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Blackfeet and tribal representatives describe projects, funding barriers and partnerships for tribal clean energy
Summary
Gerald Wagner, director of the Blackfeet Nation Environmental Program, and Patrick, owner of Red Medicine LLC and tribal lobbyist, spoke about tribal clean-energy pilots and persistent barriers at the Northwest Energy Coalition conference.
Gerald Wagner, director of the Blackfeet Nation Environmental Program, and Patrick (state lobbyist and owner of Red Medicine LLC) spoke at the Northwest Energy Coalition conference about tribal clean-energy efforts in Montana, current projects and the barriers tribes face securing funding, grid access and workforce capacity.
Wagner said the tribe’s climate and renewable-energy work grew from local environmental monitoring and climate-adaptation planning. “The need to use alternative energy and energy sources that are renewable and non carbon producing was where our next goal was planted and needed to be nurtured and fertilized to have a positive impact for the next 7 generations,” Wagner said.
Examples of projects and pilots - Beaver-mimicry water-storage (Sysustek) project: Wagner described small-scale projects that mimic beaver activity to store water, raise water tables and restore riparian vegetation; results included rising water tables and…
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