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Cherokee Nation leaders detail seed-bank expansion, three-year turkey nesting study and ongoing feral-swine program
Summary
Christina Justice, the Cherokee Nation Secretary of Natural Resources, and department staff briefed the council on an expansion of the tribe—s seed distribution program, a three-year turkey nesting study with Oklahoma State University and ongoing feral-swine control.
Christina Justice, the Cherokee Nation Secretary of Natural Resources, and department staff briefed the council on an expansion of the tribe—s seed distribution program, a new wildlife research partnership with Oklahoma State University and continued work on feral-swine control.
The department—s Harvesting Our Heritage program, described as an expansion of the existing seed-bank work, will open applications on Feb. 18 and "it is a lottery system this year," Sydney Krennick, a staff member in the Department of Natural Resources, told the council. Krennick said the lottery replaces a first-come, first-served approach to reduce the risk that supplies will be claimed within hours.
The seed program expansion is being coordinated with "CCO" and other…
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