{"id":463911,"date":"2025-12-22T07:38:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T07:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/463911\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T07:38:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T07:38:43","slug":"with-training-complete-12-new-minnesota-dnr-conservation-officers-hit-the-field-the-mighty-790-kfgo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/463911\/","title":{"rendered":"With training complete, 12 new Minnesota #DNR conservation officers hit the field | The Mighty 790 KFGO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img0039-2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">MN DNR Conservation Officer<\/p>\n<p>Twelve new Minnesota Department of Natural Resources conservation officers have completed their training and now occupy previously vacant field stations across the state.<\/p>\n<p>The officers, some of whom were hired through the Conservation Officer Prep program, completed the 15-week CO Academy at Camp Ripley and spent nearly four months in field training with experienced officers. Those who came in through CO Prep also spent four months earning their peace officer license at Hennepin Technical College before the CO Academy.<\/p>\n<p>The officers bring diverse backgrounds and broad experience from which they\u2019ll draw as they serve communities across Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur conservation officers are on the front lines of ensuring future generations have the same or better opportunities to enjoy our state\u2019s natural resources than we have today,\u201d said Col. Rodmen Smith, director of the DNR Enforcement Division. \u201cAll 12 of these new officers have proven they have what it takes to carry on the proud, 138-year tradition of serving the people and natural resources of Minnesota.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The DNR plans to hire in late winter\/early spring 2026 for a CO Academy in spring 2027. To sign up for notifications on when applications open, visit the CO careers webpage (mndnr.gov\/enforcement\/careers) on the DNR website.<\/p>\n<p>New officers and where they\u2019re stationed:<\/p>\n<p>Grey Corbus \u2013 Pelican Rapids<br \/>Ryan Schaefer \u2013 Bemidji #2<br \/>Jack Lien \u2013 Walker<br \/>Jacob Kaden \u2013 Long Prairie<br \/>Jayden Frank \u2013 Mound<br \/>Kris Ryan \u2013 La Crescent<br \/>Nathan Garza \u2013 Duluth West<br \/>Rheanna Deal \u2013 Duluth East<br \/>Kaitlyn Istvanovich \u2013 Onamia<br \/>Danielle Reuss \u2013 Benson<br \/>Jacob Peterson \u2013 Redwood Falls<br \/>Josephine Homeier \u2013 Spring Valley<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MN DNR Conservation Officer Twelve new Minnesota Department of Natural Resources conservation officers have completed their training and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":463912,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[746,159,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-463911","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-science","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115762084440587469","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/463912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}