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
Seven days in the Healing Circle
By Bay Paulsen, Staff Writer
The Healing Circle Run is a seven-day and approximately 700-mile journey connecting 10 Ojibwe reservations. A core group completes the entire journey along with the sacred items and pipes while tribal members and staff from each reservation join in for the days in which the core passes through their community. The run is completed in a relay, with one or more people covering every mile, until each day’s leg is completed…
Honoring the harvest: manoomin outlook and reflections for 2025
By Kathy Smith, GLIFWC Genawendang Manoomin
