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Funding for energy efficiency
Lessons o f the salmon
Media center to
have solar panels
The tribes have received a
grant in the amount of $129,300
for energy efficiency projects.
Part of the grant will be used
for solar panels that will help
power the media center.
The rest of the money will
be used by the Utility Depart
ment to assess how tribal build
ings can be made more energy
efficient.
O f the total grant amount,
$55,000 will be used for the so-
lar panels, and the rest for the
energy efficiency study.
The grant comes from the
U.S. Department o f Energy.
The solar panels at the me
dia center will generate 6.5 kilo
watts o f energy, providing be
tween 25 and 50 percent of the
energy needs of the media cen
ter, said Bill Rhoades, media ad
visor, who worked on the grant
appEcation.
The solar panels will be a
great addition to the media cen
ter; but the hope is that this will
be a starting point for more en
ergy efficiency projects on the
reservation, said Louie Pitt, di
rector o f tribal government af
fairs.
The media center can be the
example to show the benefits of
solar power. And other depart
ments might want to look into
them as well, he said.
“Thank you to all the people
who helped make this happen,”
Said Pitt.
Bonnie LangeUers at Finance,
and Don Courtney at UtiEties
helped with the energy effi
ciency grant.
American Indian Agriculture topic of conference
Pictures courtesy of Lisa Hewlett-Dubisar
Third-grader Niyallee Cochran inspects the salmon eggs and alvins.
T h e fish incubators are a
source of great excitement.
The first thing the stu
dents want to know in the
morning is whether another
salmon egg has hatched.
“They come in-vety ex
cited,” said Sarah Bennett,
third-grade teacher at Warm
Springs Elementary School.
“And they want to know, ‘Do
we have another alvin?’”
The students will tell you
that an alvin is a salmon that
has hatched from its egg but
is not yet able to swim.
Three classrooms at the
elem entary school have
salmon incubators, each con
taining about 20 salmon eggs
or newly hatched alvins.
The students will release
the fish into Shitike Creek in
December. ;
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“And they’r e excited be
cause they know the fish will
return again in a few years,”
said Bennett.
The Natural Resources
B ranch and the W arm
Springs National Fish Hatch
ery are sponsoring this sci
ence project.
“The students are able to
observe the various develop-
dian Land Tenure.
Agriculture irrigation and
water rights on Indian reser
vations.
Tribal governance and the
federal relationship: Evolu
tion and structure of tribal
governments.
Indian self-determination:
Contracting and compacting
processes.
QuaEty of Efe on reserva
tions: Results o f a four-state
study. And related topics.
dollision. dentar
Kevin Blueback, from the Warm Springs National Fish
Hatchery, shows the salmon eggs to the students.
mental stages o f the salmon
from eyed to the fry stage,” said
fisheries biologist Lisa Hewlett-
Dubisar, who set up the incu
bators with Kevin Blueback,
from the Warm Springs N a
tional Fish Hatchery.
The incubators, she said, are
actually a three-gallon fish tank
with a cooling device that keeps
the water at 51 degrees Fahren
heit.
The students m onitor the
water quality in the tanks. They
Submissions will be accepted
through November 30 at the
Credit Office, located at 1236
Scouts Drive.
Museum on winter schedule
The Museum At Warm
Springs has started its win
ter schedule.
T he m useum will be
closed to the public Sundays
and Mondays until April 1,
Fara Brummer to register: 553-
3148.
The seminar is a project of
the Western Region Sustainable
Agriculture Research and Edu
cation professional develop
ment program. Topics o f dis
cussion include:
Early American Indian cul
ture of the range.
Federal Indian poEcy: A brief
overview.
American Indian land tenure:
General AUotment Act and In-
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test the ph of the water, its
oxygen content and the tem
perature.
“They’re making sure the
conditions are right for the
developing salm on,” said
Hewlett-Dubisar.
This is the first year of the
salmon incubation project at
the elementary school. The
plan is to continue the project"
in the coming years.
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