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Mashhkiiziibii Natural

Resources Department

Celebrates 35 Years of Service

Naomi Tillison, MNRD Director - nrdirector@badriver-nsn.gov

Jiikakamigad (Celebration!)

pril 1, 2020, marked

the 35" anniversary

for the Mashkiiziibii Natural

Resources Department! Although we were not able to celebrate the Department’s anniversary in the way we were originally planning due to COVID-19,

we are excited to reach this major

milestone and hope you will take

a moment to celebrate it with us.

Reflecting the MNRD mission

statement, we strive for resource

management which both conserves the natural resources for

the future generations and provide for the needs of the present.

The Department’s existence reflects the importance the Bad

River Tribe places on its right

and ability to exercise sovereignty, self-determination and selfregulation in the area of natural

resource management. (Our full

mission statement can be found

at: bttp://www.badriver-nsn.gow/

natural-resources/)

mee NRD

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plished

SS) many

things over those 35

years, such as:

NRD started with

only 4 employees in

April 1985. Over the

decades, we have

grown and currently

have 35 employees

(25 full-time and 10

seasonal), and we’re

in the process of

hiring a couple more

people to join our

team.

We have operated a

fish hatchery for

decades, raising and

releasing billions of

small walleye and

perch into the :

Kakagon, Bad River and other

local waters.

In 2001, we established a long-

term weather station in

Odanah, and in 2005, Bad

River Band was the first tribe

in the region to obtain

“treatment as a state” status

under the Clean Au Act.

In 2009, Bad River Band was

the fourth tribe in the region to

obtain “treatment as a state” status for a water quality standards

program under the Clean Water

Act and our water quality standards were federally approved in

2011.

We were one of the first Tribes in

the region

to have a

2020 SPRING EDITION

Special points of interest:

© 35 Years of Service

e Wildlife Tech Introduction

e NEW Water Regulatory Specialist

« RADON Poster Contest Flier

e Lake Superior Days Reminder

« Hild Rice Restoration flier

e Earth Day Winners

Inside this issue:

What's your Air Guality

Manoomin Restoration 4

Public Notice

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Piping Plover Season

Updates & Introductions

tvoiding Bad Habits and 6

Creating Good

Food Waste lips & Tricks

Recycling Tips & Tricks ¥Y

Radon Poster Contest 8

Earth Day Updates it)

LAB Traps on Rez & I]

More Staff Intros

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What's Today’s Air Quality?

Nathan kKilger, Air Quality Specialist , Email: airquality‘a@:badriver-nsn.gov

T hat’s a great question, I’m glad you

asked! Let me describe how you can find out

how the air is on the Bad River Reservation.

The Mashkiiziibii Natural Resource Department monitors air quality in Odanah. Bad

River is one partner that operates an air

monitoring site in Wisconsin, the Forest

County Potawatomi Community conducts

similar monitoring near Crandon, the other

sites across the state are operated by the

Wisconsin DNR.

And then each state has a similar air monitoring network that are made up of cities,

counties, tribes, and state agencies. Nearby,

Minnesota and Michigan each have their

own state network like Wisconsin’s.

But back to my initial question, the Wisconsin DNR has a website that pulls together

the air monitoring information across Wisconsin and displays it on a map. You can

find that website here: https://

airquality.wi.gov/home/map

The map you will find is color-coded to the

Air Quality Index (AQI). Green is “good”

and these values are not a concern. Yellow

is “moderate” and indicates that pollution anyone will want to limit time outdoors, ties on the map that are colored in

levels are a little higher than they would be especially if you have breathing prob- to see more information about the

normally. Once the colors reach orange and eae monitoring sites and check out

red, air pollution levels are high enough that You can also zoom in on any of the coun- graphs and real-time values of

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Introducing MNRD’s Water Regulatory Specialist

My name is Lorrie Salawater and I am returning to the Mashkiiziibii Natural

Resource Department. | am a Bad River Tribal member. I have a passion for

the outdoors and conservation of the resources that the creator has given us.

