Tribe: Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, and 1854 Treaty Authority
View Source Document: Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Plan: 1854 Ceded Territory Including the Bois Forte, Fond du Lac, and Grand Portage Reservations
Year: 2016
Topic: Adaptation Strategies to Address Climate Impacts to Birds and Waterfowls.
Implement and enforce hunting regulations to allow for sustainability of species.
Consult with federal and state agencies on harvest seasons, hunting regulations, and habitat improvement projects.
Ensure that stands of closely interspersed younger and older trees are available in forest ecosystems to support ruffed grouse populations.
Corridors of immigration/emigration could be considered for wildlife species whose range will constrict out of or expand into Minnesota.
Protect and manage aspen forests for ruffed grouse.
Manage forests so as to enhance mast crops for turkeys.
Protect early successional habitat (young forest with densely growing young trees) as refugia for ruffed grouse.
Complete management of predators and furbearers (see below) through harvest management strategies.
Laws protecting endangered and threatened species may need to acknowledge that some species will become extirpated from Minnesota due to...
Protect existing pine and spruce forests with structural complexity for spruce grouse.
Develop and conduct a coordinated regional ruffed and spruce grouse monitoring survey.
Survey populations annually (ex. spring drumming count) and develop critical management thresholds, especially for spruce and ruffed grouse.