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A Minnesota DNR wildlife manager under Tim Walz’s administration has been federally charged in an Antifa-linked conspiracy to interfere with ICE operations. Alec Stewart, also known as “Mac,” is an assistant wildlife manager with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and federal prosecutors say he was part of Direct Action Minnesota, a group DOJ describes as having Antifa ties. Stewart is charged with conspiracy to impede or injure a federal officer, and the DNR has confirmed he is still a current employee while the agency reviews the indictment.

According to the indictment, this was not just people standing around with signs. Prosecutors allege the group used Signal chats, scouts, radios, shields, vehicles, debris, and metal anti-vehicle barricades called Czech hedgehogs to track, block, and interfere with federal immigration officers around the Whipple Federal Building. Stewart is accused of helping coordinate parts of that operation, including planning around radios, scouts, security, and blockade tactics. A DNR wildlife manager being federally accused in an Antifa-linked ICE obstruction case is a pretty wild story, and I will update as more information becomes available.

— Stephen Ziegler
Outdoor writer | Owner, DeLong Lures

The exception I suspect and not the rule. Maybe different in the south…

And this is surpising.....in States like Minnesota, Washington, Oregon, California, etc.?

And colorado

Our DNR was just on Facebook bragging that they will be present at a Pride festival, they're beyond useless

Whoever partakes should be FIRED. An employee on the clock at a pride festival has NOTHING to do with the DNR.

Maybe they are there for the welfare of the gerbils?

Now that is a good one, Warrior.

… ya’ll are getting a little too intolerant in here

… no wonder Jtrap only lurks these days !

They aren't a native species so wouldn't they be under USDA Wildlife Services?

Definitely a job for the feds, then. Anyone heard from jtrap?

Today we have preservationists rather than conservation officers

I’m not sure about the validity of this. Stephen Ziegler is not someone I would rely on for getting factual information, so i automatically go to its garbage whenever I see his name.

Maybe he got this one correct? Blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while.

Ah Minnesota government in general and I have a lifetime license and trap martin by ely as a Kansas resident try checking them in with skulls and everything else required with those goobers and yes they are ate up.. lol

I’m not sure about the validity of this. Stephen Ziegler is not someone I would rely on for getting factual information, so i automatically go to its garbage whenever I see his name.

It's valid, reported by several outlets.
Probably a Walz to Strommen ( Dnr commish ) hire.

Guess a blind squirrel does find a nut every once in a while.

Well that sucks. Shocks me that the governor would have anything to do with hiring a wildlife manager. Here anyway, the governor selects the secretary of the department, and even he doesn’t have anything to do with hiring biologists or anyone not in his office.

Guess all states are different. Hopefully y’all can get rid of that person.