Conservation Education

Conservation education 

Over four wintry days, 40 natural resources students and professionals gathered to discuss careers in conservation at Lowenwood near Land O’Lakes, Wis. Organized by UW-Oshkosh Student Environmental Action Coalition and Wisconsin GreenFire, the Annual Wisconsin Conservation Retreat promoted skill building and provided college students a space to learn and build relationships with conservation professionals working in the field.

Bizhikiins Circles Back to PIO

Dylan Bizhikiins Jennings returns to GLIFWC to head up the Public Information Office. Jennings served as PIO director from 2017 to 2021, moving on to continue graduate studies in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin Madison. During his GLIFWC hiatus he taught at Northland College and LCO Ojibwe University and served as Red Cliff Band Treaty Natural Resources Administrator. He was also appointed by Governor Tony Evers to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Board.

Ice on Keweenaw Bay

Baraga County, Mich.

Just off the Sand Point Lighthouse in the heart of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community nearly 100 people dropped their lines through the ice on a bright February morning.

The Band’s Natural Resource Department (NRD) measured 10 inches of ice just before the 4th Annual Family Ice Fishing Day kicked off. “It’s about 60’ deep where most people are fishing out there, " said Outreach Coordinator Austin Ayres, KBIC tribal member who has worked at the Band’s natural resource department since 2012. 

Manoomin, nibi, and indigenous homelands take center stage in address to lawmakers

Madison, Wis–For the 22nd time, at the invitation of the Speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly, the annual State of the Tribes Address commenced. Chairwoman Nicole Boyd Bimikawekwe (Woman Who Leaves Tracks Where She Walks) took the podium to deliver the tribes’ message to the 107th legislature and a jubilant crowd. 

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 well beyond an exercise in indigenous sovereignty and self-regulation. 

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