White Earth said it will work work with the EPA and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, among other agencies, to start a task force to study water use and needs in a seven-county area ...

Last week, the White Earth Reservation Business Committee passed a resolution to pause enforcement of the ordinance for existing water sources permitted as of May 2023 by the Minnesota Department ...

Vipond had run afoul of the new Groundwater and Surface Water Protection Ordinance approved by the White Earth Tribal Council on May 5, 2023.

Last year, White Earth passed an ordinance requiring an additional tribal permit for water users that pump more than 10,000 gallons a day or a million a year.

Beginning in May 2023, the White Earth Division of Natural Resources began requiring farmers with irrigation wells on the reservation or within five miles from its boundary to apply for water permits.