Red Lake Wildlife Management Area History and Habitat Management

The recorded presentation is available on the Videos page.

Presenters: Charlie Tucker– Manager at Red Lake Wildlife Management Area

Program: Charlie will discuss the settlement history of the Red Lake WMA area, and how it relates to current land ownership. He will also talk about using Native Plant Community information to manage for a variety of forest habitats. Ongoing WMA habitat management projects will be discussed.

Bio: Charlie Tucker grew up in Saint Paul before pursuing an undergraduate degree in wildlife ecology from UW-Madison. He worked for various conservation entities before attaining a Master of Science in biology from Missouri State University. His project focused on the breeding ecology of ornate box turtles where he was fortunate to conduct research on large remnant sand prairies in the driftless area of Illinois. After working for the US Fish and Wildlife Service for a couple years, he returned to Minnesota as the assistant wildlife manager at Red Lake WMA. For the last two years he has been the manager at Red Lake WMA, the largest Wildlife Management Area in Minnesota.