The D-N-R’s Information Center telephone lines are now open until 8pm on weekdays and 9am to 1pm on Saturdays. Although many now go to the D-N-R’s website for routine information, Evening Supervisor Jeannine Johannsen says “we actually receive about 130 thousand calls and e-mails a year that we answer through the Information Center.” Johannsen says the Information Center answers a wide variety of questions, but right now the big thing is deer season. She says there are “a lot of people calling about firearms safety and whether they’ve taken the course or they need the course, what licenses they do and don’t need, whether they were drawn in the doe lottery, or if they can get extra permits for the doe lottery.”
The D-N-R Information Center number is 888-MINNDNR (888-646-6367).