CSV.2.4.100 Civil Damages

In addition to any other penalty allowed by this ordinance, the tribal court may award to the Tribe or, in addition to an action to impose penalties, the Tribe may bring a civil action for recovery of, damages against any person unlawfully killing, wounding, catching, taking, trapping, or having unlawfully in possession any of the following named protected wild plant, wild animals, or any part thereof, and the sum assessed for damages for each wild plant or wild animal, shall not be less than the amount stated in this section:

(a) Any endangered and threatened species protected under this ordinance, $875.00.

(b) Any fisher, prairie chicken or sand hill crane, $262.50.

(c) Any deer, moose, elk or bear, $75.00.

(d) Any bobcat, cougar, fox, beaver or otter, $87.50.

(e) Any coyote, raccoon or mink, $43.75.

(f) Any sharptail grouse, ruffed grouse, spruce grouse, wild duck, coot, wild goose or brant, $26.25.

(g) Any pheasant, Hungarian partridge, bobwhite, quail, rail, Wilson's snipe, woodcock or shorebird, or protected song bird or harmless bird, $17.50.

(h) Any muskrat, rabbit or squirrel, $8.75.

(i) Any muskellunge or rock or lake sturgeon, $43.75.

(j) Any largemouth or smallmouth bass, $26.25.

(k) Any brook, rainbow, brown, or steelhead trout, $26.25.

(l) Any walleye, northern pike, or any other game fish not mentioned in pars. (9) to (11), $8.75.

(m) Any wild animal or wild plant not mentioned in pars. (2) to (8), $17.50.