by Maria Dunlavey | Jun 24, 2020 | Air Quality
A dust plume from the Sahara Desert will be arriving in North Carolina this weekend – look out for spectacular sunrises and sunsets! Our Air Quality team will be keeping an eye on their instruments, which should pick up some info on the concentration of “PM10” –... 
by Maria Dunlavey | Feb 11, 2020 | Fish & Wildlife
The Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians is currently working with Responsive Management, a research firm specializing in attitudes toward natural resources and outdoor recreation, to conduct a study about wildlife management in the Cherokee, North Carolina region. As... 
by Maria Dunlavey | Jan 7, 2020 | CSPSI, Forestry, Uncategorized
A total of 36 permits will be available for EBCI tribal members to gather sochan in Great Smoky Mountains National Park this spring. The gathering season will run from March 1st to May 31st. Each permittee may gather up to 1 bushel of sochan per week. Only enrolled... 
by Maria Dunlavey | Nov 13, 2019 | CSPSI, Horticulture, Water Quality
River cane’s importance is no secret. For thousands of years, it’s been used to make baskets, mats, even blowguns – by the Cherokee and many other tribes of the Southeast. But with the arrival of European settlers, the stands of river cane that supplied that material... 
by Maria Dunlavey | Nov 1, 2019 | Water Quality
The EBCI’s accomplishments were highlighted in this summer’s EPA report on Tribal Nonpoint Source Programs: In 2014 the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) opened an ecofriendly native plant nursery equipped with a rainwater harvesting and irrigation... 
by Maria Dunlavey | Oct 23, 2019 | Water Quality
This week, EBCI is hosting the Southeast Regional Wetlands Workshop – the first time a tribe has ever hosted this event east of the Mississippi River! The conference, which is being held at the Harrah’s Cherokee Casino, consists of three days of talks, roundtables,... 
by Maria Dunlavey | Sep 27, 2019 | CSPSI, Forestry
Last week, our team wrapped up another season’s fieldwork studying the effect of different harvest techniques on ᎤᏩᏍᏗ (ramps). Our Forest Resources Specialist, Tommy Cabe, is collaborating with Michelle Baumflek from the U.S. Forest Service on this research. The... 
by Maria Dunlavey | Sep 16, 2019 | Regulatory
EBCI Natural Resources staff presented at Timber Committee today on our Brownfields Program, supervised by Derek Tahquette. We are currently working on inventorying our existing brownfields sites and developing capacity to fully assess them. What is a brownfield? Any... 
by Maria Dunlavey | Jul 29, 2019 | Fish & Wildlife
Check out this fact sheet for info about the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (currently before the US House of Representatives) and its potential benefits to Tribal-led conservation. It could redirect $97.5 million to Tribal-led conservation efforts and... 
by Maria Dunlavey | Apr 25, 2019 | Fish & Wildlife
As temperatures warm and fishing and swimming season ramps up, the EBCI Department of Fisheries & Wildlife Management asks for everyone’s help reporting hellbenders. Eastern hellbenders (ᏧᏩ, tsu-wa) – a species of giant salamander also called “water dogs” – live... 
