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HURRICANE LAKE
HALLELUJAH Special points of interest:
Dennis Anderson’s
Message
Junior Duck Stamp Story
Minnesotans at the
National Convention
Sherburn Sponsor Success
Inside this issue:
Chair’s Chatter 2
Vikingland
Sponsor Banquet
3
Hurricane Lake
Project
4
Sherburn Success
Story
6
Minnesota Artist’s
Corner
7
Project Hall of
Fame 8
Minnesota News
and Volunteer
Spotlight
10
Federal Junior
Duck Stamp Story
11
National Conven-
tion Highlights
12
Minnesotans at the
Nat. Convention
13
Official Newsletter of Minnesota Ducks Unlimited Spring 2015
Above: Hurricane Lake was
in tough shape with very
turbid waters and limited
emergent and submergent
vegetation resulting in low
waterfowl use.
Right: A 2012 aerial shows
extensive emergent vegeta-
tion covering the entire
basin following drawdown
to enhance the lake.
More about the Hurricane Lake Project on page 4
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Hi all, I am Brian Ross, the new State Chair for Minnesota Ducks Unlimited. I started in the position on
February 15th, although I have been in training for 25 years as a DU volunteer. I am honored to be
the representing all the members of MN DU in this position.
I am a “service brat” and was born in Albuquerque, NM. My father was in the Air Force for 23
years, so we lived in several states, including California, Colorado, and Ohio, before settling in Min-
nesota when I was in junior high school. We lived in Morris, MN for a year before moving to St.
Cloud, where I went to high school and college.
My first exposure to ducks and then duck hunting was on the prairies and lakes of the western
part of the state. Our first year back, we went to visit my uncle who lived on Dead Lake in Otter
Tail County one weekend in early October; it turned out to be opening weekend of the waterfowl
hunting season. After briefly visiting with my aunt, we drove out to his duck camp on one of islands
on Dead Lake. As we got out of the car on the access trail, three ducks flew by the island and the
shooting started. One of the ducks dropped and
one of the hunters sent their dog for the re-
trieve on a small teal. This was my introduction
to duck hunting and I was very intrigued.
The next spring,1969, was one of the wet-
test on record after the epic winter of 1968-69.
All the wetlands and potholes around Morris
were full of water, with the ducks responding to
the conditions with a fabulous breeding effort.
My forays into the prairie and farm country
found nesting mallards and teal. On a canoe ride
with my dad on nearby Crystal Lake, we had a
very unusual duck appear out of the reeds – it
had a dark red head and a mainly white body.
My fascination with watching and identifying
ducks was ignited and I went to the library to
find out more about this duck. My research
showed that I saw my first canvasback.
My introduction to DU was in 1975, when
my Dad attended a DU banquet in St. Cloud – I
still have the program from that banquet (see
copies to right). I also relished reading the DU
magazines he received with his membership.
One of the reasons I have become so involved
in DU is that I could see the draining and filling
of wetlands going on in and around Stearns
County. Because my dad was stationed in Ohio
and we would visit my parent’s families in Minne-
sota, I could compare and contrast the country
side between the two states. I am sure Ohio has
some nice areas, but nothing like the lakes, marsh-
es, prairies, and forests of Minnesota. The Ohio
countryside was just fields with no lakes or
marshes. I don’t want Minnesota to look like Ohio
and want to help restore and protect the wet-
lands, lakes, and prairies.
Thanks for reading my chatter; I hope to meet
you in my travels to DU events around the great
state of Minnesota.
State Chair’s Chatter
Your Minnesota DU
State Committee
State Chair Brian Ross
Baxter, MN 218-825-0996 [email protected]
State Council Chair
Tim Roble Frazee, MN 218-334-4701
[email protected]
State Chair Elect
Ruth Hoefs LeCenter, MN 612-756-1500
[email protected]
State Treasurer Dan Scheffler Dundas, MN
507-291-0311
[email protected]
State Volunteer Recruitment Coord.
Scott Christensen Litchfield, MN 320-593-8806
[email protected]
State Convention Chairs
Kyle and Donna Thaemlitz Lakefield, MN 507-662-5359
[email protected]
State Major Gift Chair Jim Demgen East Gull Lake, MN
218-829-7438
[email protected]
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Brian Ross, State Chair
Above and at
left: The pro-
gram from
the 1975
Central MN
DU Banquet,
featuring cov-
er art by
famed water-
fowl artist Les
Kouba.
