The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Lake Superior Team is hiring a St. Louis River Wild Rice and Habitat Coordinator!
Applications due February 11th, 2021
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1854 Treaty Authority News
News and information from 1854 Treaty Authority
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1854 Treaty Authority's Biboon (winter) newsletter is NOW AVAILABLE
It features updates about the office access during the COVID-19 pandemic, extension of the 1854 ID card amendment, and some feedback on the results of our 2020 Band Member Survey. Pick up some reminders before you head out to ice fish, and find out how 1854 Climate staff are tracking ice thickness and snowpack as it affects treaty harvested species. We invite you to connect with the us through teachings and experience: tune in for virtual presentations with 1854 biologists, and join in the fun of an outdoor Instagram scavenger hunt!
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Jan
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Setting unattended lines while ice fishing? You must notify 1854 that you are doing so. Log in on our unattended lines notification QuickLink on the 1854 website homepage, call the office, or notify one of the CO's. Rules and regulations are spelled out in the 1854 Treaty Authority Conservation Code (page 50).
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Dec
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Funding through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) has supported many projects including lake sturgeon assessments in Lake Superior and the St. Louis River estuary... (read more)
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Dec
08
Don't forget to review the 1854 Conservation Code (page 59) before heading out to harvest conifer boughs this holiday season...
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Dec
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To all treaty hunters hitting the field tomorrow for 2020 deer season, good luck out there!
A few reminders:
- Don't forget you can register your deer online: https://docs.google.com/.../1pxDIYXWnJ.../edit
- 50% blaze from the waist up, including cap or hat
- Half hour before sunrise (7:00AM), to half hour after sun down (4:43pm)
- Be safe out there, and BRING HOME THE BACON!
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This year there will be a special early youth deer hunt, during which youth will be allowed to take one deer by firearm prior to the start of the regular firearms season. Participate for your change to win a rangefinder!!
Dates: October 15th -18th , 2020 Open Area: Entirety of 1854 Ceded Territory Bag Limit: One (1) deer of either sex.
Eligibility: Youth ages 10-17 (at the time of the hunt) may participate in the youth hunt. An adult parent/guardian/mentor 18 years of age or older must accompany youth ages 10-13. The accompanying adult cannot hunt during the youth hunt.
License Requirements: All youth hunters must obtain an 1854 Treaty Authority deer license. Accompanying adults do not need to have a deer license.
Registration: All deer harvested during the youth deer hunt must be registered at an 1854 Treaty Authority Registration Station, or online. Deer taken during the youth hunt will count towards that individual’s five deer annual limit. Blaze orange/pink requirements apply to all hunters and parent/guardians/mentors. Please consult the 1854 Ceded Territory Conservation Code for all regulations pertaining to Big Game Deer Hunting.
If you have any questions, please contact an 1854 Conservation Officer.
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Sep
29
September 30th marks the anniversary of the signing of the 1854 Treaty of LaPointe. Why not take a minute to read it through?
Treaty with the Chippewa, 1854.
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Sep
16
1854 hits the road this weekend to visit the reservations and make or renew 1854 ID's to anyone who needs one. Grouse season opens this Saturday, September 19th, as well as deer archery. It is 51 days until deer gun season... and it's never too early to be prepared. Don't forget: you must provide another form of identification in order to receive an 1854 ID card (tribal ID, state drivers license, U.S. passport, birth certificate, MCT card)
- Saturday 9/19, Nett Lake, Tribal Government Center, 9am-noon
- Saturday 9/19, Tower, Vermilion Community Center, 1pm-4pm
- Sunday 9/20, Grand Portage, Old Log Building, 10am-2pm
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Sep
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THIS WEEKEND: Youth Early Waterfowl Days, Saturday and Sunday 9/12, 9/13.
Hunters age 17 and under may take regular season bag limits when accompanied by a non-hunting adult (age 18 and older). Ducks, Canada Geese, Mergansers, Coots and Moorhens may be taken from one-half hour before sunrise to 4 p.m. Youth hunters must have their 1854 Treaty Authority ID and firearms safety certification in their possession while hunting.
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Aug
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1854 Treaty Authority's Dagwaagin (fall) newsletter is NOW AVAILABLE
It features updates and reminders about the 2020 hunting seasons. We have some great opportunities for youth hunters this year! Our biologists in the Resource Management Division share what they’ve been up to in field work (…cute wolf pup photos anyone?) This edition includes a story about Shingebiss (coot) and a discussion on apakweshkway (cattail). In need of an updated 1854 ID? 1854 will be visiting the reservations the weekend of September 19th and 20th. Follow us on Insta @1854TA
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Aug
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Manoominike-giizis is right around the corner, and1854 has updated the Wild Rice Resource Guide, to help get you out to harvest! The guide provides information on lakes and rivers where wild rice can be found for good harvesting. It also contains a list of all waters in the 1854 Ceded Territory with at least some known (or historic) wild rice presence.
#HappyRicing
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