by Logan Gruber
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The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ St. Cloud area office in Sauk Rapids is moving to a new location in mid-January.
The address for the new office is 1035 S. Benton Drive. It’s down the road about one block from where the DNR’s current office is located at 940 Industrial Drive S.
The site will include offices for staff from DNR divisions of Fish and Wildlife, Parks and Trails, Ecological and Water Resources, and Enforcement. Fisheries staff are relocating from an office in Montrose. Montrose fisheries staff will be getting new phone numbers; all other staff will keep their old numbers.
The new site will consolidate staff, equipment and supplies in a secure, energy-efficient building which will provide more space and be more accessible to the public.