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The Alexandria Sponsor Banquet has always been a well-attended and special event, but this
year it was even more so because of the guest speaker the committee invited. Dennis Ander-
son, renowned outdoor writer with the Minneapolis Star Tribune and the inspiration for Pheas-
ants Forever was the guest speaker. With the enticement of Dennis as the invited speaker, the
event was even better attended.
The Alexandria Sponsor Banquet or Vikingland Spon-
sor Banquet, as it is better known by, was held this year on April 29th at the Arrowwood
Resort, north of Alexandria. The committee, lead by Event Chair Richard Hardine, did a
great job with lots of appetizers and a great meal. They even had a DU ice carving (see
photograph above). The event has an amazing number of major donors in attendance,
with all listed on the poster presented to the left. There was even MN DU former State
Chairman, Warren Stefanski, in attendance (see photograph below). Several major donor
awards were given out that evening as well, but the highlight was the speaker, Dennis
Anderson.
Dennis lived up to his billing as he captivated the audience with his stories and message.
Dennis related to all the ducks lovers in the room as he described growing up in North
Dakota and hunting with his father. He told of being in the blind at a young age as mal-
lards poured over and into the decoys; his passion for the ducks and the outdoors gushed
out as the audience realized he is a duck hunter at heart. Dennis shared stories of being
with U.S. Fish and Wildlife enforcement agents in Louisiana and watching them work bust-
ing poachers. He also talked about the loss of wildlife habitat and hunting spots around
his home near Willmar. Then he discussed the losses the outdoor community is experi-
encing in the legislature and with habitat preservation issues. He message is all hunting
and environmental groups had better get together and form a united lobbying group or
we are going to continue to lose
ground and the wild places we are so
passionate about.
Alexandria Sponsor Event
Dennis and Sue Zahrbock
pledged to become life spon-
sors that evening.
Tom and Linda Akenson stepped
up to a new Sponsor in Perpetui-
ty pledge at the event.
Guest Speaker, Dennis Anderson,
captivates the attendees.
The old, former State Chair Warren Stefanski
(right), and the not so new, current State Chair
Brian Ross, shared some chatter and a photo op.
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The Hurricane Lake project is worth a “hallelujah” be-
cause of its important location in Minnesota. The 206-acre
lake is located in Cottonwood County, in an area with very
limited waterfowl habitat, especially shallow lakes. It, there-
fore, provides one of the crucial “stepping stones” needed
by migrating waterfowl in southern Minnesota. This is the
main focus of DU’s Living Lake Initiative, to provide these
stepping stone shallow lakes so ducks have a place to rest
and feed as they migrate through the area in spring and fall.
The project was one of the first DU Living Lakes projects
because it is surrounded by MnDNR land of the Hurricane
Lake Wildlife Management Area. This fact allows the DNR
to manipulate water levels without needing agreements from
adjacent land owners. The project still had its hurdles be-
cause an improved outlet needed to be constructed to allow
the lake to be drawn down. Years of high water had resulted
in turbid water, many invasive fish, and limited emergent and
submergent vegetation. A vegetation survey by MnDNR in
2006 showed submergent and emergent vegetation at only
18% of the locations in the lake (see aerial photo with sam-
pling locations to left). Waterfowl use was also very limited
with a few geese and teal. An easement agreement with a
local landowner was needed for the project to move for-
ward and, after that was in place, the project could proceed.
The project consisted of installing over two thousand
feet of drain pipe as well as a water control structure to
allow the control of the water levels. The drain line extends
from the northwestern portion of the lake to the northwest
to an agricultural ditch that flows to the Dutch Charley
Creek. The drain pipe was installed and the water allowed
to drain out of the lake. Then the water control structure
was built; a common construction sequence used in these
lake enhancement projects. The view of the full
drawdown in 2010 can be seen in the photo on the next page. The dendritic lines on the lake
bottom represent small channels where the
water flowed to the outlet.
