Projects

Here's just a small sampling of the projects the Environmental Department has completed.

Life Along the Kuskokwim

Scroll through the storymap to learn our story of nuna (land), neqa (fish), and meq (water), in the Middle Kuskokwim Region and about why water quality monitoring is important. The storymap also discusses the results of water monitoring efforts up to 2018. Funding for this project was provided through the EPA Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (GAP) for Georgetown Tribal Council. This storymap received the Grand Prize at the 2018 Tribal Story Map Challenge.

Traditional Ecological Knowledge

A core focus of the Environmental Department is Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK). In 2015, the Georgetown Environmental Committee started documenting TEK as it relates to the Native Village of Georgetown. The Committee wished to preserve and perpetuate information related to the NVG, to record environmental changes and to establish and offer a sense of place for Georgetown members. The project was completed in 2021 and a copy of the book was sent to every Georgetown household.

Adapting to Climate Change in the Middle Kuskokwim

In 2018, the Georgetown Tribal Council received a Bureau of Indian Affairs Tribal Resiliency Program Grant to create a climate vulnerability assessment and adaptation plan for the Middle Kuskokwim Region. The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium provided technical assistance. The project resulted in a climate change adaptation planning process and the development of a final climate change vulnerability assessment and adaptation plan in collaboration with the communities of Lower Kalskag, Upper Kalskag, Aniak, Chuathbaluk, Napaimute, Crooked Creek, Georgetown, Red Devil, Sleetmute and Stony River.