The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will modify the boundaries of the Ashby State Goose Refuge in Grant County later this month, according to game refuge order 461. The refuge will be made smaller, as requested by local citizens, after the proposal was heard at a public hearing last September.
Grant County residents had submitted a petition containing about 60 signatures asking that the DNR abandon a portion of the Ashby goose refuge. It cited landowner desire to hunt geese within the existing refuge.
The Ashby refuge, as originally created by the DNR in 1971, was intended to help re-establish Canada geese and encompassed 3,170 acres. The new boundaries will reduce the size of the refuge to 1,450 acres, but will still include the wetlands most important to geese.
The vacated portions of the refuge, which include both Sumstad and Pelican Creek waterfowl productions areas, will be open to goose hunting in 2009 during established seasons. The remainder of the vacated refuge is privately owned. The Minnesota Outdoor Recreation Trespass Law requires that hunters obtain landowner permission before hunting on any private property.
For more information about Canada geese, state goose or waterfowl refuges or wildlife management, visit www.mndnr.gov. Questions regarding the Ashby State Goose Refuge may be directed to Kevin Kotts, DNR Glenwood area wildlife supervisor, at 320-634-0342
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