Minneapolis Star Tribune — A seasoned federal wildlife official who knows Minnesota and neighboring states well will be filling a key leadership role in regulating all hunting and fishing in Minnesota.
Jim Leach ’75 will take over next month as director of the Fish and Wildlife Division for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, the state agency announced Wednesday.
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The 62-year-old Leach, a native Minnesotan, has a master’s degree in zoology from the University of South Dakota and did his graduate research on trumpeter swans. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in biology, with a wildlife emphasis, from St. Cloud State University.
