Non-Target Projects
- America the Beautiful Initiative grant focused on landscape planning and inter-agency habitat conservation in collaboration with NCSU - Ela Dam biological monitoring- planning. - Film production focused on Cherokee relationship to Tuckaseegee/Oconaluftee River/aquatic organisms- planning - Rivercane restoration, artisan harvest, and biodiversity study- collaborative among other tribes and UGA. Fall 2022 harvest and baseline assessments in Yancey CO. - Overpass research- Biodiversity across 5 overpasses compared to controls. Working with Brianna (Jumper) Pruitt and Clemson University- 2021 Data collected- Planning. - Effects of stocked trout on ecological processes- Tribal Hatchery and Wingate University- Otter project planning. - Ecological access to the aboriginal homeland- UKB, Cherokee Nation and EBCI cultural, ecological and language knowledge holders- Planning initiative started. - 500 year climate adaptation plan for managing tribal resources. USGS, NCSU and EBCI-CIRB - Inventory of rare, endangered or culturally important species. o Alleghany woodrat
o Small whorled pogonia o Rusty Patch Bumblebee o Turtles- softshell, map etc. o Mapping seed-bearing plants for horticultural and cultural purposes (georeferenced project)
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Outreach o Snowbird Youth Language- Stream Sampling Demonstration. (July 29, 2021). o Swain County 4H Group- presentation of a variety of organisms and sampling methods (July 22, 2021). o American Legion Cherokee Post- Introduction to Natural Resources Program and Fisheries and Wildlife Collaborative. (June 21, 2021). o Hickory Tree Giveaway to Cherokee Citizens- (May 20, 2021). o Yellowhill community outreach event- (July 8, 2021). o Talking Leaves Trout Derby (Aug 7, 2021). o Island Discovery- Video for Cherokee Central Schools. (April 2021). o New Kituwah Academy Summery Science School—Salamanders (June 9, 2021). o Developing a multi-hazard climate risk index for adaptive land and resource management in complex terrain- Carolina Climate Resilience Conference- (May 10, 2021). o Preserving Cherokee Natural Resources through a Socio-Ecological Perspective. Humboldt State University. Online Seminar. (April 24, 2021). o Molecules in the Mountains- Panel Discussion on Diversity in Science. April 16, 2021). o Wingate University Lecture and Discussion. Online Seminar. March 11, 2021). o River Basin Center- Seminar Presentation- UGA- Webinar. (March 17, 2021). o Safe Passage Meeting- PLA- Capitalizing on the power of partnership: The Pigeon River Gorge Wildlife Crossing Project- Presentation and Panel Discussion- (Feb 11, 2021). o Southeast Partnership of Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Annual Meeting- Keynote Panel- Oct 23, 2020).
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