PUBLIC NOTICE
The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will conduct a public hearing to consider opening Hemlock Ravine Scientific and Natural Area (SNA) to deer hunting. Hemlock Ravine SNA is located in Silver Brook Township, Carlton County, and includes those parts of the NE 1/2 and SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 lying north and west of the Willard Munger State Trail in Section 3, Township 48 North, Range 16 West.
The hearing will be held July 23, 2008, from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm, or until all testimony is taken, in the Carlton Fire Hall, 100 Forth St. N., Carlton, Minnesota. The purpose of the hearing is to take public testimony regarding opening Hemlock Ravine SNA to deer hunting in seasons for taking deer. All other existing regulations will remain in effect should this proposal be approved. Hemlock Ravine SNA protects a grove of rare Eastern hemlock trees and relatively undisturbed native plant communities. The DNR proposes to open the site to deer hunting in order to reduce the negative impacts that high deer numbers are having on these resources. At the hearing, a hearing official will record all testimony on whether the SNA should be opened to deer hunting with such limitations as the DNR commissioner determines are necessary for protection of the values for which the site was designated. An official of the DNR will be present to discuss these matters. Written statements on this subject will also be accepted until July 23, 2008. Testimony may be sent to the following address:
Regional Administrator
c/o Scientific and Natural Areas
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Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
650 Hwy. 169
Tower, MN 55790
or e-mail steve.wilson@dnr.state.mn.us .
For further information, call (218) 753-2580, ext. 270.
Published in the Pine Journal on July 10, 2008
