Forestry Resources Program
The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe and its Forestry Resources program will be starting its chipping and its fuels reduction project very soon.

The chipping services are to remove downed limbs and branches from winter storms. Elders and disabled will be given priority. Downed branches and limbs will be cut up and chipped on site. You must sign a waiver and permission form BEFORE work is done. Trees will not be cut down. Wood will be blocked and left on site and chips will be hauled away unless otherwise agreed upon in writing.

Fuels reduction activities will be done to remove brush and downed materials from around homes and buildings for fire prevention. The buildings must be on the reservation, must be owned by person signing a waiver BEFORE work is done. Trees may be cut down if they are dead and are not near power lines or utilities. Wood will be blocked and left on site and chips will be hauled away unless otherwise specified.

Ornamental pruning and trimming will not be performed through these services. In all cases elderly and disabled will be given first priority. Sites are then scheduled according to most cost effective travel routes.

Please contact the Environment Division at (518) 358-5937, X-118 or visit their offices to sign up for services.

Spring Cleanup
Spring is here and this means it is time for the Tribe’s spring cleanup. The spring cleanup crew will be in the following areas:

Raquette Point and all adjacent roads – Onerahtokha/April 28-Onerahtohko:wa/May 2

Frogtown road and all adjacent roads including Helena Road & Route 37 up to stop light in Hogansburg – Onerahtohko:wa/May 5-14

St. Regis Road and all adjacent roads – Onerahtohko:wa/May 15-23

State Road and all adjacent roads– Onerahtohko:wa/May 27-Ohiari:ha/June 4

Cook Road and all adjacent roads – Ohiari:ha/June 5-13.

Community members are asked to have their materials to the road two days prior to their collection time. Please separate your scrap metal from the rest of your materials. The Tribe will also collect tires without rims this year too.

For further information, contact the Environment Division, 358-5937.
View PDF Document of this announcement.

Solid Waste Management
There are new web documents added to the Solid Waste Management page. Go to: http://www.srmtenv.org/index.php?spec=sw_index and view the list of web documents on the right hand side.

Rights vs Responsibility
There are many invasive species out there that will have a devastating effect on our wood-lots. Many of these insects and there eggs/larvae will hitch rides on firewood. These pests will also ride on logs, pallets, bark. And almost all forms of wood products that are not dried.read more...

Tribe’s Provisions to water quality standards Approved
Hogansburg, NY— The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe’s Environment Division has received approval of the Tribe’s water quality standards from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The tribe now has the distinction of being one of only six Eastern tribes to establish its own water quality standards. (Read entire press release and view the water quality standards)

Mohawk Environmental Review Code (MERC)
The purpose is to protect the natural environment of the Mohawk Territory at Akwesasne, to take affirmative action to restore and enhance environmental quality in areas that have been subject to degradation, and to ensure that no proposed development that might cause significant environmental degradation will be permitted prior to the completion of a thorough environmental review in which alternatives and mitigation measures are fully considered.

The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe declares this to be Tribal Law.
This code applies to all developers who wish to develop on the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation. To read more about the code and its purpose (Click Here).

Project Overview – Air Sampling for Benzene
We will be sampling air to test for the levels of Benzene in our community. The testing will be focused mainly on Benzene but will also identify if there are concerning levels of other air toxins. We have a special concern for Benzene because of the amount of known Benzene emitting sources in and around Akwesasne. Benzene emitting sources include but are not limited to; cigarette smoke, vehicle exhaust (including all terrain vehicles and lawn mowers), gas stations and industrial emissions. Read more ...