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Committee hears Leech Lake land transfer bill; tribal leaders and DNR support transfer of 13.59 acres
Summary
House File 1587 would transfer roughly 13.59 acres of state‑owned school trust land near the Leech Lake Band's community center in Bena to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe; the band, the Office of School Trust Lands and DNR testified in support and the committee laid the bill over.
Representative Ben Stevenson presented House File 1587 to transfer approximately 13.59 acres of state school trust land adjacent to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe community center in Bena to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe.
Steve White, the band’s District 2 representative, told the committee the parcel sits across the community center parking lot and about 300 feet from Lake Winnibigoshish, and that the band intends to improve public lake access and make the site a public beach and extension of the community center. "This would become the only public beach on Lake Winnebagoshish in the Bena area," White said.
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