Mille Lacs Lake - No Netting in Spring 2016

[Swede]

The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe said Friday it will forego walleye netting on Mille Lacs next spring.

The surprising decision was made shortly before Gov. Mark Dayton was scheduled to hold a morning town meeting in Isle, Minn., over concerns about the lake's declining walleye population.

"It's a huge sacrifice. But you have to remember the people of Mille Lacs band, they care about the fish and the lake," Tribal Chair Melanie Benjamin said. "We want to be part of the solution in the best possible way."

http://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/07/31/no-walleye-netting

[earldogg]

Very honorable decision,  did it without being asked officially. That's leadership!