Feds and White Earth Nation sign agreement on Minnesota’s Tamarac refuge

An agreement signed June 4 by officials from White Earth Nation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service addresses issues from water levels on the water bodies of Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge to uses – from wild ricing to hunting and fishing – of the 42,500-acre refuge by White Earth band members.
Notably, it includes no discussion of land transfer.
“We’ve been working with the tribe on conservation on the refuge for a long, long time,” said Kent Sundseth, Tamarac refuge manager for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. “This formalizes our existing relationship.”

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