Brainerd CO Jim Guida completed an investigation on an individual dumping pine trees tied to cement blocks into a public lakebed in an effort to create an angling advantage. The trees and blocks were removed and the violator faces civil penalties.
Officer Guida also worked boating and all-terrain vehicle enforcement.
Crosby CO Karl Hadrits reported patrolling the Mississippi River and area lakes for fishing and boating activity, responding to issues of nuisance bear, beaver, raccoon, and other wildlife concerns of fawn deer showing up in strange places, and orphaned baby ducklings and goslings. ATV enforcement was done including patrol of the local GIA trail and a complaint of ATVs damaging roads and wetlands that was found to be far less crucial than the complainant alleged.
Enforcement contacts were made for possession of marijuana, licenses and trout stamps not in possession, and miscellaneous boating registration and safety equipment violations.
Pine River CO Patrick McGowan spent time at Camp Ripley and assisted with training exercises with the conservation officer academy. CO McGowan also spent time preparing a DWI report to submit to the county attorney's office. He also fielded calls from the public regarding nuisance beaver issues.
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Brainerd CO Randy Posner worked on fishing enforcement last week. The bite is slow. Violations he found were no license and not enough life jackets. He worked on a complaint of shoreline violations of a skid steer digging in the lake. He checked boats and lake service providers regarding complaints of AIS violations. Some of the violations observed were plugs in boats and transporting zebra mussels. Complaints of vehicles on closed trails in the Pillsbury Forest were investigated. Campers in the forest were warned for illegal fire and leaving fires unattended.
Pequot Lakes CO Tim Collette assisted with new cadet training at the academy, responded
to a call of a neighborhood dog killing a newborn fawn, assisted DNR Forestry in finding a person who had not shown up for court on fire suppression costs for a grass fire, worked an ATV event in a neighboring station and helped search for a resident of a group home who had walked away.
Aitkin CO Bob Mlynar worked ATV, angling, boating and invasive species activity. A lakeshore owner was contacted regarding his attempts to remove aquatic vegetation. Several wildlife related calls were also handled. Dog owners are reminded to keep a watchful eye on their pets as young of the year wildlife are very vulnerable.
