In This Issue
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is accepting comments through Oct. 19 on an Environmental Assessment Worksheet related to the rehabilitation of the Lake Bronson Dam, located within Lake Bronson State Park in Kittson County.
The purpose of the project is to improve the safety of the Lake Bronson Dam, which is in poor condition. ?The project includes the removal and replacement of the 85-year-old concrete spillway and associated Kittson County Highway 28 Bridge. (Note: The DNR is actively monitoring conditions at the current structure in an effort to ensure public safety prior to completion of the project.)
A copy of the EAW is available on the?project page of the DNR website (mndnr.gov/input/environmentalreview/lake-bronson-dam-rehabilitation.html).
A hard copy may be requested by calling 651-259-5122.
The EAW is also available for public review at the following locations:
- Hallock Public Library, 163 3rd Street South, Hallock, MN 56728.
- Lake Bronson State Park, 793 230th St, Box 9, Lake Bronson, MN 56734
The EAW was published in the?Sept. 19 Environmental Quality Board Monitor (eqb.state.mn.us/eqb-monitor-volume-47-number-38).
Comments must be submitted no later than 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19.
- Mailed comments should be sent to the attention of Becky Horton, EAW project manager, Ecological and Water Resources Division, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, 500 Lafayette Road N, St. Paul, MN 55155.
- Email comments should be sent to [email protected]?with ?Lake Bronson Dam Rehabilitation? in the subject line.
Anyone providing a mailing address or submitting comments via email will receive a copy of the decision document, which includes responses to comments. Because all comments and related information are part of the public record for this environmental review, commenters? names and email or postal addresses will be published and publicly available as they appear in the materials they submit.?
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As the days turn cooler and hunting seasons kick off, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources? K9 Unit?s five teams are preparing to shift their focus to the field.
The three dogs trained to sniff zebra mussels will continue working to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species as long as there?s open water. However, all the handlers and their dogs will begin spending even more time on seasonal aspects of their work, such as locating lost hunters or other individuals, recovering evidence like spent rifle cartridges or shotgun shells, and detecting potentially illegally taken wildlife. They?ll also continue to assist the Minnesota DNR Enforcement Division?s law enforcement partners throughout the state.
This hunting season will be the first for K9s Bolt (whose partner is Conservation Officer Mike Krauel) and Jet (whose partner is CO Adam Seifermann). Those teams, as well as longtime handler CO Mike Fairbanks and his new K9 Fennec, all graduated from the St. Paul Police Department?s K9 School this past May.
?Each of our five teams is highly trained and, in most cases, the dogs can locate items or individuals far more quickly than humans could ? if they could even locate them at all,? said Lt. Phil Mohs, who leads the K9 Unit. ?The dogs are absolutely invaluable in our work to protect Minnesota?s people and natural resources.?
For more information, visit the K9 Unit webpage on the Minnesota DNR website (mndnr.gov/enforcement/k9).
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