Ask your candidates in the upcoming elections. They need to hear from you! Start with these questions: * Will you pursue correcting 20-plus years of Mille Lacs Lake co-mismanagement by the DNR and the Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa? * Will you support Equal Hunting and Fishing Rights for all Minnesotans? * Will you push for [...]
Moose hunting remains closed for Minnesotans Read More Three tribes in northeast are seeking to harvest more bull moose this year By Javier Serna Assistant Editor Outdoor News Minnesota, September 16, 2022 Fond du Lac, Minn. — The three Ojibwe bands that have harvested moose in northeastern Minnesota intend to increase the number of animals they [...]
Slot expansion still plays it safe with the one-fish walleye limit DNR yesterday announced the Mille Lacs fall walleye regs. The big news was a harvest slot expanded to 20-23 inches (from current 21-23 inches.) This was an option from the DNR's Mille Lacs Lake Management Plan shown at the June 28 MLFAC meeting. It more [...]
It's time to weigh in on Mille Lacs Fall walleye regulations The Minnesota DNR just announced they are now accepting applications for several wildlife, fisheries advisory committees. They want to fill open seats on these committees, including the recently updated Mille Lacs Fisheries Advisory Committee. PERM encourages all anglers concerned about the future of the Mille [...]
And thanks to all who entered our Spring 2022 Legal Fund Raffle Really like sharing some good news. And getting another chance to talk to our members. Some have supported us for a very long time and others are new. There’s no question PERM has a very supportive membership. Thanks to everyone who got in on [...]
Joe Fellegy, Mille Lacs Messenger,Jul 2, 2022 Bud Grant, longtime Vikings football coach and a famed outdoorsman, is very familiar to most Minnesotans. Vince Hill (1938-2008) was a grandson of Tom Hill, the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe’s first chief executive after the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) became law. Both Bud Grant and Vince Hill were [...]
Minnesotans should be concerned about a court ruling calling for the continued existence of the former Mille Lacs reservation. PERM's concerns include the impact a ruling would have on the area's natural resources. Multiple agencies (without any hierarchy of authority) would be governing these resources. This would create an endless source of conflict. An analysis by [...]
DNR press release a litany of excuses The DNR just released their regs for Mille Lacs walleye. The announcement came with a lot of verbiage. Mainly flimsy excuses for shutting down walleye angling again. For example, another drop in the quota was due to "below-average catches of 2018 and 2019 year classes in the fall walleye [...]
MLFAC talks upcoming regulations By Eric Jacobson, Mille Lacs Messenger, March 9, 2022 The Mille Lacs Fisheries Advisory. Committee (MLFAC) Met on Fob. 15 at the Brainerd DNR offices to discuss a number of topics. First on the 'were introductions of all committee members. including 10 new members along with the DNR, staff that was present [...]
After twenty plus years – it's time for a new plan Javier Serna's report in Outdoor News gives us some real insight on the DNR's "co-management" of the Mille Lacs walleye fishery. (DNR weighing 2022 Mille Lacs open-water regulations, Outdoor News, February 25,) It is a great snapshot of the DNR's failed efforts currently and over [...]