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Ecological Services Twin Cities Ecological Services Field Office 612-725-3548
Law Enforcement Duluth Law Enforcement Office 218-720-5357 Minneapolis Airport Wildlife Inspection Office 612-726-6302 St. Paul Law Enforcement Office 651-778-8360
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Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
2000 Minnesota State Facts
• The Service employs more than 400 people in Minnesota, and about half of those are at the Regional Office at Ft. Snelling.
• The Fiscal Year 2002 Resource Management budget for Service activities in Minnesota totals $35.5 million
National Wildlife Refuge Facts
• 12 National Wildlife Refuges totaling 206,993 acres
• Eight Wetland Management Districts totaling 332,694 acres (including easements)
• In 2002, more than 4.2 million people visited refuges and wetland districts in Minnesota to hunt, fish, participate in interpretive programs and view wildlife
• 43,466 school children participated in Service educational programs
Federal Aid to State Fish and Wildlife Programs
• In 2002 Minnesota received:
$11.0 million for sport fish restoration
$5.7 million for wildlife restoration and hunter education
• Wildlife Restoration Act funds supported the acquisitions of land which provide critical habitat for a wide variety of species, including the state's largest population of Blanding's turtles. Listed as a threatened species in Minnesota, the turtles attract many wildlife watchers during the summer.
Review Shows Minnesota Ranks High
in Federal Funds AccountabilityA recent Department of Interior review shows the Minnesota DNR is among the most accountable in the nation at ensuring federal conservation monies are being used to benefit fish and wildlife in the state. The review examined a 2000 audit of Minnesota DNR's compliance with federal rules on $43.6 million in grants provided them during state fiscal years 1998 and 1999. The review showed the agency had “zero questioned dollars,” which indicates the agency has the proper systems in place to comply with federal rules.
Recovering the Higgins' Eye Pearly Mussel
In 2000 and 2001, 471 adult Higgins' eye were relocated to the Twin Cities reach of the Upper Mississippi River. Adults were monitored in fall, 2002; survival was high and gravid females were found, indicating the relocation is so far successful. In addition, 180 mussels born last summer and relocated to a marked cage in the Lower St. Croix River had excellent survival and growth.
In 2002, the Mussel Conservation Team constructed host fish cages; collected females; installed 55 cages with inoculated host fish in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois; released 3,300 glochidia inoculated fish in Iowa and Wisconsin; cleaned and stockpiled 547 adult Higgins' eye in Illinois and Wisconsin; and, monitored Higgins' eye mussels in cages and at two adult relocation sites.
E-Mail Us! R3 External Affairs
Phone: 612/713-5360
V/TTY: 800-657-3775[To Region 3 Home Page] [To USFWS Home Page]
Great Lakes - Big River Region
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1 Federal Drive
BHW Federal Building
Fort Snelling, MN 55111