District 2 - Bemidji area

CO Tom Hutchins (Crookston) reports speaking at two firearms safety classes this week in Fertile and Plummer. Time was also spent checking turkey hunters and anglers. ATV operators were also checked.

CO Andrew Goodman (Perham) worked bowfishing and panfish angling throughout the week. Reminders to bring enough life jackets and update watercraft registration were frequent encounters during the mild weekend. Time was spent investigating illegal sturgeon take on the Ottertail River chain. Anyone with information regarding fish and wildlife violations is encouraged to contact the TIP line, which is available 24 hours a day/seven days a week.

CO Jordan Anderson (Osage) patrolled the state forests for recreational vehicles, worked bowfishing activity, and finished some ongoing investigations. Time was also spent at Camp Ripley assisting with Deputy Boating school and Academy instruction.

CO Bill Landmark (Moorhead) spent the week following up on cases and responding to wildlife-related calls. Time was spent assisting with the Deputy Boating School, where deputies from around the state honed their boat-operation skills and were taught NASBLA seated field sobriety testing. Landmark also spoke at a firearms safety and an ATV safety class.

CO Angie Warren (Mahnomen) worked angling, boating, leeching and spearing activity. Patrol was conducted for ATVs and off-road vehicles. Fire activity and area wildlife management areas and waterfowl production areas were monitored. Warren attended district training.

CO Brady Manteufel (Bagley) patrolled for turkey hunters and angling activity. Calls were fielded about wildlife and nuisance animals. Leech-trapping enforcement action was taken, and education was provided. The week ended with teaching safety and regulations to 22 youth at an ATV safety day.

CO Jamus Veit (Bemidji #2) spent the week attending training, investigating possible wolf depredations, checking bow fishers and leech traps, patrolling area lakes for angling activity, and fielding calls from the public.

Bemidji #1 vacant.

Pelican Rapids vacant.

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