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Cherokee Nation council hears natural resources report on GIS transfer, wildlife study and livestock losses
Summary
The Cherokee Nation Tribal Council heard a report from Christina Justice, the tribe’s secretary of natural resources, outlining a GIS staff transfer to IT support, a grant-funded wildlife study on a 4,500-acre hunting preserve in Akins (Sallisaw County), outreach plans including a fishing derby behind the Tahlequah Casino, and livestock losses attributed to predatory birds.
The Cherokee Nation Tribal Council on an unspecified date heard a report from Christina Justice, the tribe’s secretary of natural resources, that outlined administrative changes, upcoming wildlife research and local concerns about predatory birds affecting livestock.
Justice told the council the tribe’s GIS (geographic information systems) staff will move from the natural resources office to the Cherokee Nation IT department to gain more technical support. She said the GIS team will remain located in the natural resources office for now and that the move is intended to expand the program’s capabilities. "They're still located in our office for the time…
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