DNR report

Latest reports from Minnesota Department of Natural Resources conservation officers.

Jacob Willis (Brookston) spent most of this week at Camp Ripley as part of the Division Use of Force Team conducting required in-service training for officers. Training was also given to conservation officer candidates currently attending the academy. Calls regarding nuisance beavers were also handled.

Dustie Speldrich (Willow River) handled two wolf calls. One involved cattle getting run through fences when two adult wolves and four pups were seen on the complainant’s property. The livestock owner was concerned that someone could get hurt if they hit his cattle, which had been out several times prior to the wolf sighting. The other call involved a 350-pound calf that was confirmed to have been killed by wolves. Speldrich answered questions about dock permits, car-injured deer, personal watercraft operators driving recklessly, and followed up on ongoing investigations.

Report of the week

Bret Grundmeier (Hinckley) checked one angler’s license and boat equipment, and the angler was very excited to show off all the sunfish, walleyes and catfish he had caught that day. As he pulled his morning’s catch out of the water, a look of shock came over his face as he realized there were only two sunfish in the basket. The fish had been swimming out a big hole in the side of his old metal fish basket as fast as he was putting them in.