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KBIC Natural Resources
Department
 The Natural Resources
Department administers natural resource programs for the Keweenaw Bay
Indian Community on the L’Anse, Marquette, and Ontonagon reservations as
well as the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan (1842 ceded territory).
These programs encompass a variety of activities, including: Lake
Superior fishery assessments, Baraga county stream assessments, surface
water and ground water monitoring, air and radon studies, brownfield
programs, wildlife and wetland management, environmental assessments,
and fish stocking from our hatchery. The department facilitates projects
through grants from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. Department
of Agriculture. The Tribal Council funds hatchery operations.
 The Department was organized in 1999 and brought environmental and fish
and wildlife programs under one department. Fish and wildlife staff
began working in 1988 and an environmental specialist in 1992. The
departmental staff has grown over the years to the present level of
eight full time and one part time employee. Our staff work closely with
the KBIC Natural Resources Committee. The public is able to address the
Committee during their monthly meetings and you should contact our
office for placement on the Committee’s agenda. Our department is also
guided by a 10 year Integrated Resource Management Plan adopted by the
Tribal Council and Bureau of Indian Affairs in 2003. |
