S moke S ignals
NOVEMBER 15, 2016
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Bulbs replanted at Herbert Farms
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The purpose of the Native Plant
Materials Program is to provide lo-
cally adapted, high-quality, cost-ef-
ficient and accessible Native plant
materials for restoration and cul-
tural uses.
In 2013, the Natural Resources
Department teamed with the In-
stitute for Applied Ecology and the
city of Corvallis to work on a project
funded by a restoration grant from
the Oregon Watershed Enhance-
ment Board. The grant resulted in
the Plants for People project that
focuses on using culturally signif-
icant plants in habitat restoration
activities.
In 2014, Tribal Elders and staff
visited Herbert Farm and Natural
Area near Corvallis. The use of
culturally significant plants in the
farm’s habitat restoration project
was viewed and the steps taken
there were incorporated into the
Tribe’s habitat restoration projects.
Ojua said that the bulbs har-
vested were replanted at Herbert
Farms on Thursday, Nov. 10.
“The goal is to establish an area of
culturally significant plants to this
historically important ground in an
effort to provide an area that will
be available to Tribal members to
collect these plants in a traditional
manner for traditional uses,” said
Ojua. “Herbert Farms was chosen
because of its cultural significance
to the Tribe.” 
More camas bulbs are dug up to
be added to a pile of bulbs that
were already harvested from the
raised plant beds at the Tribe’s
Natural Resources Department.
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to everyone who participated in the survey. We look forward to improving
access to care at the Health & Wellness Center. 
Photos by Michelle Alaimo
Natural Resources Department Manager
Michael Wilson, right, looks at a camas
bulb that he harvested as Tribal Cultural
Education Specialist Brain Krehbiel, left,
and his daughter, Kailiyah, also dig for
bulbs while helping to harvest them from
the raised plant beds at the Tribe’s Natural
Resources Department on Tuesday, Nov. 8.
The bulbs were replanted at Herbert Farm
and Natural Area in Corvallis.
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