Forestry & Wildlife
The Forestry and Wildlife Department is a crucial part of Red Cliff's committment to protecting and maintaining it's natural resources. Forestry and Wildlife staff is responsible for a wide variety of work:
- Maintain trail camera stations for wildlife monitoring and research
- Research endangered American Marten population dynamics
- Collaborate with BIA on forest management planning and prescribed fire planning
- Review timber harvest proposals for parcels within reservation boundary (including non-tribally owned land)
- Participate in trainings to advance the wildlife and forestry program: wildland firefighter training, nuisance bear workshop, sharp tailed grouse trapping, American marten trapping, First Aid/CPR
- Installing and monitoring bat boxes of various designs
- Youth Outreach
- Hanging and monitoring marten/fisher nest boxes (30) with video borescope
- Monitor bluebird boxes at the farm
- Investigate wildlife/forestry complaints and rare animal sightings
- Frog Bay Tribal National Park
- Assist in trail building and maintenance
- Lead tours
- Set up camera traps to document wildlife in the park
- Conduct forest inventory
- Identifying and marking sugar maples for sugarbush at new Tribal properties
- Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Plan
- Forest thinning project at Red Cliff community clinic
- White pine release project near Bresette Hill Road
- Drafting of MOU with APHIS - Wildlife Services, approved by Tribal Council in 2013
- Chicago Creek fish passage project at culvert on Blueberry Road
- Restoration of NADF water outlet to Red Cliff Creek, stopping active erosion at the site (NADF partnered with Red Cliff on this project)
- Eagle Bay Beach Walkway
- Development of Wolf Protection Plan
Find wildlife and trail cam videos on the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Youtube page.