In the past | have worked as the GIS Technician, Invasive Species Coordinator

and the Fisheries Specialist. | am very excited to be a part of the Water Resources program.

| enjoy spending time with my family. I have two children and a grandson. |

enjoy walking in the woods and on the beach. Here in the Northwoods we

have access to some of the most beautiful terrain and waters on the planet.

Everyone should get outside and enjoy it as much as they can. Every time |

think about nature, | think about how I hope that my grandson can enjoy the

beauty that the creator has given us. | do what | can and have a passion fo

preserve nature for many generations to come.

~Contact me via email @ WaterReg@badriver-nsn.gov

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PUBLIC NOTICE

Manoomin Restoration

The Mashkiiziibii Natural Resources Department is posting this notice to inform

the public of the “Manoomin Restoration Area” Signs (see sign below) placed in the

sloughs as part of the tribes Manoomin Restoration Initiatives. These signs have

been placed ( squares represent sign placement) to help restore Manoomin

(wild rice) growth in areas of the sloughs that have been run down by over-use

and misdirection. The area within the Red boundary line is CLOSED to all Boats

to prevent cutting through known rice beds were working to restore. We are

asking that All boats use the correct channel marked with the yellow arrows.

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Piping Plover 2020 Season Updates

Royce Galindo, Piping Plover Monitor

Tis season, the Chequamegon Point Piping Plover Team once again welcomes Royce

Galindo, back for his fourth season and overall

the 46th Season of the Great Lakes Piping

Plover Project. Monitor Royce will be joined

by a fellow Northland College grad and firsttime monitor, Dane Hildebrandt. The Piping

Plover Project is a cooperative effort between

the Bad River Natural Resources Department,

the National Parks Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and Wisconsin Department of

Natural Resources. The job of the Piping Plover Monitors is to camp in shifts on

Chequamegon Point for the duration of the

plovers’ nesting season (late May through

August). Daily, they walk along the dunes and

beaches of the nesting beaches, recording

breeding and territorial behavior, locating

plover nests, erecting protective structures

around them, counting eggs and chicks, and

preventing predation of these endangered

birds. Monitors also assist with chick capture

and banding, as well as educating island visitors on keeping dogs leashed and minimizing

their impact on this endangered bird’s dwindling habitat. This year, plover surveying will

began on June 1. So far two pairs of Piping

Plovers have been identified, and they each

have a nest with four eggs. Three of these

plovers—nicknamed “Gelato”, “Mellow”, and

“XO” are returners from previous breeding

seasons, This year the crew welcomes

“Bingwt”’, an adult female. The team’s

biggest worry is the presence of out-of

-state tourists on the beaches during

the COVID-19 pandemic. To lower

the risk of spreading disease from

tourists to the reservation, the monitors have pledged to distance themselves from the visitors, of course. as

well as Bad River community members and community spaces as much

as possible. Fortunately, social distancing is easy on the 10+ mile beach

that is Chequamegon Point. If you are interest- — currently

ed in learning more about the Great Lake Pip- pouring his

ing Plover Project or about the ploversin gen- _iheart into

eral, please contact Wildlife Specialist Abi creating a

Fergus, at the Wildlife Office at the Bad River graphic

Natural Resource Department. novel.

Royce Galindo is Bad River’s longest-serving

Plover Monitor. He started in the summer of

2016, after graduating from Northland College

with a degree in Natural Resources. His home

is in Chicagoland, but he finds that he cannot

stray from the Chequamegon Bay community

for more than a few months at a time. When

he moves on from the Piping Plover Project,

he hopes to stay working with threatened and

endangered species--at some point. he would

love to help with California Condor recovery

efforts, or hummingbird conservation in Mexico, from where his ancestors originated. In his

spare time, Royce is a visual artist, who is

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Meet the New Piping Plever Meniterlrr

