Contacting the Office:
Julie Morin, Acting Native American Specialist
e-mail: Julie_Morin@fws.gov
BHW Federal Building
One Federal Drive
Fort Snelling, MN 55111
Phone: 612-713-5108
Fax: 612-713-5280
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2006
Tribal Wildlife Grant Program
$249,750
Using Pack Size, Territory Size and Interstitial Area of Gray Wolf (MA'IINGAN) – to
Estitimate Wolf Density and Determine Predatotor/Prey Relationships with
Moose (MOOZ) – and White-Tailed Deer (WAWASHKESHSHI)
Seth Moore – 218-475-2415 ext.22
2005 Tribal Landowner
Incentive Program
$141,616
Identification of Suitable Habitat for Canada Lynx
2004 Tribal Wildlife
Grant
$249,000.00
Use of Telemetry Gear To Delineate Critical Habitat for Juvenile and Sub-Adult
Lake Sturgeon (Name -- Ogimaa Giigonh) In The Lower St. Louis and Pigeon
Rivers and Associated Nearshore Areas on a Seasonal Basis
Benjamin H. Whiting, 218-475-2415
2003 Tribal Wildlife
Grant
$104,025
Continued Assessment and Rehabilitation of Native, At Risk Species in Lake
Superior and Adjoining Tributaries in and around the Area of Grand
Portage, Minnesota, including the Pigeon River and Bay
Ben Whiting, 218-475-2415-ext. 22
2003 Tribal Landowner
Incentive Program
$84,911
Ben Whiting, 218-475-2415 ext 22
Wetland and Wild Rice Restoration on Grand Portage Tribal Lands
Ashland
FRO Assists With Native American Conservation and Restoration Projects
The Service's Ashland
Fishery Resources Office (FRO) provides technical assistance on fish and
wildlife matters to 14 Native American tribes and associated conservation
programs in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Yearly contact is made with
natural resource directors in order to assess wildlife technical and financial
assistance needs. Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program information was
specifically provided this year. We also provide project assistance to
additional tribes throughout the upper Midwest where needed. Presently,
Ashland FRO is providing financial and technical wildlife habitat assistance
to four tribal wetland projects; Lac du Flambeau (195 acres), Grand Portage
(45 acres), Menominee (15 acres) and Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife
Commission, or GLIFWC, (15 acres). One tribal wetland/riparian project
was completed this year, GLIFWC's 75-acre-1 mile riparian Spring Creek
project. Wetland restoration technical assistance is also being provided
to the Red Cliff tribe in regards to beaver pond and ephemeral wetland
restoration. Prairie restoration technical assistance was provided to the
Prairie Island Indian Community. Planning is presently underway for a 100-acre
prairie restoration cooperative project involving the Service, Prairie
Island Indian Community and Circle of Flight. In the past few years, Ashland
FRO has completed upland and wetland restoration projects with the Oneida
Tribe of Wisconsin, Leach Lake Reservation, Fond du Lac, White Earth, Red
Cliff, Grand Portage, and Lac du Flambeau. Resource
Outputs: The
Ashland FRO is responsible for fish and wildlife technical assistance to
14 Native American Tribes and programs in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
We also provide project assistance to additional tribes throughout the
upper Midwest where needed.
Partners: Michigan:
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Lac Vieux Desert Band, Minnesota: Fond du
Lac Reservation, Grand Portage RTC, Bois Forte Reservation (Net Lake),
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, 1854 Authority, Wisconsin: Bad River
Band, Lac Courte Oreilles, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians, Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Sokaogon Chippewa
Community(Mole Lake), St. Croix Tribe, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife
Commission (GLIFWC)
Grand
Portage Creek Fish Passage Now Operational
For the
first time in more than 50 years, anadromous coaster brook trout and steelhead
from Lake Superior once again have access to more than three miles of prime
spawning and nursery habitat in Grand Portage Creek at the Grand Portage
Indian Reservation! This project will significantly increase the production
of coaster brook trout and steelhead in Grand Portage Creek and improve
quality and productivity of the recreational fisheries in the stream and
in Lake Superior. The creek is the only Minnesota Lake Superior tributary
stream not blocked by a waterfall near Lake Superior and its restoration
is particularly important for the regional fishery. On-site construction
work has been completed and water is now flowing through a step pool/fish
ladder system that will allow fish to pass under Minnesota State Highway
61. Fish passage at the site has been effectively blocked since construction
of a large, concrete box culvert in 1950. Tribal authorities are elated
that fish access to the stream has been restored and that it will contribute
significantly to production of coaster brook trout and steelhead, both
in the stream and in Lake Superior. Successful completion of the project
was the result of several years of partnership efforts by the Grand Portage
Natural Resources Department, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the
Minnesota Department of Transportation.
Offices
Involved: R3-Ashland FRO
Partners: Ashland
Fishery Resources Office Grand Portage Natural Resources Department Minnesota
Department of Transportation.
Notes: This
project is highly appreciated by the folks at Grand Portage. Grand Portage
Creek is a fine stream and offers excellent angling as well as being a
historical treasure. The fishery resources in the upper area of Grand Portage
Creek will have greater diversification.
