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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2003 Tribal
Wildlife Grants (3 projects)
$133,150
Moose Population Dynamics and Census Techniques Research
Mike Schrage, 218-878-8003
$60,920
Angler Exploitation of Select Walleye Populations in the 1854 Ceded Territory
of Minnesota
Brian Borkholder, 218-878-8004
$42,506
Sturgeon Population Study on the Upper St. Louis River
Larry W. Scharzkopf, 218-878-8088
2003 Tribal
Landowner Incentive Program
$200,000
Larry W. Schwarzkopf, 218-878-8088
Fond du Lac Wild Rice Restoration Project-4 Lakes
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)
Service
Assists With Walleye Marking Study on Mille Lacs Lake
Ashland
and LaCrosse Fisheries Resource Offices assisted with a cooperative walleye
marking study on Minnesota's Mille Lacs Lake. The study is a cooperative
effort between the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC)
and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MNDNR). The goals
of the study were as follows: 1) estimate the total adult walleye population
in Mille Lacs Lake; 2) assess the entire shoreline of the lake with regard
to distribution of spawning walleye; and, 3) implement a double marking
system that will allow monitoring of growth and movement of adult walleye
over a long-term period. The objective of the study was to mark 10 percent
(40,000) of the estimated adult walleye population (400,000). Each cooperator
was assigned a target of 20,000 adult walleye for marking. Each captured
walleye was marked with a second or third dorsal spine clip and a floy
tag. All clipped spines were saved for aging. MNDNR used fyke nets, and
GLIFWC used electro fishing to capture spawning walleye. A total of five
boats participated in the electro fishing effort, two from GLIFWC, one
from the Fond du Lac tribe, and two from the Service. Due to a lower
number of captures than expected, the target number for marking was subsequently
reduced to 20,000 total adult walleye (10,000 GLIFWC and 10,000 MNDNR).
Although the effort was hampered by bad weather, the lower number of
captures suggests that the actual adult walleye population is probably
less than the estimated 400,000 individuals. A complete analysis of the
results is pending.
Offices
Involved: R3-LaCrosse FRO R3-Ashland FRO
