MOHA - Minnesota Outdoor Heritage Alliance

The Minnesota Outdoor Heritage Alliance (MOHA) is the largest coalition of hunting, fishing, trapping and conservation organizations in the state. Find out more about us and our accomplishments.

Bud Grant 104 Gun Calendar Raffle Winners

You could be a winner! Winners are posted every Thursday.

September	August	July
2 - #2218 Dan Anderson	31 - #0846 Clayton Wagamon 26 - #1329 Dan Johnson 24 - #0762 Lee Carlstrom 19 - #1091 Jacob Reiger 17 - #0902 Jim Barta 12 - #1090 Tim Duncan 10 - #0712 Steve King 5 - #1852 Richard Johansen 3 - #1138 Levi Schneider	29- #2541 David Ness 27 - #0384 Scott Hiltgen 22 - #2720 Jeff Feine 20 - #1087 Rick Papenfuss 15 - #0683 Ralph Topel 13 - #1831 Scott Bertrom 8 - #2189 Patrick Kirschbaum 6 - #1208 Kevin Hauser 1 - #0090 Tom Steenberg
June	May	April
29 - #1832 Peter Palmer 24 - #0769 Lee Carlstrom 22 - #1823 Curt Holt 17 - #1908 Chris Nelson 15 - #0506 Doug Lodermeier 10 - #2322 Doug Marvel 8 - #0457 Mike Opitz 3 - #1908 Chris Nelson 1 - #2740 Troy Vaughn	27 - #0242 Jo Musel Parr 25 - #1201 Joe Gimse 20 - #0383 Jim Cook 18 - #1081 James Panek 13 - #1810 John Johnson 11 - #0620 Darren Pauley 6 - #2773 Luke Klammer 4 - #0926 Don Lynch	29 - #1291 Phillip Olson 27 - #9713 Bryce Wolkerstorfer 22 - #0273 Dan Kennedy 20 - #0605 Greg Morgan 15 - #0439 Jason Rolsch 13 - #0891 Brad Renville 8 – #2384 Patrick Nolan 6 – #0034 Charles Anderson 1 - #1076 Bill Schriepp
Mar show winners	Feb show winners	Jan show winners
30 - #1407 Becky Leuck 25 - #0709 George Jacobson 23 - #2184 Mike Printon 18 - #1247 Tyler Theuner 16 - #2410 Art Cofell 11 - #1621 Tom Zwak 9 - #1765 Doug Van Houdt 4 - #1756 Mark Morris 2 - #1319 Jerald Lee	25 - #1513 Janis Anderson 23 - #721 Mike Rozman 18 - #2868 Cindy Henriksen 16 - #2931 Greg Tentis 11 - #1792 Jeremy Brue 9 - #0683 Ralph Topel 4 - #2879 Bruce Bekkerus 2 - #0308 Tracy Rixen	28 - #0375 Roger Koch 26 - #0367 Marlin L. Olson 21 - #2577 John Underhill 19 - #1079 Tom Traff 14 - #1867 Vern Wagner 12 - #1015 Mark Schneider 7 - #0629 Bill Michael 5 - #2524 Steve Stortz

Contact Don McMillan, MOHA President, at 612-940-0823 for instructions and to claim your prize.

MINNESOTA STATE SEN. PAT PARISEAU HONORED FOR SERVICE TO DU

ST. PAUL, April, 14, 2010

Minnesota State Sen. Pat Pariseau was recognized this week by Ducks Unlimited and Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty for her leadership in founding the DU Capitol Chapter, as well as her 19 years as the volunteer chair of the chapter. With many of Pariseau’s legislative colleagues in attendance, Lt. Gov. Carol Molnau and DU Minnesota State Chair Lee Ness presented her with framed letters from Gov. Tim Pawlenty and DU President John Pope. Pariseau is retiring after 21 years of service as a state senator.

Pope congratulated Pariseau for the good will and recognition the DU committee has brought among state legislators and DU’s partners. “As an avid outdoors person with deep roots in farming and with a deep-seated conservation ethic, you set out to found the Capitol Chapter and what a job you have done,” he said. “Yours is an extraordinary record of stewardship of the outdoors, not only to your home state and its citizens, but to our conservation mission.”

DU Minnesota State Chair Lee Ness (left) and Lt. Gov. Carol Molnau (far right) present Sen. Pat Pariseau with framed letters of congratulation from DU President John Pope and Gov. Tim Pawlenty.

Today, the Capitol Chapter boasts 161 members and seven Bronze Sponsors and has raised more than $143,000 for DU’s mission.

Pope says Pariseau has been a key player in the creation of the constitutional amendment to protect Minnesotans’ right to hunt and fish, advancements in personal protection laws and firearm safety, and a vast array of natural resources legislation.

Pariseau says her involvement in DU came from her interest in maintaining the rights and options for citizens, especially youth, to enjoy outdoor sports, including the hunting of legitimate game. “Ducks Unlimited seemed an obvious choice due to its efforts to conserve habitat and sustain waterfowl population for future generations,” she said. “ If you are interested in helping to further this great cause, the easiest way to get involved is to attend your local DU chapter events.”

