Minnesota gubernatorial candidates Tim Walz, Jeff Johnson state their cases on the outdoors Outdoors Writer Dennis Anderson Interview Excerpt Star Tribune October 29 Q Can management of Lake Mille Lacs be improved? Johnson: I'm not an expert on the lake, its resources or its management, but co-management of the lake as it is currently administered isn't working. Mille [...]

PERM Letter to the President - UPDATEWisconsin Outdoor News features PERM letter to President TrumpWe are happy to see Wisconsin Outdoor News also highlighting PERM's letter to the President. They referenced Minnesota Outdoor News Editor Tim Spielman's take on PERM's Letter and included the full text of the letter. Spielman called PERM's letter an "unprecedented step ... that's [...]

Last Sunday the Star Tribune carried an article by Tony Kennedy, Mille Lacs among the issues Brad Parsons will take on as Minnesota's new fisheries chief.Kennedy covered a lot of Parson's background and experience with Mille Lacs. He noted Parson's recognition that Mille Lacs remains a "hot button" issue, "with politics and complicated by biological changes and fishing [...]

October 1, 2018The Honorable Donald TrumpPresident of the United StatesThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NWWashington, DC 20500Request for Presidential Order Terminating the 1837 Hunting and Fishing Privilege of the ChippewaDear Mr. President:I am writing to you as President of PERM (Proper Economic Resource Management), a Minnesota nonprofit that supported the landowners who intervened in the lawsuit filed by [...]

1855 Ceded Territory potential lawsuit - UPDATEJudge hears arguments in Gull Lake netting casePAY ATTENTION MINNESOTA!Jennifer Kraus' report today (Sept 6) in the Brainerd Dispatch Judge hears arguments in Gull Lake netting case provides important details of a case that potentially has more far-reaching consequences than the Mille Lacs 1837 Treaty case, for several reasons.High StakesThe case applies [...]

This will be the first Mille Lacs Fishery Advisory Committee meeting under Brad Parsons, DNR's new fisheries chief. Remember, there is a 15-minute period at the end of the meeting reserved for public comments and questions. PERM invites everyone concerned about the Mille Lacs situation to attend. Douglas Meyenburg The Mille Lacs Fisheries Advisory Committee will meet from [...]