Te had a bunch of jobs already in my short time on this

Earth. I have been a farmhand, kayak guide, gas station attendant, trail builder, landscaper, custodian, radio DJ, school

teacher. and still don’t know half as much as I should. What I do

know is thai the web of fife is complex. and these little birdies

we re lookin’ after could make a big difference if they go away

| have a little training about wildlife in a institutional setting

but | am excited to get out in the field and know these creatures

on a more intimate level. The plants and animals. mycelium and

stones. and everything else around us constitute a network deeply connected. As for me, | like a good combination of sittin’ still

and travelin’ around to witness the wonders abundant on this

Earth and to inspire me to keep on learning to live in a good

way in this interconnected web. It’s been about seven years

since | called the Chequamegon Bay home, and I eventually am

finding out that it’s worthwhile to

develop skills that can contribute

something valuable to the communities to which I belong: plant,

animal. human, and too many others to name. You might find me sewing up a pair of moccasins, trying to catch a fish. looking for mushrooms, working in the garden or paddling a canoe when I’m not working. Come on by the tent some time and you might find me

reading a book or playing the guitar, if I’m not watching

the birds. and if you've got a minute Pll put the coffee on

the burner and you can tell me all about you.

-Dane Hildebrandt

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Avoiding Bad Habits and Creating Good when Safer At Home

Jessica Strand. Environmental Specialist - Email: Environmental‘@badriver-nsn.gov

don’t know about all of you, | at

but “Safer at Home” actually |

seemed like “Busier at Home” as my

family struggled to adjust to all of the ——

new guidance to keep ourselves and others safe

from COVID-19 and abreast of the daily (and

sometimes hourly) changes in knowledge, policy,

and recommendations. It was easy to feel overwhelmed trying to keep track, keep my family

safe, work remotely, and watch my two young

children. So other things slipped that | usually

did, like recycling, for example. However, | did a

little better being creative about what | cooked

for meals based on what | had on hand and what

needed to be used up first before it spoiled because we were trying to minimize trips to the

store.

Aki and Nibi, | thought | would share my experience and some

of the tips and tricks that were shared with me. | hope these

help you make the small changes you can to keep our environment healthy (pandemic or not).

Surprisingly, both of these actions were then

aspects of daily life that were addressed directly

in outreach materials and educational offerings |

saw through my professional work. Emails start-

| hope you and your loved ones stay safe and well as COVID

restrictions ease and we start to find our new normal. And remember, reduce, reuse, and recycle. []

ed coming out from the US Environmental Pro- Miigwech!

tection Agency discussing how during the pan- (See page 7 for Food Waste Tips & Tricks sheet to hang on your refrigerator and page 9

demic that industries that relied on recycling for for Recycling Tips & Tricks sheet to hang near your recycling bin.)

the raw materials for their products were suffer- Using up vegetables, fruits, meats, and other items that are

ing production issues as fewer people recycled about to expire in your refrigerator before you have to throw

during the pandemic. (Oops! | was part of the them out can help save you money at the grocery store.

problem there—I can’t imagine what that meant ;

to the environment if industry was seeing an impact.) Then there was a webinar addressing rn F -

household food waste and tips and tricks on how S ] “<x f 7 “6

to save money and combat the huge amount of Special points O | interest:

food we throw out on a weekly basis. (Well, at .

least | developed one good habit when | got cre- D t rg ey,’ t to K

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bad.) a

As this information was presented to me, | tried

to fix my bad habits and support my good habits.

Now, | am working hard to recycle properly no

matter how busy | am (sort and toss, remove labels, and rinse) and continue to use those ingredients that need to be used first (that spinach is

starting to wilt, so | should use it in the spaghetti

sauce | am making tonight instead of tossing it

later). Now, hoping that | might not be the only

one trying to adjust and keep my habits good for

Smart Shopping: Shop. with meals in mind.

¢ Think about how many méais you'll eat at home this week and

how long before your next shopping trip.

¢ Next to fresh items on the list, note the quantity you need or

number of meals you're buying for.

¢ Shop your kitchen first and note items you already have.

Smart Storage: Store fruits and vegetables appropriately.

¢ Know which fruits and vegetables stay fresh longer inside or

outside the fridge. By storing them for maximum freshness, they will

taste better and last longer.

¢ If you like your fruit at room temperature, take what you will eat

for the day out of the fridge in the morning.

¢ Many fruits give off natural gases that hasten the spoilage of other

nearby produce. Store bananas, apples, and tomatoes by

themselves and store fruits and vegetables in different bins.

¢ Consider storage bags and containers designed to help extend the

life of your produce.

