Why Does it Matter if the Mille Lacs Reservation Still Exists?
Update on the Tribal Related Litigation By Randy V. Thompson, Esq. Mille Lacs County Quarterly - April 2019 Even occasional readers of this newsletter have likely noticed that a federal lawsuit – brought in November 2017 by the Mille Lacs Band against the County, the Sheriff and the County Attorney - is a frequent topic in these pages. The Band [...]
Mille Lacs ‘C’-words, and the opaque
Joe Fellegy has some choice comments about another ‘C’ word. He quotes Steve Johnson (Johnson’s Portside on Mille Lacs) “Stop using the C-word!”, the Mille Lacs walleye population is in no crisis!” Fellegy highlights the misleading vocabulary being used to set a up straw man excuse for a “downward swing of the Mille Lacs walleye population.” That explanation is a [...]
Transparency?
After one year, abandoned gill net investigation closed Tribal/GLIFWC game warden loading a gill net full of wasted Mille Lacs walleye The following story is being reprinted with permission of the Mille Lacs Messenger. By Vivian LaMoore, Mille Lacs Messenger, Wednesday, April 3, 2019 It has been nearly a year since an abandoned tribal gill net was found in Mille [...]
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DNR: Mille Lacs Walleye Harvest OK 20 Days in May
It's a shame the DNR and tribal DNR can't recognize the true number of walleye in the lake. DNR News Release March 12, 2019 Walleye harvest will be allowed in May on Mille Lacs Lake Mille Lacs regulations for walleye and other species announced Anglers on Mille Lacs Lake will be able to keep walleye during open water fishing for [...]
Mille Lacs advisory committee meets Feb. 19
The Mille Lacs Fisheries Advisory Committee will meet from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, at Appeldoorn’s Sunset Bay Resort, 45401 Mille Lacs Parkway in Isle. The agenda will cover open water fishing regulations and discussion around lake management planning. Members of the public may attend and observe these meetings, and 15 minutes at the end of each [...]