In This Issue
A weekly list of news briefs about fish, wildlife, and habitat management.
Apply through June 16 to hunt elk in Minnesota
Elk hunters have through Friday, June 16, to apply for one of 17 elk licenses offered this year by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Seasons will run from early September to mid-October. Hunters can choose from two license options. One license is for an antlerless elk, which can be a female or a young male. The other license option is for either a bull or antlerless elk. Hunters should review the elk season structure on the?DNR website?(mndnr.gov/hunting/elk) prior to entering the lottery to ensure they apply for the license they want.
New this season, the DNR expanded the boundaries of Elk Zone 20 near Lancaster to better encompass areas where elk have been during elk hunting seasons. The zone expanded by about 6 miles to the west and 3 miles to the south.
DNR webinars cover lake trout, off-highway vehicles
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources invites people interested in fish, wildlife and outdoor skills to check out the summer program schedule for the Minnesota Outdoor Skills and Stewardship Series. Live webinar presentations at noon on Wednesdays the next two weeks feature discussions about lake trout and off-highway vehicles.
The first webinar is Wednesday, June 14. Josh Blankenheim, DNR large lake specialist for the Lake Superior area fisheries office, will discuss how lake trout were nearly lost from Lake Superior and the efforts that led to the successful rehabilitation of the species in the lake. Blankenheim also will share tactics and tips on how to catch lake trout in Lake Superior.
The second webinar is Wednesday, June 21. Joe Unger, off-highway vehicle program consultant, will discuss where to go, how to stay safe and other helpful information to know while exploring Minnesota?s public off-highway vehicle trails.
The Minnesota Outdoor Skills and Stewardship Series webinars are offered year-round and are free, though registration is required. Visit the Outdoor Skills and Stewardship webpage of the DNR website (mndnr.gov/discover) for the registration portal, more information about upcoming webinars and recordings of past webinars.
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Two Minnesota Department of Natural Resources conservation officers recently were recognized for their lifesaving efforts earlier this year.
CO Sean Williams, who is stationed in Ely, in February saved the life of a man who was snowshoeing in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and was unable to get out. CO Jeremy Henke, who is stationed in Albert Lea, in May used an automated external defibrillator to help save the life of a man suffering a cardiac event. All COs have carried AEDs since this spring; this marked the first time one was deployed in a lifesaving effort.
?Conservation officers have a long, proud tradition of helping people in need,? said. Col. Rodmen Smith, director of the DNR Enforcement Division. ?Officers Henke and Williams answered the call ? as all conservation officers do ? and this recognition is well-deserved.?
In his lifesaving effort, Williams and a member of the St. Louis County Rescue Squad followed a man?s snowshoe tracks 3 miles into the BWCAW, and then into a thickly wooded bog area. When they located him, he was stuck past his knee in a deadfall tree and unable to free himself. He didn?t have the proper equipment or attire to spend an unexpected night in the wilderness, and likely would not have made it through the night. Rescuers transported him to safety as darkness fell and the temperature began to plummet.
Henke, for his part, was checking anglers when he heard local police officers receive a call about an unconscious person near his location. Henke responded immediately to the scene. An Albert Lea police officer began CPR while Henke prepared the AED and delivered a shock. Ambulance personnel arrived shortly thereafter and delivered two more shocks to the man before transporting him to the hospital.
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