Weekly CO report

District 12 - Princeton area

CO Ryan Hanna (Milaca) patrolled area lakes for boating violations. One boater was short on life jackets, having only three for seven people. He claimed he would have had enough, but just gave two away to another boat.

CO Blong Lor (Center City) spent the week checking anglers. He also checked recreational boaters. Time was also spent assisting at Camp Ripley.

CO Justin Frisch (Cambridge) received several nuisance-bears calls in the last week. Callers all reported issues stemming from bird feeders and garbage cans. Callers were reminded to remove those types of attractants. Frisch also continued enforcing boating and fishing laws in the area. Enforcement action was taken for several violations such as fishing without a license, no Type IV throwable on board, no fire extinguisher, and registration violations.

CO Koleby Dingmann (Sauk Rapids) spent the week working mostly sport fishing and boating activity. Follow up was completed with ongoing cases. A ride-along was given to a candidate planning to apply for the next CO Academy. Violations for the week included fishing without a license.

CO Trent Seamans (Big Lake) spent about half the week helping with the CO Academy. The other half was spent following up on various calls related to captive mallards, trapped barn swallows, and overfishing. Seamans also patrolled public accesses for sport fishing and invasive species enforcement.

CO Mike Krauel (Mora) spent the week checking anglers and patrolling ATV Activity. He also attended division K9 training. Krauel also worked on follow up from big-game cases.

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