GNC.4.9.010 Purpose and Scope

(a) Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to control and monitor the setting of fires and open or barrel burning within the exterior boundaries of the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation by any person in order to protect the welfare, peace, safety, environment, and property of the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation and its Tribal Membership.

(b) Scope. This chapter applies to all open fires within the exterior boundaries of the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation in Wisconsin as designated in its Treaties with the United States, including Tribal and all other Trust lands and fee lands held by the Tribe or individual tribal members and lands acquired outside the Reservation by or on behalf of Lac Courte Oreilles, including the 1,200 acres of Farm Administration land outside the reservation and all subsequent land acquired by the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribe.