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Location: Wright County MN | Does anyone know if the new MN Musky Management plan has been finalized yet? I know they were taking input last year on it. |
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| It's been sent to the top for a final look, before it hits the public for a comment period. That should happen sometime in May. It looks good. Addresses many things we have been complaining about. Of course, continued funding will ultimately determine how much of the plan they are able to implement. |
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Location: deephaven mn | in the past The "20 year plan" everything in the plan was implemented. The new plan is a 15 year plan and has been resently competed and ready for review like stated above. It has however taken almost 6 years from the end of the 20 year plan to get this one in to action. |
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| TCESOX - 4/17/2025 5:55 PM
It's been sent to the top for a final look, before it hits the public for a comment period. That should happen sometime in May. It looks good. Addresses many things we have been complaining about. Of course, continued funding will ultimately determine how much of the plan they are able to implement.
Has there been any input on expected budget/potential shorfalls of money that would threaten the plan? I know the economy and state level funding across the US is a bit sketch right now and I'm afraid of the impact it might have. |
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Location: Chisholm, MN | bloatlord - 4/18/2025 9:23 AM
TCESOX - 4/17/2025 5:55 PM
It's been sent to the top for a final look, before it hits the public for a comment period. That should happen sometime in May. It looks good. Addresses many things we have been complaining about. Of course, continued funding will ultimately determine how much of the plan they are able to implement.
Has there been any input on expected budget/potential shorfalls of money that would threaten the plan? I know the economy and state level funding across the US is a bit sketch right now and I'm afraid of the impact it might have.
t wouldn't affect how the plan reads but implementing could be a problem. Hard to say what will happen. |
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| The last management plan was adopted late in 2008 as a "10" year plan that was to run through 2020, so we are 5 years behind, in adopting a new 10 year plan. Without the dogged determination, threats of going "nuclear", and a virtual hostile takeover of the esox workgroup, by the MMPA leadership, this still may not have been done. To the DNRs credit, once this started rolling, they have been nothing but engaged, cooperative, and positive. The plan is basically the way the DNR intends to manage muskies in Minnesota. There are many things that can effect their ability to do it. Things like difficulty in rearing fish, staffing, budgetary constraints, etc., can all hamper the plan. On the other hand, if there can be "found" money or new funding, it could enhance their ability to implement the plan, and move faster than anticipated. That's why it's called a plan. Nothing in the plan has specific, dedicated, defined, funding. It's just funded as part of the fisheries budget, which can be cut or enhanced. |
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