Proposal to Transfer 160,000 Acres of White Earth State Forest to Tribe Sparks Concerns Among Lake Property Owners


Proposal To Give 160,000 Acre White Earth State Forest To Tribe, Concerns Among Lake Property Owners

WHITE EARTH STATE FOREST, MN (trfnews.i234.me) A bill in the Minnesota Legislature would give the state owned, 160,000 acre White Earth State Forest to the White Earth Band of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe. It raises concerns among lake property owners in the area about what would happen with fire protection, road upkeep and other matters now handled by the DNR. It also raises questions about what would happen with property owner’s taxes.

8 comments

  1. then will the 'tribe' give the land to those who wer there when they arrived and conquered and colonized them? pre clovis. I want my ancestors land back taken by the romans.

  2. A middle-ground solution would be for the state to keep the property but let the Indians harvest the trees (with DNR oversite). Indians get the financial benefit of the land and all Minnesotans can use it. Win-win.

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