FAW Public Input

Use this form to enter your recipe in the Wild Minnesota Recipe Exchange.

Thank you for your interest in the Northeast MN Elk Restoration Project. Please complete the following questionnaire to provide your input on the Northeast MN Elk Restoration Project. Your input will inform the Northeast Omashkooz (elk) Restoration and Management Plan.

Las áreas de manejo de vida silvestre (WMAs, por sus siglas en inglés) forman parte del sistema de recreación al aire libre de Minnesota. Estas áreas protegen el hábitat de la vida silvestre para las generaciones futuras, brindan a los ciudadanos oportunidades para cazar, pescar y observar la vida silvestre, y fomentan un importante turismo basado en la vida silvestre en el estado. Actualmente, existen más de 1.3 millones de acres de hábitat de alta calidad en más de 1,500 WMAs distribuidos por todo el estado, lo que convierte al sistema de WMAs de Minnesota en uno de los mejores y más grandes del país.

El Área de Manejo de Vida Silvestre Keystone Woods (Keystone Woods WMA) es un WMA en desarrollo de 1,820 acres ubicado en el condado de Washington, que incluye una variedad de paisajes como bosques, humedales, praderas, pastizales y pequeños lagos. Debido a su gran tamaño y proximidad al área metropolitana de Twin Cities, Keystone Woods WMA ofrece una oportunidad única para que el DNR diseñe un WMA con beneficios para personas que disfrutan de una variedad de actividades recreativas al aire libre. Keystone Woods WMA tiene el potencial de ofrecer instalaciones y actividades mejoradas que no suelen encontrarse en otros WMAs.

This is a translated version of the questionnaire. For the English version, please select the "Keystone Woods WMA Public Input" tab above.

Cov thaj chaw tswj tsiaj qus (WMAs) yog ib feem ntawm Minnesota qhov system rau kev ua si sab nraum zoov. Cov chaw no pab tiv thaiv qhov chaw nyob rau cov tsiaj qus rau tiam tom ntej, muab chaw rau tib neeg mus yom hav zoov tua tsiaj, nuv ntses, thiab saib tsiaj qus, thiab txhawb kev ncig teb chaws raws li kev sib txuas nrog tsiaj qus hauv lub xeev. Tam sim no, muaj ntau dua 1.3 lab daim av uas zoo ntawm 1,500 WMAs uas nyob thoob plaws Minnesota, uas ua rau nws yog ib qhov chaw zoo thiab loj tshaj plaws ntawm WMA qhov system nyob rau teb chaws Meskas no.

Keystone Woods WMA yog ib cheeb tsam chaw uas muaj 1,820 daim av nyob hauv Washington County uas tseem tab tom tsim. Nws muaj hav zoov, av uas muaj dej, av uas muaj nyom, av prairie, thiab cov pas dej me me. Vim nws loj thiab nyob ze rau ntawm Twin Cities, Keystone Woods WMA muab txoj kev rau DNR los tsim ib thaj chaw uas muaj txiaj ntsig ntau rau cov neeg uas nyiam ua si sab nraum zoov. Keystone Woods WMA muaj peev xwm los muab cov kev ua si tshiab thiab cov sij hawm uas lwm qhov WMAs feem ntau tsis muaj.

This is a translated version of the questionnaire. For the English version, please select the "Keystone Woods WMA Public Input" tab above.

Aagagga maaraynta duurjoogta (Wildlife management areas (WMAs) waa qayb ka mid ah nidaamka dhowrista iyo dibuhabeynta dhulka ee Minnesota. Waxay ilaaliyaan deegaanka duurjoogta  mustaqbalka jiilalka soo socda, waxayna siinayaan muwaadiniinta fursado ugaarsashi, kalluumaysi, iyo daawashada duurjoogta, sidoo kale waxay kor u qaadaan dalxiiska muhiimka ah ee ku salaysan duurjoogta gobolka. Maanta waxaa jira in ka badan 1.3 milyan acre oo ah deegaan tayo sare leh oo ku yaal in ka badan 1,500 WMA oo ku baahsan gobolka, taasoo ka dhigaysa mid ka mid ah nidaamyada WMA ee ugu wanaagsan iyo kan ugu waaweyn dalka.

Keystone Woods Aagga Maareynta Duurjoogta waa 1,820-acre oo horumarineysa oo ku taal Degmada Washington oo ka kooban dhulal kala duwan oo ay ka mid yihiin kaymo, dhul biyo leh, duurjoogta, dhul doog ah, iyo harooyin yaryar. Sababta ay u leedahay baaxad weyn iyo dhowrsanaanta Magaalada Twin Cities, Keystone Woods WMA waxay DNR siinaysaa fursad gaar ah oo lagu naqshadeeyo WMA oo leh faa’iidooyin dadka jecel madaddaalada kala duwan ee dibadda dabiiciga. Keystone Woods WMA waxay leedahay awood ay ku bixiso adeegyo ballaaran iyo fursado aan sida caadiga ah laga helin WMA-yada kale.

This is a translated version of the questionnaire. For the English version, please select the "Keystone Woods WMA Public Input" tab above.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is seeking public input on proposed updates to several bear permit areas. This input will help the MN DNR gauge the public’s support and identify any improvements to the proposals. The DNR will use the feedback to inform changes to bear permit area boundaries prior to the 2025 bear hunting season, which begins in September.

Minnesota's black bear range has been slowly expanding southward and westward. Proposals 1-3 remove the quota in several areas at the forest-agricultural interface, to the west and south of the primary bear range in the northeastern third of the state. Increased harvest pressure in these areas will better address human-bear conflicts. Proposal 4 makes regulations in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness more consistent.

The proposals were developed by the MN DNR Bear Committee, made up of staff in wildlife population management and research, forest habitat, wildlife damage, and enforcement, as well as tribal government natural resource staff. The MN DNR Bear Committee meets annually to review bear population status and make season recommendations.  

Written comments can also be submitted via email to Dan Stark, wolf management specialist, at Dan.Stark@state.mn.us, or in writing to:

Kelly Wilder

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - FAW
500 Lafayette Road
Saint Paul, MN 55155