of the week on the water checking anglers and working invasive species regulations. Enforcement action was taken for no life jackets and overlimits of walleyes.
District 10 – Mille Lacs area
CO Gregory Verkuilen (Garrison) checked turkey hunters and answered calls regarding nuisance beavers.
CO Ben Karon (Isle) spent the majority of the week on and around Lake Mille Lacs checking anglers.
CO Ashley Whiteoak (Malmo) assisted local law enforcement agencies with a vehicle off the road from an intoxicated driver, and a reported domestic.
CO Dustie Speldrich (Willow River) took calls of incidental otters and possible wetland violations.
CO Dan Starr (Onamia) reports ATV activity has picked up with warmer weather.
CO Bret Grundmeier (Hinckley) reports river banks along the Kettle, St. Croix and Snake rivers were very busy with shore anglers pursuing catfish and suckers.
CO Luke Croatt (Wealthwood) reports assistance was given to local sheriff’s office on a house fire and the State Patrol on a traffic accident.
District 11 – St. Cloud area
CO Annette Kyllo (Pierz) worked with a neighboring conservation officer on a complaint involving unattended fishing lines. The COs located the lines, one of which was doing a slow bob when it was first located. It continued to do so through the whole observation process as the officers waited to see if anyone would tend them. Contact with the responsible people was eventually made and they admitted to going to town to run errands while leaving the lines out. Enforcement action was taken.
CO Caleb Silgjord (Sauk Centre) issued permits to area trappers assisting road authorities with nuisance beaver problems.
CO Frank Rezac (St. Cloud) assisted with a youth hunter education firearms safety field day.
CO Leah Kampa (Annandale) spent time at training and on a littering complaint.
CO Keith Bertram (Long Prairie) completed wetland case follow-up work.
District 12 – Princeton area
CO Angela Londgren (Cambridge) spoke to fifth- and sixth-grade students at their annual field day, attended a lake association meeting, and took enforcement action on angling and boating activity.
CO Mike Krauel (Mora) spent the week checking anglers and working boat and water safety.
CO Nathan Benkofske (Milaca) helped respond to a call of bears inside a house in Kanabec County and assisted Mille Lacs County with the apprehension of a wanted person who climbed a tree to avoid detection before being arrested.
CO Rick Reller (Buffalo) checked anglers and turkey hunters this past week. The fishing activity was slow with rain and wind keeping people off local lakes.
CO Trent Seamans (Big Lake) spent time patrolling for turkey hunters.
CO Tony Musatov (Sauk Rapids) checked anglers and turkey hunters. A dumping complaint was investigated.
District 13 – West Metro area
CO Thephong Le (ELCOP) checked anglers and worked AIS activities on metro-area lakes.
CO Tim Maass (Osseo) handled several nuisance-animal complaints and assisted with an injured trumpeter swan. Maass also assisted with a possible overlimit-of-walleyes investigation.
CO Vang Lee (ELCOP) responded to a couple of TIP complaints of people keeping bass and walleyes on Pool 2 of the Mississippi River.
CO James Fogarty (Prior Lake) took a TIP complaint regarding a person angling with three lines. Fogarty located the angler and observed the violations of using multiple lines and illegal tackle.
CO Alexander Birdsall (Waconia) investigated a complaint of people walking dogs off-leash in a WMA. The person was located and educated on the importance of the spring nesting season.
CO Arnaud Kpachavi (Mound) responded to a report of a swan that had possibly been shot.
CO Mike Lerchen (Bloomington) fielded bowfishing-in-the-metro questions.
CO Brent Grewe (Minnetonka) continued training with K9 Shelby and attended a safety fair with a focus on boat and water safety.
District 14 – East Metro area
CO Garrett Thomas (Eagan) took enforcement action for an individual who was found to be fishing without a license while additionally having a gross misdemeanor warrant. The person was arrested and taken to jail.
CO Joe Kulhanek (Hastings) spent most of the week training at the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. He also attended training with Wisconsin wardens and the National Park Service on the St. Croix River.
CO Scott Arntzen (Forest Lake) handled several TIP complaints and fielded many questions on nuisance animals.
CO Tony Salzer (Ham Lake) dealt with a neighbor dispute involving the feeding of squirrels and with a trapping incident.
District 15 – Marshall area
CO Matt Loftness (Marshall) gave assistance with a firearms safety class in Balaton and an ATV safety class in Tracy.
CO Craig Miska (Ortonville) monitored AIS, angling and boating activity during the week.
CO Andrew Dirks (Worthington) spent time checking anglers, watercraft and ATV riders throughout the week.
CO Blong Lor (Redwood Falls) spent the week checking anglers, boaters, and ATV operators.
District 16 – New Ulm area
CO Jeff Denz (Willmar-West) spoke at a firearms safety field day and followed up on TIP calls.
CO Shane Vernier (Willmar-East) followed up on a bass-out-of-season complaint.
CO Nicholas Klehr (Litchfield) spent the week focused on boat and water safety along with fish activity and turtle trapping.
CO Thor Nelson (New Ulm) worked angling, ATV, turkey hunting, and wildlife management area enforcement activities.
CO Dustin Miller (Windom) reports littering continues to be an ongoing issue with shore anglers.
CO Mike Gruhlke (Jackson) responded to complaints concerning turkey hunting, WPA violations, and illegal-length fish.
CO Eric Schettler (Fairmont) gave assistance to local law enforcement in an attempt to locate a vehicle submerged in a lake. The vehicle was found and it was determined that it had fallen through the ice in early January 2019.
District 17 – Mankato area
CO Brent Ihnen (Waseca) patrolled for ATV and OHM activity.
CO Chris Howe (St. Peter) spoke on laws and ethics at a firearms safety all day field and range day, and patrolled a WMA for illegal activity.
CO Tyler Lusignan (Faribault) helped instruct an ATV education class that focused on safety and regulations.
CO Corey Wiebusch (Mankato #2) reports trespassing complaints on mushroom hunters continue to come in.
CO Chad Davis (Owatonna) assisted other area officers with instructing a field day for online hunter education students at the Nicollet Conservation Club.
CO Jeremy Henke (Albert Lea) responded to calls of people keeping illegal-length pike – remember to keep a measuring device with you!
CO Tony Flerlage (Spring Valley) checked trout anglers around Forestville State Park.
District 18 – Rochester area
CO Kevin Prodzinski (Wabasha) provided assistance to northern wardens with some fishing and boating enforcement details.
CO Clint Fitzgerald (Rochester #2) received a complaint about anglers using illegal equipment at Cascade Ponds. The two anglers described in the complaint were quickly located. One had been using a cast net and neither had an angling license. Enforcement action was taken.
CO Tom Hemker (Winona) followed up on trespass complaints and previous-season deer-hunting complaints. He worked the Red Lake area checking walleye fishing.
CO Brittany Hauser (Red Wing) provided a ride-along to a local person interested in making a career change.
CO Kylan Hill (Zumbrota) reports coordinating with the county attorney regarding upcoming DUI cases.
CO Mitch Boyum (Rushford) spent time on trespass calls in regards to morel hunters.
CO Joel Heyn (Plainview) met with the county attorney’s office on deer cases.
Tyler Ramaker (La Crescent) investigated a littering and off-road complaint on state forest land.
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