Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority

Bay Mills Indian Community Representatives:

Kurt Perron, President (CORA Chairman)

Donald Tadgerson, Conservation Committee Chair (ILWRC Vice-Chairman)

Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Representatives:

Alvin "Al" Pedwaydon, Chairman

Tom Shomin, Natural Resources Committee Chair

Little River Band of Ottawa Indians Representatives:

Larry Romanelli, Tribal Ogema/ Jimmie Mitchell, Proxy Representative (CORA Vice-Chairman)

Herman Gamelin, Natural Resources Commission Chair

Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians Representatives:

Dexter McNamara, Chairman (GLRC Vice-Chairman)

Daugherty Johnson, Natural Resources Commission Chairman (ILWRC Chairman)

Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Representatives:

Aaron Payment, Chairman

Jason Grondin, Conservation Committee Chairman (GLRC Chairman)

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Fishery Management

CORA provides biological services to ensure proper regulations of tribal fisheries and cooperative management with state and federal agencies.
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Fishery Enhancement

Nunns Creek Fish Hatchery raises walleye and other species to stock the Great Lakes and serves as the center for monitoring and management of salmon harvested by the tribal commercial fishery.

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Fish Monitoring
ITFAP conducts annual fish contaminant monitoring by sampling important commercial species. Results are shared with state and federal agencies and the public.

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