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Minnesota Department of Natural Resources fisheries biologists are wrapping up the final drafts of the lake survey reports and lake management plans for the lakes on which test-netting surveys were
On Thursday, June 3 – 42 years and change after departing on a northbound trek to Hudson Bay – Hank Kohler will push off from the same East Leaf Lake boat ramp on another epic canoe paddle. Only this time, he will paddle south on a 2,100-mile journey to the Gulf of Mexico.
“We had no real idea how long the trip would take,” Kohler, 68, recalls. “We were so new at canoeing, in fact, we didn’t even know many miles per hour or how many miles we could even go in a day.” On Thursday, June 3 – 42 years and change after departing on that northbound trek to Hudson Bay – Kohler will push off from the same East Leaf Lake boat ramp on another epic canoe trip. Only this time, he will stay in the Mississippi River Watershed and paddle south on a 2,100-mile journey to the Gulf of Mexico. He’ll paddle across East Leaf Lake and into the Leaf River, which flows...