The drawdown resulted in dewatering of
the entire basin and emergent vegetation
sprouted across the entire basin. Initially, the
vegetation was so thick it was hard for water-
fowl to use the lake, but when the stop logs
were lowered into place on the structure and,
after water levels returned to an operating
level, the vegetation started to open up allowing
for nesting ducks to take advantage of the im-
proved habitat. Muskrats continue to open up
holes in the cattails with their home building
and foraging.
Hurricane Lake Hallelujah
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Above: 2006 Hurricane Lake survey showing
the turbid water and limited vegetation
(source: DNR Wildlife Lake Survey Report).
Right: The contractor working at construct-
ing the outlet and allowing the water to flow.
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The Cattails’ editor visited the lake in late March and
found the lake in great shape. A thick band of bul-
rushes paralleled the shore by the access and thick
growth of cattails was present as far as the eye could
see. It was hard to see much open water, but there
must have been a lot of open pockets because ring-
necked ducks kept popping up to fly around the lake.
Flocks of mallards also boiled up from a few places
before settling back down. Several pairs of Canada
geese had already staked out their nesting territories
across the lake, even though spring had just started.
There was a well-used channel from the public ac-
cess out into the lake, indicating the lake had a lot of
use by hunters last fall. I am sure local hunters are
also saying hallelujah for Hurricane Lake.
Hurricane Lake Hallelujah (Continued)
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Above: The water control structure being
constructed in 2010 is nearing completion.
Left: The lake in late March 2015 showing
the emergent vegetation and hemi-marsh
condition as a result of the drawdown.
Below: The public access looked well used
last fall as evidenced by the nice channel out
to the more open portions of the lake.
Below: Hurricane Lake in drawdown.
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The Capital City Banquet Brings Multiple Benefits
The Capital Banquet provides multiple benefits
to MN DU because of its timing and high profile
attendees. The event was held on April 8, 2015,
at the Best Western Plus Capital Ridge
(formerly the Kelly Inn), near the State Capital.
This year the event was particularly challenging
because the capital building is under construc-
tion as part of a huge restoration project (see
photograph to the left.). Consequently, the
legislators are officed in other buildings and this made for an even
more difficult in
organizing the event.
The master of ceremonies was none other than
Ron Schara of the Star Tribune and Minnesota
Bound fame. Ron has done so many DU banquets
he said he has lost track of the number, but he did
describe being the MC at the first Ducks Unlim-
ited banquet in Minnesota. It was held at the old
Thunderbird Motel in Bloomington in the early
1970s, and Ron said they raised a lot of money for DU that evening.
(Ron was also the speaker at the Central Minnesota DU Banquet in
1975—See Chair’s Chatter on Page 2).
The Capital City banquet had nearly 100 folks in attendance, including
many senators and representatives, some of who serve on the banquet
committee. Attendees included the Speaker of the House, Kurt Daudt,
who even won a raffle gun. Some of our funding partners were also in
attendance, includ-
ing representatives
from Flint Hills
Resources and
Unimin Corpora-
tion, giving us the
opportunity to
recognize them for
the support of the
Ducks Unlimited
Living Lakes Initia-tive. Unimin pro-
vided another ben-
efit for the event
by giving DU a check for $50,000 to continue
the partnership into the coming years (see the
check below).
DU Director of Development Adam Dehaan (right) presents a 2015 Minnesota Sponsors print to Matt
Lemke of Flint Hills Resources as a recognition of their over 30-year partnership with Minnesota DU.
Attendees
included the
Speaker of the
House, who
even won a
couple of raffle
prizes.
This photograph of the Minnesota Capital
building was taken April 8, 2015, the day of
the Capital Banquet. The building was sheaved
in scaffolding and plastic as the exterior work
got underway. Note the Red-tailed Hawk
soaring around the Capital Dome.
Unimin presented a $50,000 check to Ducks Unlimited at the event.
This is a photo of the actual check.
Schara provided
a story about
being the
Master of
Ceremonies at
DU’s first
banquet in
Minnesota.
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Minnesota Artists’ Corner—Jim Rataczak
The woods behind his boyhood home in Minnesota provided the surroundings in which
Jim Rataczak (pronounced "RAT-a-check") began his life as a naturalist and artist. As a young-
ster, Jim learned of the work of several Minnesota wildlife painters, especially that of Ron Van
Gilder, Gary Moss and David A. Maass, and marveled at the incredible animal diorama back-
grounds Francis L. Jaques had painted at the Bell Museum of Natural History in Minneapolis.
