Fish and wildlife managers put ‘more teeth’ in southwest’s Heron Lake

For the fifth time in as many decades, Heron Lake in far southwestern Minnesota has a revamped natural resource management plan.

New in 2022 for this historic waterfowl basin will be a heavy emphasis on fish-stocking — namely walleye and northern pike. Are duck hunters OK with that?

In short, yes. But it took some explaining from Maggie Gross, the shallow lake specialist who helped finalize the management plan this month for the Department of Natural Resources.