District 16 - New Ulm area

CO Shane Vernier (Willmar-West) spent time working angling and spring turkey hunting activity. He gave law and ethics presentations to a firearm safety class and an ATV safety class. Vernier also spent time with trapping activity.

CO Cassie Block (Willmar-East) spent time this week checking anglers on area lakes. Block also spent time patrolling the area for ATV activity. Block also spoke to youth at a firearms safety class.

CO Nicholas Klehr (Litchfield) spent the week checking ATVs and anglers. Some turkey hunters were checked having success as well. Klehr also attended a firearms safety class in Dassel where the students were talked with about laws and ethics.

CO Brett Wiltrout (Hutchinson-West) focused patrol efforts on sport fishing and turkey hunters. Other time was spent assisting another DNR division with ongoing issues at a local WMA. End of the week activities included ATV enforcement and monitoring public water accesses.

CO Zachary Larson (Hutchinson-East) completed a commercial taxidermy inspection this past week. A presentation about the career of a conservation officer was given to a group of people at the Adult Training and Habilitation Center in Winsted.

CO Thor Nelson (New Ulm) assisted local law enforcement and fire department staff with a grass fire. He also received calls requesting turkey hunting law clarification. Nelson spent the rest of the week working mainly fishing, turkey hunting, boating, aquatic invasive species, and ATV enforcement activities.

CO Luke Gutzwiller (Windom) spent time this past week working angling activity and the turkey opener. Time was spent conducting K9 training at Camp Ripley. A firearms safety class was attended in Windom. Assistance was given to Cottonwood County with a water-related incident on Eagle Lake.

Jackson vacant.

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