Joe Fellegy highlights obvious questions in his latest article, Mille Lacs news cycle breaks records, raises questions, Outdoor News, November 15, 2019. Many of these are questions that get buried in the well-organized agendas at MLFAC meetings that are forever wrestling with the “co-management” of the Mille Lacs fishery. These are the same questions I’ve heard [...]
Why is there no real transparency when the decisions made behind closed doors? The co-management decisions effect all residents of MN, not just the local stakeholders. If in fact Mille Lacs is being managed biologically, than net locations should be changed to reflect the changes in the lake. Politics must be taken out of these decisions! [...]
Steve Johnson, writing in Mille Lacs Messenger, weighs in on the DNR's co-management of Mille Lacs walleye. It’s come to this ... By Steve Johnson Mille Lacs Messenger Oct 25, 2019 I’m convinced the Minnesota DNR can no longer guarantee that the anglers of Minnesota can fish for walleye on Mille Lacs Lake for a full [...]
Randy Thompson is an attorney for Mille Lacs County in a dispute over claims that old reservation still exists. Thompson reviews complexities in unraveling these claims despite more than 95 percent of the original 61,000-acre reservation having already passed out of Indian ownership. Mille Lacs Band vs County lawsuit: A Legal Context By Randy Thompson Mille [...]
The Mille Lacs Fisheries Advisory Committee (MLFAC) will meet from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.: *** Monday, Oct. 14, at Appeldoorn’s Sunset Bay Resort, 45401 Mille Lacs Parkway, Isle *** Thursday, Nov. 7, at Izatys Resort, 40005 85th Ave., Onamia The October agenda will focus on DNR’s in-progress lake management planning process. The November agenda will [...]
Mille Lacs Messenger Updates Recently, The Mille Lacs Messenger has published a two-part series on "co-management" walleye regulations' impact on the Mille Lacs economy. They show how this "wonderful" thing called co-management has cost so many people so much. In a recent "State of the Tribe" report, it was noted casino profits were down. Duh. Fewer [...]
Joe Fellegy writes about the ongoing Mille Lacs controversy, A look at the record lake trout, MN-FISH, and Mille Lacs Outdoor News August 30, 2019. His report starts with Ron Schara’s question raised in Schara’s last Ramblings column in Outdoor News: Schara asks “The status of walleye fishing on Mille Lacs needs some kind of resolution, [...]
'Limit Reached' based on a pyramid of estimates Well, the MN DNR has just announced that Mille Lacs Lake will be closed for targeting walleye on Sept 6. How many times, throughout its history, has Mille Lacs Lake been closed down entirely or limited to catch and release of walleye, prior to tribal gillnetting during the [...]
Long-expected appeal to be heard September 19 Joe Fellegy asks some great questions to keep in mind about the attempt to expand 1855 Treaty rights. This case may have far more consequences than the Mille Lacs 1837 Treaty case. This decision could bring Mille Lacs style co-management to most of Northern Minnesota lakes. PERM stands by all treaties [...]
Mille Lacs Fisheries Advisory Committee (MLFAC) will meet from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 12, at Izatys Resort, 40005 85th Ave., Onamia. The agenda will cover an open water season update and a lake management planning discussion. Members of the public may observe MLFAC meetings, but these meetings serve primarily as a way for [...]