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FISHING / BOATING INFO
BOATING
For Boating, Personal Watercraft, Water Safety Laws, Markers,
Guides & Permit Regulations:
FISHING
DNR Information Center
500 Lafayette Road
St. Paul, MN 55155-4040
Telephone: (651) 296-6157 or (888) MINNDNR
TTY: (651) 296-5484 or (800) 657-3929
To Locate the Nearest DNR Office -
Enforcement, Fisheries, Forestry and Wildlife.If improved water quality is a desired goal for Little Rock Lake,
best land use management practices will need to be implemented
in the watershed. A listing of references related to water quality,
lake and shoreland management can be found on the LINKS
page of this site. Information on the Native Buffer Program can
be found on the Native Buffer Program link on the menu to the
left side of this site as well.
BOATING NEWS FROM THE DNR (posted 6-14-11)
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ latest “Designation of Infested Waters” list, issued May 2, 2011, contained 15 pages of lakes, rivers, streams and “unidentified wetlands” across the state. Less than 10 years ago, Minnesota had fewer than 100 lakes infested. Now the list is 15 pages and growing.
More than 100 DNR inspectors are out statewide. Among the requirements inspectors will be enforcing are:
- Boaters must remove any aquatic plants, zebra mussels and other prohibited invasive species before leaving any water access.
- Boaters must drain water from their boat, livewell, bilge and impellor before leaving any water access.
- Anglers must drain bait containers. To transport your live bait, you must replace water in bait containers with tap or spring water.
- Anglers must put unwanted bait in the trash. It is illegal to release live bait into a waterway or release aquatic animals from one waterway into another.
So many new rules will require a learning curve for boaters and anglers, which is why education and warnings are among the main strategies this year. Two other tools debuting are portable boat-cleaning stations and stickers or decals that must be displayed on boats.
The cleaning stations are basically pressure washers. They will be used mostly at water accesses known to see high volumes of boaters who tend to travel to many different bodies of water.
The stickers, which are free and due out later this summer, will be required to be displayed on boats.
For more information on invasive species, visit www.dnr.state.mn.us/invasives/index.html
“The DNR is ramping up the battle to stop the spread of zebra mussels, Eurasian watermilfoil and other aquatic invasive species,” said Luke Skinner, supervisor, DNR invasive species unit. “The video (Below) shows boaters how to clean and inspect their boats and explains the new, stronger regulations.”
For more information, also see New law aimed at slowing the spread of aquatic invasive species
(Released June 3, 2011)
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