¢ To prevent mold, wash berries just before eating.

Smart Saving: Decide what to eat first based on what will spoil.

e Look through your refrigerator every day and identify what will go bad

first and try to incorporate it into your meal.

e Stock your cupboards with newest food to the back. Usually pantry

foods have a long shelf life, but if you put your new can or box behind

the older one that needs to be used up first you can avoid expiration

dates.

e Apples, berries, and cherries e Bananas, mangos, papayas, and pineapples:

e Grapes, kiwi, lemons, and oranges store in a cool place

e Melons, nectarines, apricots, peaches, and e Potatoes/onions: store in a cool, dark place

plums (after ripening at room temperature) e Basil and winter squashes: store at room

e Avocados, pears, tomatoes (after ripening at temperature— once cut, store squashes in

room temperature) fridge

e Almost ail vegetables and herbs

For more tips and tricks and resources, go to:

The Bad River Tribal Indoor Radon Program will be sponsoring the:

2020 Radon Poster Contest

Radon is a colorless, order less, tasteless, and

natural gas, that can develop into lung cancer in

humans. Radon sources are usually found in the

soils and can easily enter a home or building

through foundation cracks and openings.

With this year’s contest the Program hopes to

encourage testing of every tribal home.

TESTING IS THE ONLY WAY TO KNOW®!

Poster Contest Rules:

1) Must be 8-14 years of age for Tribal Contest

2) No copyrighted characters

3) Topic & Title must be on the artwork

4) Include Title on the front Past National Radon Poster

5) No students name on the front (put on back) Contest winners and special

mentions.

6) Lettering and message should be readable and

large enough to be reproduced well.

7) Paper Sizes Preferred: 11x 17 or 8.5x11, but all

posters will still be taken on any size

8) Prizes will be given to winners!

Poster Topics:

1) What is radon?

2) Where does radon come from?

3) How does radon get Into our homes?

4) Radon can cause lung cancer!

5) Test your home for radon!

Judging Criteria:

1) Content Accuracy

2) Visual communication of topic

3) Reproducibility

4) Originality

TE STO UesttOM Ates!

SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: |

Find further Radon Information @

July 13th, 2015 https:/Noad-river-tribe. wnzgax0-liquidwebsites.com/radon-faqs/

Winners Announced Friday, July 17th USEPA Radon Information can be found @

Submit To: Aurora Conley @ https.//www.epa.gov/radon/what-radon

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Sort & Toss: Know what you can recycle and what you can't.

e Each recycling facility is different, reach out to your servicer and find out

what materials they recycle. Sort your containers to know what you need to

rinse for recycling and what goes to the trash.

¢ Remember, inappropriate materials caniruin the ability to use a batch of

recyclables. So, if you don’t know whether the container you’re holding is

allowed by your provider, toss it out.

Clean: Rinse and remove caps and labels.

e Though each recycling. facility is different, rinsing your containers

before the food residue dries makes processing your recyclables more

efficient wherever they end up.

e Removing caps and labels also is usually preferred as oftentimes these

are made from materials different from that being targeted for recycling.

Smart Buying: Consider the container when you purchase items.

« Some materials are easier to recycle than others or can be recycled many

times. If you can, choose items in glass, aluminum, or paper packaging and

avoid plastics. (Or, buy reusable bottles, etc. and fill them at home.)

¢ Many manufacturers now offer refill items as concentrates, in cardboard

cartons, or have created items (like toothpaste dots) that no longer require

a tube to hold them. Consider purchasing these items to cut down on

containers you even need to recycle.

e Plastics #1 (pop bottles) and #2 (milk, detergent, and oil containers) accepted. Plastics #3, #4, and #5

are not accepted at the Bad River Solid Waste and Recycling Center.

¢ Glass that is blue, brown, white, clear, and green is accepted.

e Aluminum (pop cans) and “tin” (canned goods) containers are accepted. Each should be in either a

plastic or paper bag or ina recycling bin. Tin/aluminum foil and styrofoam are not accepted.

e Newspapers, brown paper bags, magazines, wax cardboard, and corrugated cardboard must be

flattened and tied, bagged, or bundled. Office paper can be bagged whole or shredded. Each should

be kept separated. Brown paper bags can be used to separate recycling.

