Environmental
Protection / Forestry
This program works on a number of projects, including:
- Planting riparian buffer strips to help reduce
soil erosion
- Tree and shrub plantings around HBMI's housing
units
- Fish tissue sampling for toxics monitoring
- Map creation using GIS technology
- Maintaining a firewood and fir tip permit system
- Non-point source management
- Implementing BMP's (Best Management Practices)
on Tribal Lands
- Emergency Firefighter Agreement with BIA and
Maine Forest Service
- Maintaining the Tribal Nature
Trail
- Wildlife Habitat Enhancement
