Friends:The following email concerns a trail issue in Northern Minnesota: Brook Waalen
From: Peter Hovde
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 4:39 PM Subject: Hooray for the White Earth Tribal CouncilFrom the White Earth Tribal Council to the Becker County Board of Commissioners (Northern Minnesota):The Tribal Council comes out foursquare against a 70 mile ATV trail proposal that has the backing of the Minnesota Legislature and apparently the MnDNR.The Tribal Council based their opposition on the impacts not only on tribal members, but on local residents and non-ATV tourists as well. In fact, they make their case on virtually all the points we might raise, and then some. For example, there is a not-so-veiled warning that they are going to question the jurisdiction of anyone but the tribe, since they "have been informed by heirs of the original allottees that much of this tax forfeited land was illegally taxed and taken from their ancestors."Wow! Talk about a way to tie down DNR.They also issue a warning that the Tribal Council is "currently studying the possibility of designating all areas within the White Earth Reservation boundaries as a closed area, so that no ATV/OHM trails will be permitted."End.
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