Register your harvest
Off-reservation hunters are reminded that harvest registration is required by tribal conservation codes for many species. Hunters have multiple registration options for deer, bear, turkey, and cranes: in-person, at a tribal registration stations (see data.glifwc.org/registration for a map of locations), online (glifwc.nagfa.net/online), or by phone (844-234-5439). Swans must be registered in-person. The benefits of harvest registration are substantial, extending…
Early deer registrations edge higher, bear harvest down from 2024
With another early dagwaagin waawaashkeshi hunting season marked by warm temperatures in the 1837 and 1842 Ceded Territories, the deer harvest has gotten off to a relatively slow start in 2025. From the season opener on September 2 through October 29, Ojibwe off-reservation hunters registered 161 whitetails. Over the same period, 29 black bears, or makwag, were harvested. Tribal hunters have the option of registering their deer and bear in- person at tribal registration stations,…
Updated digital, print off-rez regulation summary booklets available
Downloadable digital versions of off-reservation treaty harvest regulations are available at glifwc.org. These regulation summaries require minimal memory space and cellphone reception. Updated editions are due soon from the printer. “You can easily slip them in a backpack or pocket to have on hand if you need to brush up on any guidelines, especially when you’re sitting in a stand or a blind,” said Allie Carl GLIFWC’s furbearer biologist.
Forestland management strategies key to supporting waabizheshiwag
In conjunction with partners from US Forest Service and University of Wisconsin-Madison, GLIFWC has been awarded nearly $690,000 for waabizheshiwag, or American marten, stewardship in Wisconsin and the surrounding Ceded Territories. The National Fish and Wildlife Federation apportioned the funds through the America Ecosystem Restoration Initiative (formerly known as America the Beautiful Challenge Grant). While waabizheshiwag are present in Wisconsin, their population numbers are…
Federal Roadless Rule, WQOW Eau Claire, Wis
WISCONSIN (WQOW) - The Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest is comprised of over a million acres of woodland across the Northwoods, but a looming Federal rule change is threatening its most remote portion.
Proposed Repeal of the Roadless Rule
WDIO interviews GLIFWC's Executive Administrator Jason Schlender, St Croix's Chair, Conrad St. John and GLIFWC's Public Information Office Director, Dylan Jennings.
Commission Order No. 225-04 Wisconsin Ceded Territory Opening of Tribal Crex Meadows Sharp-Tailed Grouse Closed Area for Harvest from October 18 to November 9, 2025, and Establishment of a Tribal Sharp-tailed Grouse Quota within Tribal Management Unit 10
The state of Wisconsin has established a sharp-tailed grouse harvest unit in the northwestern part
of the state and has established a limited quota for this unit during the 2025 sharp-tailed grouse
harvest season. To provide a similar opportunity for Tribal harvest of sharp-tailed grouse within
the Ceded Territory, this Commission Order establishes amendments to the Tribes’ general
restrictions on hunting in certain areas for the Wisconsin portion of the 1837 and 1842 ceded
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Ojibwe tribes continue leadership in Ceded Territory Name restoration
By Charlie Otto Rasmussen, Editor
Apaakozigan: Summer interns collect bearberry, mullein, and sweet fern to make traditional tobacco for future ceremonies
By Ajiijaak Rauworth, PIO Intern