District 1 - Baudette area

CO Ben Huener (Roseau) checked sturgeon anglers on the Rainy River and Lake of the Woods. Turkey hunting activity was checked in Roseau and Marshall counties, and enforcement action was taken regarding two different parties for hunting turkeys without a license, with additional enforcement action taken for a turkey killed without a license in a previous year.

CO Tony Hams (Warroad North) spent the week checking area anglers, monitoring ATV traffic, and checking turkey hunters. Violations encounters were hunting without a license and operating a Class II ATV with juveniles without helmets.

CO Coby Fontes (Warroad South) spent the week patrolling area lands and waters. Enforcement action was taken for attempting to take a turkey without a turkey license, taking fish without an angling license, and expired watercraft registration.

CO Nicholas Prachar (Baudette West) reports that ice-out has been swift and sturgeon anglers have had success. Time was spent working angling activity. Enforcement action was taken for targeting fish out of season as well as outstanding warrants.

CO Jeremy Woinarowicz (Thief River Falls West) taught the law and ethics portion of the firearms safety classes in Warren and Oslo. He also checked anglers and turkey hunters during the spring turkey season opening weekend. Enforcement action for the week included angling with extra lines, angling without a valid license, no lights on an ATV, and an open alcohol container in motor vehicle.

CO Sarah Jahn (Thief River Falls East) spent time working the spring turkey opener. Turkey opener was slow with wet, cold weather likely keeping hunters away. However, those did brave the weather appeared to have good success. A firearms safety law talk was given in Argyle. Enforcement action was taken for transporting loaded firearms, burning prohibited materials, and allowing illegal youth operation on off-highway motorcycles.

CO Nick Bruesewitz (Karlstad) taught the law and ethics portion of the youth firearms safety class in Argyle. ?A? season turkey hunters saw some success in the cold conditions in the northwest. Additional time was spent working fire enforcement for failure to tend to a permitted fire.

CO Demosthenes Regas (Blackduck South) reports working spring beaver trapping, angling activity, and boating safety checks throughout this past week. Time was spent monitoring recreational vehicle trails with seasonal spring thaw closures and spring fish-run activity. Regas also reports handling several calls of incidental catches of otters from people who were beaver trapping.

CO Brice Vollbrecht (Blackduck North) checked area creeks and rivers for spring fish-run activity. Time was taken to patrol ATV trails and forest roads. Several incidentally caught otters were taken in.

Baudette East vacant.

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