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.

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. 

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. 

Each year Wisconsin tribes, along with the Lac Vieux Desert Band, collectively decide which issues make it into the speech. Speakers will add their own personal touches as well.

Feb 13, 2026 Jake Donoho

RHINELANDER (WJFW) — When Ojibwe tribes gave land to the US government, part of the deal was to keep their ability to fish and hunt in the ceded territory.

Excerpt from ANISHINAABE MANOOMIN GENAWENIMAAJIG

February 6, 2026

Long-time Minnesota Environmental Leader and Treaty Rights Advocate Changes Worlds

GLIFWC sends condolences to family and friends of Ningokwad Binesi- Reginald Defoe Sr.

GLIFWC sends condolences to family and friends of Ningokwad Binesi- Reginald Defoe Sr. 

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. 

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, with a GLIFWC conservation warden, or remotely using the online registration system.

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.