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The Fond du Lac Band recognizes that wetlands are fragile natural
resources with significant development constraints due to flooding,
erosion, and soil limitations. In their natural state, wetlands
provide important tribal and public benefits and ecological
functions. They provide habitat areas for fish, wildlife, and
vegetation, water quality maintenance and pollution control, flood
control, shoreline erosion control, natural resource education,
scientific study, open space, recreation opportunities,
environmental niches, and most importantly the traditional,
cultural, and spiritual aspects of our heritage. Previous
construction, land development, and other direct and indirect
impacts have displaced, polluted, or degraded many wetlands.
Piecemeal or cumulative losses are a continuing threat to the
remaining wetlands. Damaging or destroying wetlands threatens public
safety and the general welfare of the Band. Preservation of wetlands
in their natural condition is necessary to maintain the hydrologic,
economic, recreational, subsistence, cultural, spiritual, and
aesthetic assets for current and future residents of the Fond du Lac
Reservation. The purpose of the Fond du Lac Wetlands Protection and
Management Ordinance (WPMO) is to ensure maximum protection for
wetlands by discouraging development activities in wetlands and
those activities in adjacent upland sites that may adversely affect
wetlands. The WPMO was enacted with the intent of providing a
reasonable balance between the rights of individual property owners
to the free use of his/her property and the rights of present and
future generations.
The Office of Water Protection (OWP), operating under the
Resource Management Division is responsible for the application,
processing, and review of Wetland Activity Permits and Exemption
Certificates under the provisions of the Fond du Lac Wetlands
Protection and Management Ordinance (Ordinance #03/06; adopted by
Resolution #1165/06 of the Fond du Lac Reservation Business
Committee on June 15, 2006). Exemption Certificates are available by
submitting an Exemption Certificate Request Form to the OWP at least
10 days before the commencement of the activity. Please see the WPMO
for details on Exemption Certificate eligibility. A link to the
form(s) is here:
WPMO Exempt Form (editable pdf) |
WPMO Exempt Form (MS Word file)
Two types of Wetland Activity Permits are available for
activities that will impact wetlands. A Letter-of-Permission Wetland
Activity Permit (LOP-WAP) authorizes impacts of less than 2 acres of
wetlands; while a Standard Wetland Activity Permit (S-WAP)
authorizes impacts to wetlands 2 acres or greater. A 30-day Public
Notice for an LOP-WAP and a 60-day Public Notice for an S-WAP will
be issued by the OWP to request comments regarding the issuance of
such permits for a given proposed project impacting wetlands. The
current Public Notices open for public comments are found below.
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