District 1 - Baudette area

Last updated: 2013-05-07

CO Ben Huener (Roseau) followed up a complaint of ducks being shot in the ditch and arrested an intoxicated ATV operator who was first encountered driving down a State Highway. Equipment was prepared for the upcoming angling season. Annual In-Service training was attended at Camp Ripley.

CO Angie Warren (Thief River Falls) attended annual training at Camp Ripley. Calls were received in regards to a possible injured owl, nuisance beaver, and possible turkey hunting trespass.

CO Keith Backer (Blackduck) checked on several reports of injured deer that turned out to be winter kill/starvation. A report of a dead eagle near a road was investigated. The eagle that had lived to be approximately 24 years old before being shot. Station watercraft was prepared for the upcoming season. CO Backer assisted the sheriff?s department and rescue crews with a person that was injured on a dirt bike while riding on an area lake.

CO Demosthenes Regas (Blackduck) followed up on a TIP call regarding some late season trapping and followed up on a bear case from last fall. CO Regas monitored ATV activity and answered questions regarding ATV use and seasonal road /land closures in the area. Time was spent monitoring angler activity on Red Lake as well as the spring spawning run up the Tamarac River, Shotley Brook and Ditch 5. CO Regas received many questions regarding when the ice will go out. Upper Red Lake has a good amount of ice remaining. Anglers who choose Upper Red Lake as a fishing destination this spring should use caution when navigating the Tamarac River channel which was dredged this winter. The dredging operation cleared most of the channel but there may be a shallow spot or two towards the end of the channel when heading out depending on the water level of the lake in the coming weeks.

Karlstad - vacant.

Warroad #1 - vacant.

Warroad #2 - vacant.