With a degree in biology in 1987 followed by a masters degree, Jim assumed he was on
his way to a career in biology. However, a summer fellowship at the Delta Waterfowl Re-
search Station in Manitoba, Canada, exposed Jim to Delta's rich artistic heritage and he real-
ized that he wanted to get back into painting.
Jim zealously pursued his art, taking classes at the Art Institute of Chicago, and learning
bird anatomy at the Field Museum of Natural History. This direct approach to study and
painting was further cemented as Jim began studying the work of Louis Agassiz Fuertes, Bru-
no Liljefors, and Lars Jonsson.
Jim and his wife Joan live in Minnesota, where Jim continues his studies, and exhibits his
work. Today his work can be found in galleries and private collections across North America.
Artwork provided courtesy of Jim Rataczak
and Wild Wings, LLC, Lake City, Minnesota.
800-445-4833
www.wildwings.com
Above: “Dogwood - Wood Duck”
Right: “The Rising
- Northern Hawk
Owl”
"Every so often,
moonrise and sunset occur at just about the same time, resulting in unique, dynamic
light. I witnessed such conditions once in the Northern bog country,
land of the Northern Hawk Owl." - Artist, Jim Rataczak
Left: “Winter Willow - Northern Shrike”
“Many times I’ve watched and sketched shrikes in their winter hunting territories. The bird’s plumage, crisply patterned but softly
edged, is a perfect reflection of the stark, winter landscape. The winter can be hard, but somehow the bird perseveres.” - Artist, Jim
Rataczak
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Ducks Unlimited has been conserving habitat in Minnesota since 1985. There are
literally hundreds of DU projects scattered across Minnesota. In fact, many of the
water control structures on federal waterfowl production areas (WPAs) and state
wildlife management areas (WMAs) were designed and built as Ducks Unlimited
projects. This column is a regular feature devoted to describing some of these older
projects.
The Bloom WPA was constructed in 1995 and is located in Nobles County,
twelves miles northwest of Worthington. Ducks Unlimited worked with John
Braastad from the United States Fish
and Wildlife Service on the project,
and hired H. John Gustafson, owner
of Gustafson Drainage in Lake Crys-
tal, MN, for the Agri-Drain Water
Control Structure. Total construc-
tion costs included $32,665 for the
contractor and an additional $12,405
in materials supplied by DU. A small
project by DU standards, the con-
struction involved 4,503 lineal feet of
pipe for a buried pipe outlet, two
small embankments totaling 2,631
cubic yards, and the stoplog struc-
ture. The project area covers 37.7
surface acres of marsh at full service
level (FSL) and has 76.4 acre-feet
capacity at FSL.
The primary objective of the
project was to create brooding and
pairing habitat by restoring the 41-
acre semi-permanent wetland. A
variable level water control struc-
ture and tile line were installed to
provide for management of water
levels in the basin. The completed
Bloom WPA provides great nesting
habitat for waterfowl returning to
MN due to the restoration of small
prairie pothole marshes. When visit-
ed in the summer of 2014, the WPA
had great vegetation and was full of
water.
Project Hall of Fame—Bloom WPA
Above: an aerial image of the cropland in
1991, prior to the Bloom WPA restoration.
The current aerial showing the contrast to
the drained, farmed basin in the photo to left.
Below: the Bloom WPA in July
2014, showing the lush grassland
surrounding the restored wetland
basin.
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Sherburn Sponsor Success Story The little southern Minnesota town of Sher-
burn, population 1,113, is the site of MN DU’s
second largest sponsor event. The event is the
committee’s regular dinner banquet, but they
make a special point of getting as many sponsors
as they can. They set the standard back in 2013,
when they garnered 116 sponsors at their March
event and each year they have increased that num-
ber. Because of their efforts, the Garrison Wild-
life Chapter took up the challenge and pushed past them in total sponsors, but Garrison has a much
larger committee and three events, whereas the
Sherburn Chapter does it with one event.
They do this by focusing on asking everyone com-
ing in the door to be a DU sponsor or to recom-
mit if they have been a sponsor. The sponsor
table and the sponsor thermometers (they have
six) are located right by the entry way to the ban-
quet room so it is impossible not to notice them.
