Chippewa National Forest; Minnesota; Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction to Lands To Be Held in Trust by the United States for the Benefit of the Leech Lake Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Pursuant to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Act

Issuing agencies

Abstract

Pursuant to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Act (Act), the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary), with the publication of this Notice, transfers administrative jurisdiction to approximately 11,760 acres of land (Federal land), located in the Chippewa National Forest in Cass County, Minnesota, to the Secretary of the Interior to be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Leech Lake Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, referred to in the Act as the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe (LLBO or Tribe). A table containing the legal descriptions of the lands to which administrative jurisdiction is hereby transferred, along with accompanying Exhibit A, identifying existing public roads, and Exhibit B, identifying existing Forest roads and a Forest trail that the Forest Service will continue to operate pursuant to the terms of reserved easement rights approved by the Tribe, are provided at the end of this notice.