WINONA, Minn. – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service office in Winona has gone on the Trump chopping block. The General Services Administration, on orders from Trump aide Elon Musk, notified landlords that hundreds of governent leases for offices and buildings nationwide may be terminated. Twelve are in Minnesota, including the Winona headquarters that oversees the 48-mile Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge from Wabasha to Trempealeau, It was unclear whether Musk budget-cutters in Washington had any idea of plans for a 6,000 square foot Refuge management complex on riverfront land on Kansas Street. The land was acquired a year ago by the Winona Port Authority on behalf of the Fish and Wildlife Service.
Refuge management office Since 2021 a tenant at the historically renovated 102 Walnut Street address near downtown.