Aviation Section

CO Pilot Jason Jensen (Brainerd) reports flying a station flight and starting the Leech Lake creel project. Violations on these flights included wetland, APM, public waters impacts.

CO Pilot Bob Geving (Mankato) continued to fly the spring nesting waterfowl survey out of Alexandria. As of Sunday, the base of operations moved to Brainerd.

CO Pilot Tim Gray (Bemidji) flew a return from maintenance flight and started flying fisheries creel surveys. Additional equipment maintenance and administrative tasks were also completed.

CO Pilot Charles Scott (Grand Rapids) rescheduled canceled wildlife flights and continued work on software update problems with aircraft navigation systems. CO Pilot Scott also updated early training curriculums and completed assigned administrative tasks.

NR Pilot Brad Maas(Brainerd) worked on the installation of the fish tank on a helicopter for remote trout stocking. He also attended an aviation webinar, attended to vehicle maintenance, and completed administrative tasks.

NR Pilot Gracie Zeller (Brainerd) flew a fish stocking flight near Crane Lake. She also scouted out potential landing zones for an aerial application site and transported a helicopter to have scheduled maintenance performed.

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