DNR seeks advisors

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is seeking advisors! We are inviting you to help get the word out that we are recruiting new members to serve on key advisory groups related to Minnesota’s natural heritage, the Game and Fish Fund, and wildlife and fisheries management. The DNR will be selecting members with a special emphasis on increasing committee diversity, and we are hoping you will consider sharing information about these opportunities with your audiences. More information is available in this DNR news release.

We have openings on the:

• Fisheries Oversight and Wildlife Oversight committees

• Deer Advisory Committee

• Minnesota R3 Council (hunter and angler recruitment, retention and reactivation)

• Mille Lacs Fisheries Advisory Committee

• Fisheries work groups (bass, catfish, northern pike & muskellunge, panfish, and walleye)

• Natural Heritage Advisory Committee.

Each team and its work will benefit Minnesotans from all parts of the state. People of all backgrounds and geographies are encouraged to apply through Monday, Sept. 19, with the exception that people can apply for the Natural Heritage Advisory Committee through Monday, Oct. 17. Participation is voluntary, without compensation.

For questions contact: Natural Heritage Advisory Committee – Jan Shaw Wolff, ecosystem management and protection section manager, 651-259-5106; Game and Fish Fund – Beth Carlson, planning director, 651-259-5531; Fish and Wildlife advisory groups – Kelly Wilder, policy planning supervisor, 651-259-5182.