A Manitouwadge man has been fined for an offence under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act. Robert Leonard pleaded guilty and was fined $1,000 for unlawfully killing a bull moose without a licence. He also received a one-year hunting suspension. Court heard that on December 3, 2017, conservation [Read more]
Four U.S. residents have been fined a total of $1,300 for angling offences on Lake Nipigon. Cory Merschman of Numidia, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty and was fined $250 for angling with a barbed hook. His fishing gear was forfeited to the Crown. Daryl Weispfennig of Chanhassen, Minnesota, pleaded [Read more]
Jeremy Halvorsen of Eldorado pleaded guilty and was fined $3,500 for hunting a cow moose without a licence and $3,500 for hunting a bull moose without a licence. Three Ontario men have been fined a total of $10,000 for moose hunting offences. Ryan Cane and Jamie De Long of Cobourg, both pleaded [Read more]
Two United States residents have been fined a total of $2,000 for fishing offences. Steven Cody of Hudson, Wisconsin, and James Kerr of Boston, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty and were each fined $1,000 for having an over-limit of walleye. Court heard that on August 23, 2016, Ministry of Natural [Read more]
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is seeking the public’s help in identifying the individuals responsible for shooting a calf moose prior to the 2016 calf season and abandoning it. On October 23, 2016, conservation officers responded to a complaint that a calf moose had been shot and [Read more]
Two Thunder Bay residents have been fined a total of $8,250 for hunting deer without a licence and careless hunting. Joseph M. Doerflinger and Darragh M. Stezenko both pleaded guilty to discharging a firearm down, from or across a public road. Additionally, Doerflinger pleaded guilty to [Read more]
A Manitouwadge area outfitter was fined $1,000 for unlawfully hunting bear without a licence. Christopher Fuge of Rosholt, Wisconsin, and owner of Happy Camps in Hillsport, pleaded guilty and was fined $1,000 for hunting bear off of his Bear Management Area. Court heard that between August 15 and [Read more]
Jack G. Heimbecker of Paris pleaded guilty and was fined $900 for unlawfully attaching a seal to game wildlife killed by another person. He received a one-year hunting suspension.Two southern Ontario men have been fined a total of $2,700 and each given a one-year hunting suspension for party [Read more]
A Pembroke man’s convictions and fines of $500 for illegally hunting in Algonquin Provincial Park have been upheld. Grant Tysick was convicted and fined $350 for unlawfully hunting in a provincial park and $150 for operating a motor vehicle in a provincial park without a park permit. Court heard [Read more]
Two non-resident men have been fined a total of $1,300 for fishing offences. Wayne Nasi of Hurley, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty and was fined a total of $750 for angling using a hook other than a barbless hook, angling with more than the permitted number of lines and possessing live lake trout caught [Read more]
A Blind River area woman has been fined $2,500 for unlawfully shooting two moose on a roadway. Stacey Armstrong, a resident of Mississauga First Nation, pleaded guilty to discharging a firearm on a roadway. In addition to the fine, the moose were forfeited to the Crown and have been donated to [Read more]
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is seeking the public’s help in identifying the individuals responsible for illegally shooting a deer on Manitoulin Island. Conservation officers received a tip on December 4, 2015, about a single gunshot on the Arda property off Pleasant Valley road [Read more]
Two Ontario men have pleaded guilty and been fined a total of $1,000 for illegal fishing. Brian Hermann of St. Charles and Donald Barnett of Lively were each fined $500 for using barbed hook fishing lures to fish. Court heard that on September 12, 2015, conservation officers on routine patrol [Read more]
Two Minnesota residents have pleaded guilty to using a closed road. Monty Lockman of Vadnais and Dennis Ollom of St. Paul were each fined $750 for travelling on a closed road, contrary to the Public Lands Act. Court heard that on June 12, 2015, conservation officers contacted Lockman and Ollom, [Read more]
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry reminds the public that it is an offence to deposit any material on public land. Dumping and other environmental abuses of Crown land can be controlled using enforcement provisions under the Public Lands Act. Ministry conservation officers can charge [Read more]
