Nature Conservancy Hunting?

[north red river]

I live in Kittson County and was wondering if anyone knew if you can hunt on this "nature conservancy land" as it looks very tempting to do so.

[jlm]

In my experience, you can not hunt it. I would give them a call!

[lcornice]

A lot of the TNC land in the NW is open to hunting. TNC has an office in Karlstad so I'd suggest giving them a call. I'm sure you can get info on which areas are open to hunting.

[BLACKJACK]

Why would Nature Conservancy land be open in NW MN and not the rest of the state. I know I have some down the road from me and its posted No Hunting, Gathering, etc.

[north red river]

Well I found out it is open to hunting in all of kittson and roseau counties.

Here is the e-mail got....

Mr. Johnson

Only our Norway Dunes Preserve (320 acres in section 10 of Norway Twsp) is closed to hunting. It has had a no hunting policy for over 25 years.

So at this time nearly all land owned by The Nature Conservancy in Kittson and Roseau Counties is open to hunting. I do not see this changing, but future laws or regulations may force us to alter this. You do have to follow the MN Regulations regarding discharging a firearm within a certain distance of inhabited residences. Permanent stands and motor vehicles are not allowed. But portable stands are fine as long as they are removed at the end of the day.

If for any reason we chose to not allow hunting of one sort or another on a tract we would clearly sign the property with something like NO HUNTING ALLOWED, or NO HUNTING from 15 Oct to 15 Nov.

I hope this answers your questions. If you have any others feel free to contact me.

Russ

Russell Reisz

Land Steward

The Nature Conservancy

Tallgrass Aspen Parkland Office

202 N Main

PO Box 139

Karlstad, MN 56732

218.436.3455 office

218.436.3454 fax

[email protected]

[lanyard]

The Nature Conservancy would prefer to not allow hunting; however, if local customs and landowners donating or selling will make the transition easier they will allow it. That was, at one point, on their web site.

They ideally would take a protectionist stance, but will bend to 'fit in' to the community. Essentially, Roseau county where hunting is a major issue it will happen, Hennepin Cty- grab your walking stick.