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...
by Maria Dunlavey | Mar 26, 2019 | Fish & Wildlife
Our Tribal hatchery stocks over 250,000 trout per year on the Qualla Boundary – but not all of them are captured by anglers. What happens to the trout that die in the streams? In May of 2017, EBCI’s Caleb Hickman decided to find out. The results of his study with...
