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Bois Forte Band
Tribal Partnership Projects
Contacting the Office:
John Leonard, Native American Specialist
e-mail: John_Leonard@fws.govBHW Federal Building
One Federal Drive
Fort Snelling, MN 55111
Phone: 612-713-5108
Fax: 612-713-5280
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Return to Tribal Grants Main PageTribal Landownder Incentive Grant 2004
$142,241.00
Re-establishing Wild Rice in Nett Lake, MN: The restoration of a cultural, spiritual and sustenance resource through holistic, ecosystem management initiatives
Chris Holm, 218-757-3261Ashland 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, GLIFWCs 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.