Matt Brown, the Sponsor Chair, greets each and every attendee and
asks them to be a sponsor. He is very persuasive!
Doug Hartke, the Sherburn Committee Chair, also assists Matt in making sure past sponsors were asked before the banquet even
starts. Doug, Master of Ceremonies Tim Eisenmenger, and the rest of the com-
mittee put on a great event and really pack them in to fill the hall (see photo-
graph). They sell out the banquet with around 240 people attending each year
and are the No. 2 Total Grass-
roots Fundraising Event in the
state.
This year, drum roll please, they
reached a new record of 146
sponsors. MN DU congratulates
the Sherburn Chapter on their
success and appreciates the funds
they provide to Ducks Unlimited
for our conservation programs.
Matt Brown makes sure everyone gets asked to be a sponsor.
They really pack them into the Community
Hall in greater, downtown Sherburn. Chair Doug Hartke, (left), RD Brad Jensen,
and Master of Ceremonies Tim Eisenmenger
work through the raffle prize give aways.
Five thermometer posters plus more track
the progress of the sponsor campaign. Matt models the committee shirt.
Harold and Emma King receive their
Life Sponsor plaque from State
Chair Brian Ross.
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December strategic planning session
MN DU at the Minnesota State High School Clay Target League Championship
Volunteer Spotlight—Mark Jenzen
Mark Jenzen lives in Minnesota Lake, in southern Minnesota. He was a science teacher
in the Minnesota Lake and Maple River schools district for his entire career, starting in
1975. Shortly after finding good hunting in the area and making new hunting friends, then
RD, Bill Allen, contacted several of the group about starting a DU chapter there. “Our
first meetings were in a buddy’s basement and we held our first event in 1980, being very
happy we had 70 attendees,” Mark says. They selected Lost Marsh as the chapter name as
there was an ongoing legal battle about the draining of a marsh in the area, which has
become a MN WMA now. “To date this a bit, we actually bought and moved round bales
onto the ice of area wetlands to provide Canada geese nesting spots. Times change.”
Mark served on the committee as a chair, secretary, now co-treasurer and all the jobs
a small chapter requires, and says that he enjoys the changing challenges each year
brings. They have been sold out as an event for many of the last years, growing to 250,
and just held their 35th annual event. “I have had the great joy of helping many of the RDs
doing whatever I could. District chairs, zone help, giving young regional science fair par-
ticipants DU recognition, building hundreds of wood duck houses with area youth, teach-
ing Minnesota Firearms Safety for 20+ years, trying to pass on all the joy waterfowl and
Ducks Unlimited has given my family and myself,” Mark says. “Recently I met several
great young Gustavus Adolphus College students at the state event and was lucky to have
made new friends and helped them by mc’ing their events. It was wonderful fun.”
“The joy and wonder of waterfowl have enriched my life beyond words, but who to better care for them than Ducks Unlimited?
With my friends and now my family involved and greatly enjoying the total DU mission, I can only hope many more sportsmen and
women join the fight to save our beloved sport.”
Mark Jenzen-Minnesota Lake, Minnesota
The growth of high school trapshooting teams has been phenomenal,
with almost exponential growth since it got going less than 10 years ago.
The Minnesota State High School Clay Target League championship meet began in
Alexandria at the Alexandria Shooting Park and just four years ago they had only 200
participants. This year they had over 5,600 participants and 20,000 attendees for the
2015 Championship, billed as the World’s Largest Shooting Sports Event.
MN DU volunteers in the Alexandria area lead by Bill Januszewski, Central Region Vice
Chair, decided to have a booth at the event to tell the DU story. Reed Family Out-
door Outfitters graciously provided room in their tent to allow MN DU the opportuni-
ty to pass on the conservation message. DU
volunteers sold hundreds of DU hats and several
Greenwing memberships. The duck ID quiz was
very popular with the youth and they loved the
DU bag they won for having 15 correct identifica-
tions. The event was so big that DU National
staff, Ashley Ward, visited to see how DU can
expand our presence next year.
This Reeds’s tent was a busy place with
many trap and other shotguns on display.
The event is like a County Fair.
State Volunteer Recruitment Chair
Scott Christensen mans the booth.
