Enforcement

Minnesota was the first state to establish a snowmobile safety training program. More than 2,000 volunteers annually donate over 10,000 hours to teach safe snowmobiling.

Advanced hunter and bow hunter education to date:
Active instructors: 784
Total students: 29,564

All-terrain vehicle certification to date:
Total students: 13,754

Bear hunting clinics:
Participants - 11,247

Firearms auction:
$64,000 (2005)

Firearms safety certification to date:
Active instructors: 4,747
Total students: over 1 million

Natural resource related prosecutions:
11,668 (2007)

Number of Minnesota conservation officers:
148

Off-highway motorcycle certification to date:
3,164

Snowmobile safety certification to date:
Active instructors: 1,632
Snowmobile students certified: 396,997 (through 6/13/2008)

TIP (Turn In Poachers) arrests to date:
7,896 (through 2007)

Turkey hunting clinics:
Participants - 12,698

Written warnings:
15,816 (2007)

(Updated May 2008)