Warden Blotter - September 4, 2012
By Peshtigo Team Conservation Wardens
Marinette County:
Area-based conservation wardens assisted local, state and federal law enforcement with eradication of two large marijuana grows.
Warden Meade contacted a subject in the woods who had been baiting deer for more than a month. The man was removing his trail camera to check pictures of what deer were at his bait sites. Warden Meade explained that he cannot be baiting deer at this time and had the man remove the bait from the woods. Enforcement action was taken.
Southwest Oconto County:
Warden Stahl assisted Officer Jamie Kuhn of the Oconto Falls Police Department with a physical disturbance among beach goers at the East Side Beach in Oconto Falls. Three citations issued and one subject was taken into custody.
Warden Stahl received a complaint of an injured immature bald eagle in the area of the Machickanee Forest. With the assistance of Lt. Lefebre of the Oconto County Sheriff’s Office a search was made for the bird in the area it was last seen with no luck. The next day another call was received for an injured immature bald eagle in a boat in somebody’s yard. The caller was advised to catch the eagle in a net if possible and they did. Warden Stahl then picked up the eagle which was transferred to Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary for rehabilitation.
Eastern Shawano County:
Warden Schraufnagel investigated two separate boating fatalities which occurred in Menominee County during the month of July.