The Hoonah Indian Association’s Environmental Department hasbeen busy this year. Join us on a visual tour across four of ourcore areas – Youth Programs, AmeriCORPs VISTA, Indian General AssistanceProgram, and Hoonah Native Forest Partnership. This […]
The Huna Stewardship Council met in January 2023 to talk about heat pumps with Michele Wilber from Alaska Center of Energy and Power and get an update on the climate adaptation planning process. On the […]
Hoonah Indian Association has been working diligently towards fresher, cheaper, and more available produce in Hoonah. In 2023, we will begin construction on a large (about 1,800 square foot) greenhouse and a commercial kitchen that […]
We’d like to thank everyone that joined us at the Christmas Bazaar. Your input is much appreciated and what we need to help guide our work moving forward starting with creating a climate adaptation plan. […]
Over the past couple months, the environmental office has facilitated two trips to help students explore career options for after they graduate—one to sunny Palm Springs for the annual meeting of American Indian Science and […]
In Attendance: Amelia Wilson, Rebecca Bellmore, Gretchen Augat, Brynn Presler-Marshall, Ricardo Contreras, Julian Narvaez and Ian Johnson. BEACH Monitoring Program in Hoonah: Are Hoonah beaches a potential Public Health Risk? The goal of the project […]
A highly invasive kind of crab has been discovered in Metlakatla and it’s now all hands on-deck at HIA to respond to that threat. The Hoonah Stewardship Council met in September to discuss some of […]
Recently Hoonah Indian Association signed an agreement with the U.S. Forest Service’s Southeast Alaska Sustainability Strategy program to begin a 5-year program focused on deer on Chichagof Island. The project’s goal is to bring local […]
We’ve got a lot on our plates here in the environmental office, but thankfully none of its invasive species! A group of students from the Hoonah City Schools just completed another round of the Plate […]
Hoonah Indian Association (HIA) is starting a long-term crab population monitoring program in response to reported low Dungee harvests and the recent discovery of the highly-invasive European Green Crabs in Metlakatla, HIA has started using […]
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