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The 13 conservation officers who will occupy these previously vacant stations have spent the past year training in all aspects of public safety and natural resources protection.
Ryan Brown will fill the vacant Karlstad station, and Corey Sura will fill the Baudette No. 2 station in Lake of the Woods County.
The new COs were selected from among hundreds of applicants and spent May to August at the Conservation Officer Academy at Camp Ripley near Little Falls, Minn. After initial training, where they learned all aspects of the job in classroom and scenario-based situations, they worked for 16 weeks in the field with experienced officers throughout the state.
The 13 conservation officers will occupy previously vacant stations across the state.
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CAMP RIPLEY
Within the next several weeks, 12 communities across the state will once again have full-time, dedicated service from a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources conservation officer.
In addition, a new conservation officer will join the Enforcement Division’s Aviation Unit as a pilot.
The 13 conservation officers who will occupy these previously vacant stations have spent the past year training in all aspects of public safety and natural resources protection.
The graduates of this year’s Conservation Officer Academy, who will be assuming their stations this month, are (front, left to right): Meng Moua, Victoria Griffith, Chelsey Bechel, Cassie Block, Tou Vang and Ryan Brown. In the back row (left to right) are Curtis Simonson, Zach Larson, Michael Cross, Charles Scott, Stephen Westby, Vincent Brown and Corey Sura.