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Susanville Indian Rancheria (SIR)

Natural Resources Department (NRD)

745 Joaquin Street

Susanville, CA 96130

(530) 251-5633

(530) 251-5635 (fax)

nrd@sir-nsn.gov  

Tim Keesey	Laura Medvin	Melany Johnson	Aaron Brazzanovich
Natural Resources Department Director	Environmental Technician	Tribal Historic Preservation Officer/ NAGPRA Coordinator	Fresh Water Mussel & RecyclingTechnician
(530) 251-5623	(530) 251-5646	(530) 251-5656	(530) 251-5325
tkeesey@citlink.net	lmedvin@citlink.net	nagpra1@citlink.net	abrazzanovich@frontier.com

 Mission Statement

To assess, protect, and enhance the environmental tribal resources (land, air, water) on  the ancestral homelands of the tribes and bands of SIR  in order to manage for multiple land uses.

 

General Program Activities

• Environmental Inventory and Planning
  
  
  
  • GIS - Develop Geographical Information System (GIS) resource databases important for the protection of SIR environmental resources. 
  
  
• Environmental Education
  
  
  
  • Tribal Youth Conservation Crew (TYCC) - Crew receives training in areas relating to EPD programs. 
    
  • Environmental Education - Solid Waste Programs, Noxious Weed Control, Environmental Laws and Cultural Resource Protection.
  
  
• Grant Writing
  
  
  
  • Administer and apply for funding to develop environmental, cultural, and educational programs.
  
  
• o:p>Consultation and Collaboration
  
  
  
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    Develop relationships with local, state, federal, and tribal agencies on environmental and cultural resource protection.

  
  

• Environmental Enforcement and Compliance.

  
  
  
  
  • Develp tribal environmental laws and ordinances

          Language Program

Access the vitality of the four Tribal languages associated with SIR.

Plan & Develop a sustainable language program.

     

 

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodentcide Act

• Integrated Pest Management (IPM) 
  • Study the effects of various treatment techniques and integration of techniques on the control of pest and noxious weed infestations on SIR. 
  • Link to IPM Plan 
  • Link to Invasive species treatment evaluation 2004 
  • Report a Pest Problem

Clean Water Act (CWA)

• Clean Water Act 106
  • Monitor surface and ground water quality. 

Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)

• Tribal Drinking Water system Capacity Building
  • Monitor drinking water facilities for two residential communities on Tribal Lands.  (Link to Consumer Confidence Report (CCR)

Pollution Prevention Act (PPA)of 1990 / Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

• Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan
  • Develop tribal recycling and composting programs.  
  • Research methods to reduce and remove solid waste generated on tribal lands. 

 

 

Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)

• Northeastern California NAGPRA Tribal Coalition
  • Guidelines and Policies (Link to NECTC Guidlines and Policies) 
  • Consultation with museums and federal agencies

National Enviornmental Policy Act (NEPA)

• Review Tribal Environmental documents developed to meet NEPA, California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), and Tribal Environmental law requirments for proposed tribal projects.
• Review environmental documents of Federal, State, County, and City agencies within the ancestral homelands of the tribes and bands of SIR and when necassary in conjunction with the SIR Tribal Government Liason Committee (SIRTGLC) on proposed project effects on tribal resources.

 

 Treat the earth well!  It was not given to you by your parents; it was loaned to you by your children.  We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.

-Ancient Indian Proverb