![]() ![]() All webinars are live-captioned, recorded and made available on the The live webinars are at noon Wednesdays and last an hour or less. "We're using these webinars to equip people with outdoor skills information and strengthen their passion for fish, wildlife and habitat conservation."ĭuring the past couple of months, the webinars have averaged 200 viewers live for each episode. "The webinars have reached several thousand individuals and have seen increased participation over the past couple of years," said Benji Kohn, volunteer mentor program coordinator. The DNR is continuing its Minnesota Outdoor Skills and Stewardship Series that started in March 2021, with new webinars this summer on topics that will appeal to people interested in nature, including anglers and hunters. PAUL - A series of outdoor skills webinars from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has seen continued growth in participation as Minnesotans look to boost their fishing, hunting, habitat and outdoors know-how, the DNR said. The Game and Fish list of potential winterkill lakes is available at Minor fish kills that should not affect fishing quality, as well as many community ponds that have been restocked with catchable fish, are not listed. The listing on the Game and Fish website includes lakes that experienced some level of winterkill. As the plants die and decay, they can deplete dissolved oxygen levels to the point where fish can't survive. Winterkill occurs when deep snow and thick ice prevent sunlight from reaching aquatic plants that produce oxygen through the process of photosynthesis. Many of the lakes won't be fully evaluated until standard netting surveys are completed this summer. Unfortunately, the long list of lakes, coupled with a late spring, didn't allow for special winterkill assessments at all of the lakes on the list, the department said. Game and Fish fisheries staff have already sampled some lakes to confirm winterkill events. ![]()
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