Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa will not authorize its treaty-reserved right to net walleyes on Mille Lacs Lake again this year. The band did not net on Mille Lacs last year, either, said Brian Borkholder, fisheries biologist for the band. The Fond du Lac Band is one of eight Native American bands who maintain the right to net and spear on Mille Lacs under an 1837 treaty. The band will authorize its members to spear walleyes on Mille Lacs this year, Borkholder said, but each spearer may take only two fish less than 15 inches...
For the first time since 2008, Mille Lacs Lake walleye surviving into their second year are abundant and the following year’s hatch appears to be doing well, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Mille Lacs Lake has been the subject of great concern in recent years as biologists try to determine why the reproduction and growth of walleyes has declined. “We’re far from out of the woods on Mille Lacs Lake,” said Rick Bruesewitz, Aitkin area fisheries supervisor for the DNR. “But younger walleye are showing more positive sign...
CLOQUET - Conservation officers typically play things pretty close to their green vests. But when they describe fellow officer Scott Staples, they don't hold anything back. Staples, a 17-year conservation officer stationed at Carlton, has been named Minnesota's Conservation Officer of the Year by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. He's described as a dogged investigator, a fair-minded officer, a staunch defender of natural resources and a community activist. "I wouldn't want him...
A bill that would suspend Minnesota’s wolf hunt was passed by a Senate committee this afternoon. The bill, passed by the Senate Environment and Energy Committee, would put the hunt on hold “to study outcomes of the wolf hunt on the wolf population and to implement the wolf management plan,” according to its wording. Minnesota has held its first managed gray wolf hunting and trapping seasons the past two years after the wolf was removed from the federal Endangered Species List. Some groups and individuals have protested the hunt and filed lawsu...
Minnesotans will be able to hunt and trap wolves legally for the first time in 38 years this fall. A wolf hunting season will begin on Nov. 3, the first day of Minnesota’s firearms deer season. The season became official when Gov. Mark Dayton signed the Legislature’s Game and Fish bill on Thursday. Now the Department of Natural Resources will have to hustle put the framework and mechanics of the season together in just a few months. “The big issue, quite frankly, is timing,” said Dennis Simon, chief of the DNR’s section of wildlife. “We need...
