Enforcement

Minnesota was the first state to establish a snowmobile safety training program. More than 2,000 volunteers annually donate more than 10,000 hours to teach safe snowmobiling.

Advanced hunter and bow hunter education to date:

• Active instructors: 499
• Total students: 34,718

All-terrain vehicle certification to date:  

• Active instructors:  1,004
• Total students: 30,173

Bear hunting clinics:

• Active instructors: 42
• Participants: 15,615

Firearms safety certification to date:

• Active instructors: 4,461
• Total students: more than 1 million

Number of Minnesota conservation officers:

148

Off-highway motorcycle certification to date:

4,226

Snowmobile safety certification to date:

• Active instructors: 1,577
• Snowmobile students certified: 465,614

Turkey hunting clinics:

• Active instructors:  119
• Participants - 13,975

Firearms auction:

• $177,010 (2012)

Natural resource related prosecutions:

• 9,411 ( 2012)

TIP (Turn In Poachers) arrests to date:

• 9,410 (2012)

Written warnings:

• 12,288 (2012)

Updated March, 28, 2013