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2015 Minnesota Junior Duck Stamp Award Ceremony
State Chair, Brian Ross, talked about the connection between
the Duck Stamp, hunting, conservation, and Ducks Unlimited.
Minnesota Junior Duck Stamp Program coordinator Lynda
Knutsen discusses the program before making the awards.
The Best of Show winning oil painting by Sophie Olund,
(pictured above) captures every detail of a drake Redhead.
The best entries and award winners had their artwork on dis-
play at the Fergus Falls USFWS Prairie Learning Center.
By Gabrielle Small-Bell
One of the things Ducks Unlimited does is pass on the conservation message to young
duck enthusiasts. Children learn how to support wetlands and conservation, and the
many other options to get involved.
The Federal Junior Duck Stamp contest is a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service program that
kids can participate in to learn about ducks. You can choose which type of duck you
like and paint that type. Kids are always participating in this event, and for many years
there’s been great talent in the contest.
This year the Minnesota Junior Duck Stamp contest had many kids draw and paint the ducks. The
award ceremony was held at the Prairie Wetland Learning Center in Fergus Falls. There was a guest
speaker, Brian Ross, who talked about the support DU gives to the Junior Duck Stamp project. He
talked about what DU does, and how DU helps ducks and their homes.
Ducks Unlimited donates to different places to help the ducks. It helps keep ducks safe and restores
ponds and lakes so the ducks can have better habitats. Also. It helps teach kids and adults about the
wonderful world of waterfowl.
The 2015 Best of Show
artist was Sophie Olund.
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Outgoing DU President, George Dunklin, discusses the
success of the DU Varsity program over the last year.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DU NATIONAL CONVENTION
The DU
national
convention was
held in
Milwaukee
from May 27th
through
May 30th.
The Bill Pollack Orchestra dance band had the crowd
hopping Saturday after the Gala Banquet.
The Wisconsin Center was the venue for the convention
meetings and Gala Ball as the Milwaukee highlighted the DU
Event with banners hanging from every street light (left).
DU folks of every age and from every corner of the country
came on stage to launch the Rescue our Wetlands campaign lead
by Doug Oberhelman, Caterpillar, Inc. CEO on the right.
Keynote Speaker, Chairman of Microsoft, John Thompson,
enchanted the audience with how he became a duck hunter
and what DU means to him.
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The Minnesotans and friends out on “Dinner With
Friends” night at the Café Benelux.
MINNESOTANS AT THE NATIONAL CONVENTION
Nearly 50
Minnesotans
Attended the
National
Convention
Another of the Minnesota tables at the Gala, with (from right)
Ruth Hoefs, Rod and Deb Eisenmenger, Bob Sorenson, Brian
Ross, Karen Sorenson. Dave Flink, Tony Paul, Kyle Thaemlitz,
and Kris Ross in front.
Unimin was honored by DU CEO Dale Hall and President Paul Bonder-
son for their $230,000 pledge to DU’s Initiatives, including two Minne-
sotans, Reid Gronski and TK Kramasz, fourth and fifth from left
MN State Chair Elect, Ruth Hoefs, dances a little two-step
with DU National President Paul Bonderson at the Gala Ball.
One of the Minnesota tables at the Gala, with (from right) Bill
Aldinger, Bob and Rita Sundberg, Karen Killen, Glenn Bean, Jim
Killen, Bob Berg, and Scott Storm.
Carol Demgen showing off
her new tattoo at the Har-
ley Davidson Museum night.
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For articles and inserts, please send to Cattails Editor:
Brian Ross
14380 Memorywood Drive Baxter, MN 56425
Phone: 218-825-0996 E-mail:
[email protected]
6101 Kaymar Drive
Edina, MN 55436
Phone: 952-820-8174
Email: [email protected]
The Minnesota contingent the night of the 2015 DU National Convention Gala. Join us in
Anchorage, Alaska next year for great tours, activities, meetings, and people.
Ducks Unlimited is the world's largest non-profit organization dedicated to
conserving North America's continually disappearing waterfowl habitats. Es-
tablished in 1937, Ducks Unlimited has conserved more than 12 million acres,
thanks to contributions from more than a million supporters across the conti-
nent. Guided by science and dedicated to program efficiency, DU works to-
ward the vision of wetlands sufficient to fill the skies with waterfowl today,
tomorrow and forever.
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