“Your passionate advocacy for conservation and the outdoors is a prime example of your commitment and your ability to achieve results,” Pawlenty wrote, thanking her on behalf of the state of Minnesota for her dedicated service in the Minnesota Senate.

Ducks Unlimited is the world's largest non-profit organization dedicated to conserving North America's continually disappearing waterfowl habitats. Established in 1937, Ducks Unlimited has conserved more than 12 million acres thanks to contributions from more than a million supporters across the continent. Guided by science and dedicated to program efficiency, DU works toward the vision of wetlands sufficient to fill the skies with waterfowl today, tomorrow and forever.

Legislative Session

The sportsmen and women of Minnesota hit a home run this past week as the Legislature finished their business for the year. Many dedicated members of our community have worked tirelessly to make sure that our Outdoor Legacy funds were spent wisely and according to the constitutional amendment that made all of this possible. We have campaigned for the past year to remove the definitions that the House had inserted during the last session which differed from those of the L-SOHC and had the potential to direct these funds in the future to projects that may not have been those intended by the constitutional language. In addition a legislative audit function provision was inserted this year by the House that would have had an adverse effect on the projects and funds coming from the L-SOHC as well as the DNR. I am happy to tell you that the definitions have been eliminated and the legislative audit scaled back to a reasonable level. The positive result that we achieved took place because of the efforts of a number of individuals, both legislators and members of the outdoor community. We owe a great thank you to our legislators. We had a meeting with Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher on May 6th that was initiated by Rep. Dave Dill and spent some three hours with her which was the beginning of negotiations that eventually led to a happy ending. The Speaker helped us this year just as she did two years ago when she came on board with us to help create the L-SOHC. Rep. Dave Dill, who was with us night and day during these negotiations, served as a catalyst in this process and he also provided us with sound advice during the whole session. Senator Satveer Chaudhary and his Committee, along with the Senate and Majority Leader Larry Pogemiller, has supported us from the beginning in our legislative efforts. Many of us found out that Senator Chaudhary has a comfortable couch in his office. After the conference committee agreed to meet our wishes and a compromise was reached, Rep. Rick Hansen did a great job of shepherding the bill through final passage in the House. We are grateful to him for the help. We also owe a great debt of gratitude to Rep. Joe Hoppe, the Vice Chair of the Sportsmen’s Caucus for his help in working with the Republican Caucus on our behalf during the session and in the final hours.

We extend our thanks to the members of the conference committee who made all of this possible:
Senator Ellen Anderson (Co-Chair)
Rep. Mary Murphy (Co-Chair)
Senator Tom Saxhaug
Rep. Jean Wagenius
Senator Satveer Chaudhary
Rep. Will Morgan
Senator Dennis Frederickson
Rep. Rick Hansen
Senator Sandy Rummel
Rep. Greg Davids

I can’t thank our MOHA Legislative Director, Jim Bezat, enough for all of the time that he has spent at the Capitol during the session and especially in the last two weeks. MOHA VP Brian Petschl was at our side much of the session. Many of you also come to the Capitol to help us spread the word to the Legislature. We thank all of you for that effort. Several of us met with the Speaker on Thursday, May 6thalong with Chair Mary Murphy and Rep. Dill and Committee Members, Rep. Hansen, Rep. Wagenius and Rep Morgan. Also attending that meeting were Garry Leaf from SFC, Joe Dugan from PF, Mark Johnson from MDHA, John Schroers from MWA and Tom Landwehr from the Nature Conservancy. Isis Stark from the Nature Conservancy was a great help to all of in the final hours lending us her legislative expertise. I have not forgotten another individual who spends more time on our issues than anyone that I know and does such a great job of communicating with sportsmen and women throughout the state, Garry Leaf with Sportsmen for Change. He and the Ole Trapper do a lot for us and deserve a big thank you. Without the Ole Trapper, Bob Lessard, we would not be talking about dedicated funding for the outdoors. Bob has been spreading the word for many years and he still has the great enthusiasm that he had 11 years ago when he came up with the concept. I would be very remiss if I didn’t give credit to Bud Grant who has been our coach for a number of years and inspires us to WIN. Thanks, Bud for all of your help in promoting MOHA and our issues in Minnesota.

Wow, what a team! My sincere thanks to all of you for a job well done. Our legislators deserve a big thank you so let them know that you are happy with their actions. I hope that I didn’t leave anyone out in this rather lengthy e-mail letter. If I did, please remember that I am a mortal human being. Have a safe and wonderful summer.
Don McMillan President,
MOHA

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	Minnesota Outdoor Heritage Alliance (MOHA)
	“Our mission is to protect and guarantee the right to pursue the time-honored traditions of hunting and fishing, and related activities, for every Minnesota citizen, in perpetuity, through legislative action, public awareness and education.”