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Cottage Grove staff brief commission on 2025–26 hunting map; council already approved minor parcel changes
Summary
Police and public safety staff presented the 2025–26 hunting map to the commission, noting four parcel-size changes removed hunting permission on those parcels; staff said council had already approved the map because the hunting season was imminent.
Deputy public safety staff and Police Captain Brad Peterson reviewed the city's proposed 2025–26 hunting maps for archery and firearms and explained minimal changes approved by council.
Peterson said staff typically bring maps to the commission before council, but "this year's hunting maps have already been approved by council" because the calendar left little time before season start. He said staff review recent hunting-related incidents and complaints, recent and planned development, and parcel-size changes when applying the city's ordinance to determine where hunting is permitted.
For 2025–26, Peterson identified four parcel changes: one parcel lost eligibility for firearms hunting (firearms requires 40 contiguous acres) and three parcels lost eligibility for archery hunting (archery requires a minimum parcel size staff cited as 5 acres). Peterson said the changes were minimal and related to parcel-size adjustments staff observed, likely from property sales.
Commissioners asked clarifying questions about the maps' readability and expressed support for retaining some open parcels for archery as a wildlife-management tool. No commission action was recorded; staff noted that commissioner feedback will inform next year’s map cycle.