Questions about the BR SW/R Facility can be directed to staff there at 715-682-7880.

Plastic grocery bags can be recycled elsewhere at certain Ashland retailers.

Batteries can be recycled at self-serve boxes placed around the Bad River Community; call the

Mashkiiziibii NRD (715-682-7123) to find out where boxes are located.

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Check out Mashkiiziibii Natural Resevurces

Interactive Web Map

Suzi Smith, GIS Specialist - Email: gspec(@badriver-nsn.gov

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Emerald Ash Borer Traps

Gena Abramson, Forestry Specialist - Forester@badriver-nsn.gov

M ashkiiziibii Natural Resources Forestry and symptoms of infestation. It's very

Program was hoping to sponsor an informative important that you report any suspicious

evening session this past April to educate the trees to Mashkiiziibii Natural Resource’s

community on signs, symptoms, and recom- Forestry Program.

mended action regarding Emerald Ash Borer We want to know as soon as possible

(EAB). Unfortunately, we had to cancel be- about any EAB presence so that we can

cause of Covid-19. respond accordingly. The Tribal Council

approved an EAB response plan in 2018.

Please view the presentation provided by one

Thank you for your love of the forest and

of the experts that had agreed to visit. Mr.

Paul Cigan tells what to look for in r espect to re ecially Bad River Forest!! This is a “sticky trap” that we use to detect the presence of Emerald

Emerald Ash Borer megwayaak (in the woods). So far, we have not identified

Ash Borer CHECK OUT THE FORESTRY WEBPAGE UNDER NATURAL RESOURCES ON EAB in Ashland, Bayfield, or Iron Counties. That doesn’t mean

with signs THE MASHKUZITBH WEBSITE! they're not here!!

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showed me the ways of our people and how to utilize

My name is Kristopher Arbuckle, I’m the New Mash- _ our resources and the Bad River. I look forward to

kiiziibii Natural Resources Wildlife Tech. I’m 43 working with the Wildlife Program for MNRD and conyears old and have 3 children; Jerome, Sedonnah, and tinue to monitor and protect our wildlife and resources

Oakley. I’m a Bad River tribal member, born and on Bad River. If any member needs assistance, or have

raised. I’m an active member whose exercises my wildlife sightings to report, please call MNRD 715-685-

rights to hunt, fish, gather, and protect our home. I 7840 or email wildlifeTech@badriver-nsn.gov

owe my knowledge to elders and family members that

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2020 Earth Day Celebration

his year for our annual Earth

Day Celebration we did things

a little differently. Due to the current pandemic, MNRD decided to have a sign-up

sheet for the first 35

households to call and

register for our Al

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2020 Earth Day Celebration

Berthea Olby, Outreach Coordinator - Email: NRDOutreach@badriver-nsn.gov

ilies to be able to celebrate Earth Day while

still following social distancing measures and

the ban against group gatherings of 10 or more.

To do that, we provided each household registered an Earth Day basket containing; 1 box

30gal. Trash Bags. Safety Gloves. 1 Yard

Rake. | outdoor item for kids, and a Raffle

Ticket. Baskets were delivered prior to Earth

Day so families had supplies ready and hoped

to promote families to go out on their own on

April 22nd and clean up our community.

We held the raffle drawing the following Fri-

Fishing Set - Annie Rosin household

Camping Set - Duane Soulier household

Patio Set - Mikki Connors household

Gardening Set - Sondra Ford household

Lawn Care Set - Carole Kraft household

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~MISSION STATEMENT~

The Department strives for resource management which both conserves the natural resources

for the future generations and provide for the

needs of the present. The departments existence

reflects the importance the Bad River Tribe

Mashkiiziibii Natural places on its right and ability to exercise sover-

Resources Department = ejgnty self-determination and self-regulation in

72682 Maple Street the area of natural resource management.

PO Box 3

Odanah, WI, 54806

Phone: 715-685-7840 - 715-682-7123 Were on the Web!

Fax: 715-682-7118

Email: NRDOutreach@badriver-nsn.gov

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