Thursday, November 17, 2011

November 17, 2011 - Prevention Coalition, Tammie Doebler

November 17, 2011 Meeting

Attendance:
Phil M., Ralph, Jack, Ann, Marty, Boyd, GloriaAnn, Mike, Jaime and Tammie

50/50 draw?

Happy Bucks: Mike and Ann

50 #1 lb bags of wild rice available for sale for $5.00, proceeds going towards PolioPlus.

Program: Tammie Doebler was the program and updated the group on the progress of the Prevention Coalition Grant that Lake of the Woods County received.

This is a community project grant with a goal to prevent alcohol, tobacco and drug use among our youth. Lake of the Woods County oversees the grant and Tammie started work on this project September 1, 2011. Previously, Tammie worked on a similar grant in Roseau County. Joyce Washburn and Tammie are housed in the high school A/V Tech room.

The grant focuses on three groups: Working with parents, students and community members.

The grant is data driven and based on a community readiness survey, 800 surveys were sent out to the community. In the next few months, parent and youth surveys will be conducted. A media campaign will be created from the results (facts) from these surveys.

On November 28, a beverage server training class will be held for the community. This class helps beverage servers identify fake ids and provides training on carding minors. Most businesses that go through this training get a reduction in their insurance premiums.

It is a long process to change the culture of an area and it will take several years to implement, but after year one, the hope is to have an increased awareness and to be able to clear the misperceptions associated with underaged drinking.

The community still feels that underaged drinking is OK if it is "controlled". There is also a skewed perceptions that "everybody" drinks and the amounts they drink.

Some data that was identified from the surveys in Roseau were that 90% of parents said they talked to their kids about drinking and drug use, while only 45% of the students surveyed said that their parents talked to them about drinking and drug use.

Having "nothing" to do is not an excuse for underaged drinking. The focus of conversations with our students will be how we get them to choose what we DO have to do.

Lake of the Woods County has a high number of DWI per capita partly due to our tourism industry and the high exposure to alcohol/drinking establishments.


ay. This includes Minimum Maintenance Roads, Forest Roads - even though they are not plowed they are improved.

Thursday, November 3, 2011

November 3, 2011 - DNR Bob Gorecki

November 3, 2011 Meeting

Attendance:
Jaime, Ann, Dave, Chris, Marty, Phil T.,Reed, Gorecki, GloriAnn, Jack, Mike

50/50 Draw:
Jack won the draw

Happy Bucks:
Jack
Ann
Chris
Marty
Reed

Mike shared information about a new invention from a local resident: www.spinzittools.com

Ann shared information EPA's plan, more information can be found at StopEPAND.com

Bob Gorecki, State Conservation Officer fielded questions from the Rotary Club on the rules and regulations regarding deer season.

If hunting in an intensive zone where there is a five deer limit and you take three deer in the intensive zone you can still take 2 deer in the managed zones. The state-wide limit for deer is five.

If you own 80 acres or more you can apply for a free doe permit or Farmers Licence to hunt on your land.

In Koochiching County east of 72 there was a hunters choice lottery. One deer could be taken but it was the hunters choice of buck or doe.

The limits for zones 111 and 105 are two deer.

Cross-bow hunting is allowed during fire-arm season, same goes for muzzle loader. All hunters must wear blaze orange.

Zipple Bay State Park is a five deer area, but a special permit is required to hunt.

There probably will be another early youth season next year as was done this year.

If you hit a deer with a car, what are your responsibilities? If you have over $1,000 of damage to your vehicle, your insurance company will require a police report. So, it is a good idea to call in the accident in all cases. Without getting a permit you do not have the right to take/transport the deer. You need to contact a Conservation Officer and ask for a permit if you with to transport the deer home. You can not take the antlers - again, you must get a permit to transport any part of the deer. If the deer is injured not dead,typically try to call first but go ahead and put the animal down if you are comfortable doing so.

This will be the second year that you can register your deer by phone or online. Most officers will have Internet access in their vehicles to verify this. Be sure to write down the number that you are given when doing a phone or online registration. You must register your deer 24 hours after the end of the season - you can register your deer at: Outdoors Again, Howards, Cenex, Holiday and Log Cabin - if you do not have access to the phone or online system.

Minimum caliber to hunt deer - center fired bigger than a .22

No more multi zone restrictions - main reason they ask your zone is for hunter info.

The TB in skime was traced back to a Bull that was transported tot he area from Mexico and the deer sharing a food source (hay bail) with the bull.

Trespass law:
Land that is agricultural or has a history of being farmed does not need to be posted. If the land has a fence (fence does not have to encompass property) it also does not need to be posted. Posted land needs to have signs every 1,000 feet. The signs need to be tended to once per year and have the following information:
NO Trespassing
Owners Name
Date
Phone

It is also acceptable to have posted signs on primary corners and entry to property.
Snowmobile trails are for snowmobiling only and not for four wheeling to state land for hunting purposes. You must remain 500 feet away from private property to shoot and you are always responsible for your bullet.

You can not shot off a improved road or right of way. This includes Minimum Maintenance Roads, Forest Roads - even though they are not plowed they are improved.