Fond du Lac Resource Management

The US Dept. of Justice has issued this memo to clarify rules for possession of federally protected bird feathers and body parts (especially eagles). Click the links to the right for more information.	Possession or Use of Feathers or Other Parts of Federally Protected Birds for Tribal Cultural Purposes. News Release Announcing above Policy. Fact Sheet on above Policy

The US Fish and Wildlife Service has a process for enrolled Native Americans to obtain eagle feathers from the National Repository system. Please click the link to the right for more information and a form to fill out. Also, there is a new program for non-eagle/migratory birds feathers/parts, linked to the right.	Non-Eagle/Migratory Birds program

The Fond du Lac Natural Resource Staff is involved in numerous projects, both on and off reservation managing and researching natural resources. Much of what we do varies by the season, our staff supports FDL Forestry, Fisheries, Wildlife, and Environmental Programs by providing technical assistance on their projects.

Wild Rice

For example, when you go spearing and netting in the spring, our staff are the creel clerks who weigh, measure and collect biological samples at Mille Lacs Lake. When you sell your rice, our staff weighs and transports the rice to processors. We assist our Forestry Program by providing tree planting, by hand and with their “tree spade”. We provide assistance to the Gitigaan Club by tilling garden plots for Band Members. Data entry and sample processing is provided for various Programs in Resource Management. We do roadside mowing for tribal roads, maintain and prepare the powwow arbor and grounds at Mashkawisen.

The list of activities we are involved in is diverse, and while we provide assistance on numerous projects for other Resource Management activities we have several projects of our own that are detailed in the sections above.

If you have comments or concerns:

Thomas Howes, Program Manager
(218) 878-7163
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Terry Perrault, Lead Technician
(218) 878-7144
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