DNR

District 6 - Two Harbors area Conservation Officer Sean Williams (Ely) reports in spite of thin and sometimes poor quality ice the first ice anglers have been seen on area lakes. Ice conditions have changed daily with the recent warm and cold snaps and many of the larger lakes...

District 6 - Two Harbors area Conservation Officer Sean Williams (Ely) received a phone call from a hunter an hour after sunset on the closing day of the firearm deer season. The hunter had located his wounded deer but was asking for an officer to assist since it was past legal...

District 6 - Two Harbors area Conservation Officer Sean Williams (Ely) responded to a call for assistance over the weekend for a juvenile hunter who had been missing for several hours after a family argument. Several conservation officers, St. Louis and Lake County Sheriff's deputies...

District 6 - Two Harbors area Conservation Officer Sean Williams (Ely) reports a less active deer opener this year, with about two-thirds the amount of hunters seen north of Ely in the Echo Trail area. Although there were less hunters checked the number of illegal deer baits located...

District 6 - Two Harbors area Conservation Officer Sean Williams (Ely) assisted local officers with White Fish netting enforcement in Lake County. Although cool rainy weather hung around for most of the week slowing hunting and fishing activity there was still several netters who...

District 6 - Two Harbors area Conservation Officer Sean Williams (Ely) reports small game hunting activity has slowed recently and success has been very rare for most hunters. Trapping activity was heavy over the opener and compliance was high. Violations included taking small...

District 6 - Two Harbors area Conservation Officer Sean Williams (Ely) received a complaint over the week of a boat left tied to a dock on a local lake for several days. After investigating he was able to get into contact with the owner who said that he didn't have a trailer for...

The Department of Natural Resources reminds Minnesotans to be careful this fall when burning vegetative debris. "In Minnesota, 98 percent of all wildfires are caused by people, and the largest contributor is burning debris like leaves, grass and brush," said Linda Gormanson, DNR...

District 6 - Two Harbors area Conservation Officer Sean Williams (Ely) reports over double the number of small game hunters were observed over the unseasonably warm weekend from the previous weeks. Although many more hunters were active the number of grouse taken was still very...

District 6 - Two Harbors area Conservation Officer Sean Williams (Ely) spent most of the week patrolling areas of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness by canoe with the assistance of Officers Tetrault and Mishler. The focus was on small game and angling enforcement. Many hunters...

District 6 - Two Harbors area Conservation Officer Sean Williams (Ely) reports it was a busy week with small game and waterfowl hunting both open. About half the amount of duck hunters were observed compared to previous years, although hunter's who were out, reported a fair amount...

District 6 - Two Harbors area Conservation Officer Sean Williams (Ely) took part in two separate searches for missing persons over the week. The first was recovery of an angler who had drowned on Fall Lake. His boat was found swamped on the shore of an island across from a portage,...

District 6 - Two Harbors area Conservation Officer Darin Fagerman (Grand Marais) checked bear hunters and anglers in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness during the week. Patrols were done in the motor areas and by canoe. Bears continue to be a problem with some bears entering...

District 6 - Two Harbors area Conservation Officer Sean Williams (Ely) reports the holiday weekend was extremely busy with angling, recreational boating, bear hunting and ATV use all in full swing. Nuisance bear reports also have picked up once again with a number of issues outside...

District 6 - Two Harbors area Conservation Officer Sean Williams (Ely) continued to focus on bear baiting activity and angling. The number of registered bear baits doubled over the week but warmer weather seems to have slowed bear activity at the baits. Angling activity remained...