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Comments on Line 5 Reroute Project Due June 13

Enbridge wants federal permits to build a new Line 5 oil pipeline that will run 41 miles around and upstream of the Band’s Reservation. This would mean blasting, horizontal directional drilling, and trenching across hundreds of wetlands and streams, making downstream water quality on the Reservation worse. Although the State of Wisconsin certified the Line 5 reroute, the Band is challenging that with a lawsuit. State officials have downplayed the expected permanent wetland changes as “temporary,” failed to consider the project’s impacts on Reservation waters and allowed Enbridge to move forward despite missing basic data on the wetlands and surface waters in the path of the pipeline. Now, the federal government is deciding whether to issue a permit to approve the project by looking at its effects to waters on the Reservation.

The US Army Corps of Engineers is accepting written comments through June 13th on water quality affects. Community members have an opportunity to submit comments about how the Line 5 project will affect the waters on our Reservation and how we use them.

Here are some questions to consider when thinking about your comments:

• Do you fish on the reservation or in Lake Superior? What kind of fish? Do you eat it, sell it, conduct ceremony, or use it in another way? 
• How often do you eat fish from reservation waters or Lake Superior? Once a month, once a week, more?
• How do you and your family use the Bad River, the oxbows and wetlands alongside, and her tributaries? Why is this river important to you personally?
• What are the ways that you interact with the waters and plants of the Tyler Forks River, Potato River, White River, Marengo River, Brunsweiler River, Silver Creek, Trout Brook Creek, Billy Creek, Vaughn Creek, Beartrap Creek, and their tributaries?
• Do you harvest wild rice in the Sloughs, and for what purpose? Why is this important to you personally?  

For electronic submission follow the Link below 

https://rrs.usace.army.mil/rrs/public-notices

Click Accept, On the left side of screen under states scroll to WI and check the box

This will take you to the public notices.

Under the column “Actions” click on the blue box on the right in the column

A pop-up window will appear, fill out and submit or attach comment and send.

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Tribal Announcements

Ongoing:

To The Bad River Tribal Community

 Greetings everyone, I want to update you the best I can regarding the federal actions that have taken place recently concerning certain federal grants. The federal administration issued a memo on January 27, 2025, along with a series of executive orders requiring a temporary pause and mandatory review of grants, cooperative agreements, non-cash contributions and direct appropriations. I anticipate, and I am aware today of some of the programs across Indian country not being able to access the system for a drawdown of funds. I firmly believe this is contrary to our Treaty and Trust obligations that the United States has entered with the indigenous people, the United States needs to keep its word. 

Even though I understand a federal court has stopped the federal administration’s memo until Monday, February 3, for this week I will direct to staff the task of developing statements for paused federal payments and different scenarios necessary to make resources available, especially health services, elderly services, head start, early head start and youth services, natural resources protection, and community water programs. This is not easy as many things are uncertain at this point, I will do my best to update you as I can. I am confident that our persistence and collective strength will get us through this uncertain time.  

 Miigwetch  

Robert “Buzz” Blanchard  

Tribal Chairman Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 

Public Notice

In an effort to support our community and ensure ALL Tribal Members have access to essential identification, we will be offering free Tribal ID’s to individuals in need beginning Monday, February 3, 2025 until further notice.

If you have any questions or require assistance with the process, please do not hesitate to reach out to our office staff. We are committed to ensuring that every member who needs an ID can obtain one easily and efficiently.

·         We encourage individuals to call ahead and make an appointment.

·         Must be in-person. (No online option available)

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