Environmental Committee Blog – HIA Environmental

HNFP Meeting – Set to be a good one! Join Us!

October 8, 2019 hiaenvironmental 0

We are holding a special session of the Hoonah Stewardship Council on October 9th, 5PM, City Hall to meet with partners from the Hoonah Native Forest Partnership. If you care about deer, berries, salmon, and keeping people employed then I hope you to see you there! We’ll tell you what we’ve learned and how that can matter to you. As always, the “HSC” meetings are public, so please join us! […]

HSC : September Meeting focuses on Indoor Air Quality and Program Updates

October 3, 2019 hiaenvironmental 0

Hoonah Stewardship Council members met on 09/19/2019. In attendance were : Basia Trout, Jackie Dick, Ricky Contreras, Sean Williams, Ian Johnson, Jeromy Grant, Sam Sheakley, Niccole Williams, Arianna Lapke, Faith Grant, and Phillip Sharclane. Indoor […]

HSC August Meeting includes Food Fair and Broad Ranging Environmental Topics

August 26, 2019 hiaenvironmental 0

The Hoonah Stewardship Council met on August 22, 2019 to discuss the upcoming Food Fair on September 7th and community environmental topics. In attendance : Jackie Dick, Basia Trout, Niccole Williams, Ricky Contreras, Dennis Gray […]

HSC Meets to Discuss Upcoming Environmental Work

June 20, 2019 hiaenvironmental 0

On 06/20/ 2019 Hoonah Stewardship Council held their regular meeting. In attendance were Niccole Williams, Ricky Contreras, Jeromy Grant, Sam Sheakley, Sean Williams, Ian Johnson, Basia Trout, Bethany, Zach Inglesby, Phillips Sharclane, Jackie Dick Electronic […]

E-waste and HNFP headliners from May HSC Meeting

May 20, 2019 hiaenvironmental 0

The Hoonah Stewardship Council met on 05/16/19 and topics ranged widely. Lots of good things talked about! If you don’t read any further here’s the headlines: Electronic waste pickup and disposal is FREE for the […]

HSC Discusses Updates on Environmental Programs and The Summer

April 22, 2019 hiaenvironmental 0

The Hoonah Stewardship Council met on 04/18/2019 to discuss upcoming events and the summer schedule. In attendance : Frank Wright, Dennis Gray, Sean Williams, Jeromy Grant, Arianna Lapke, Ian Johnson City of Hoonah The City […]

HSC Meets to Discuss Summer Programs and Hoonah Needs

March 5, 2019 hiaenvironmental 0

The Hoonah Stewardship Council met on 02/21/2019. The meeting revisited previous agenda items and brought up some new business, too. In attendance were Jackie Dick, Sam Sheakley, Sean Williams, Miguel Contreras, Sofia, Rebekah Sawers, Basia […]

HSC Meets to Discuss E-waste and Coastal Resilience

January 18, 2019 hiaenvironmental 0

We had a lot of new faces at the Hoonah Stewardship Council on 01/17/2019 and some great conversation! Thanks everyone, the notes below are meant to capture the discussion from the evening. E-waste This year […]

HNFP Pairs with School and Local Business to Complete Composting Survey

January 9, 2019 hiaenvironmental 0

What if our schools, local businesses, and homes could support a composting program to fertilize our gardens allowing us to grow more food? That vision is not really radical – communities throughout Southeast Alaska (Gustavus, Southeast Island School District, Petersburg and others) are successfully supporting their communities through composting programs. Hoonah could be doing the same! […]

HIA Receives Funds to Train and Employ SCUBA Divers for Coastal Resilience Project

September 28, 2018 hiaenvironmental 0

The Hoonah Indian Association was awarded $141,430 through the BIA Tribal Resilience Program for Ocean and Coastal Management Planning. The award will be used to build the Tribe’s ability to ability to deal with harmful […]