MTE Receives 2004 Outstanding Management of Resources Award

MENOMINEE TRIBAL ENTERPRISES HONORED FOR OUTSTANDING MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES Bangor, ME - The Northeastern Loggers' Association (NELA) recently honored Menominee Tribal Enterprises of Neopit, WI as its 2005 Outstanding Management of Resources award winner.  NELA President Jack Frost, Sr. preesented the award at the Annual Loggers' Banquet in Bangor, ME in a ceremony attended by over 300 members of the Northeast's forest products industry.

"The Menominee people have long recognized the need for balance between the environment, community, and economy, both in short term and for future generations.  Menominee culture and tradition teaches to never take more resources than are produced within natural cycles so that all life can be sustained.  These traditional beliefs are the foundation of the management practices and principles of the Menominee Tribal Enterprises and their allegiance to the 220,000 acres of the Menominee forestland"  said Frost in his remarks.

"The Menominee Forest stands as a monument to the foresight of the tribe's ancestors who recognized the bounty they inherited. Today, because they acted as responsible stewards of the resource for future generations, today's generation enjoys, cherishes, and is sustained by the resources so wisely planned for and managed by them,"Frost concluded.

The Northeastern Loggers' Association, headquartered in Old Forge, NY, is a trade group representing over 2,000 members of the Northeast's logging, sawmilling, and paper industry.  The Loggers' Banquet is held each year immediately prior to the Northeastern Forest Products Equipment Exposition.