Steve Johnson, Letter of the Week, Mille Lacs Messenger, finds cost of the Mille Lacs Reservation Boundary lawsuit to be relatively modest. He hopes ML County Commissioners will move forward through an APPEALS process. PERM's concern is that an expanded reservation puts a lot more natural resources--including hunting and fishing--under tribal management control. Read more below [...]
Joe Fellegy recently interviewed Paul Radomski, A Q&A with Radomski author of new walleye book," MN Outdoor News, December 2, 2022. The interview of DNR biologist Paul Radomski about his latest book “Walleye: A Beautiful Fish of the Dark,” confirms what PERM has been pointing out all along: the Mille Lacs fishery has a management problem. [...]
DNR couldn't answer questions; wouldn't discuss upcoming regs. I participated in the MLFAC meeting online and was surprised by the DNR’s lack of expertise about their own operations. As Committee members were asking questions, the majority of the answers were "I don't know," "we are looking into that," "we will look into that," "we are working [...]
In an interview of tribal representatives, Javier Serna, Assistant Editor, Outdoor News Minnesota explores reasons for why tribal and state hunting seasons differ. Many tribal and state hunting seasons differ: Why? Tribal representatives tried to make the case that a "subsistence hunting and gathering culture" at the time treaties were signed still exists today. However, the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]