We welcome our new Conservation Office Michael Cross to the ‘Lake George’ district. CO Cross began his assignment on December 12, 2020 and has been visiting his 650 square mile district making his presence known.

A group of us representing our lake association as well as the Steamboat Lake and Kabekona Lake associations met Mike on a Zoom call last night and welcomed him to the area, as well as offering to help him get connected to the community.

We were able to share with him our concerns on overfishing abuse due to a lack of CO coverage over the past years.

We learned a bit of his background as well, Mike is originally from the Duluth area, has served in the National Guard for the past 17 years and is a former firefighter. He has moved to the area with his wife and two children. His wife is a nurse and works for Sanford Hospital. He joined the DNR a year ago and has just completed his training.

The DNR posted this news release.

If interested in his territory, you can visit this DNR website and put in our zipcode 56461 and click ‘go’, it will bring to our area on the map and you can see the red territory lines.

If you need to report something to DNR Enforcement, you can contact the DNR TIP line 800.652.9093 . Visit this link for more information on the TIP line.

Mike shared a tip for those of you who don’t always carry their wallet with them fishing, he suggested taking a picture of your fishing license on your phone as a backup.

Mike has shared his direct contact email and phone number with us, you can email GarfieldLakeAssocation@gmail.com if you would like that information.