Last Updated: August 20, 2010, 8:06am

ENVIRONMENTAL RUBY PIPELINE UPDATE 

Citing only Endangered Species Act (ESA) arguments, the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) has filed a motion for injunction to stop construction of the Ruby Pipeline Project part of which is planned to be constructed in the short space of land between the Summit Lake Reservation and Sheldon Antelope Refuge.  Other arguments will likely be made by other parties.

Ruby Pipeline affected Tribes are still active in protecting the environments and resources important to them.  Posted: August 20, 2010

RECENT IMPROVEMENTS TO GAP Grant Documents Page: While the GAP Grants Documents Page is still under construction, some documents have been posted there:

Council Resolution SL-09-2010:Approved Environmental Inventory and Plan

Council Resolution SL-10-2010: Approved Solid Waste Management Plan

Interim Policy on Internal Review of Documents Impacting the Environments of the Summit Lake Reservation, Summit Lake Basin, and Traditional Territory Near the Reservation

Posted: June 24, 2010, Rev. August 2, 2010.


WELCOME STATEMENT:  The Summit Lake Reservation is the most remote Indian reservation in Nevada.  Located in the upper left hand corner of Nevada, the Reservation is 50 miles south of the Oregon border and 70 miles east of the California border, and requires a bone jarring ride, for several hours, on rock and gravel roads, to reach the Reservation (to view a map, click here).

This web site of the Summit Lake Paiute Tribe (SLPT) focuses on the environmental protection efforts of the Tribe at its reserved lands (the Summit Lake Indian Reservation) but also supplies tribal members and others with other useful GAP Grant and other EPA Grant information. This is a redesigned web site addressing the input and suggestions of tribal members and others. If you would like to give input and suggestions for further changes post the Comment using the Guestbook feature.

EPA allows the Tribe to use the Tribe's GAP (General Assistance Program) Grant to fund this web site have dictated some changes for the web site.  We hope you will continue to enjoy this web site.

   
All of the Tribe’s departments have one goal: protect the Reservation’s resources. Originally, the Tribe’s Environmental Protection activities funded by a General Assistance Program (GAP) Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) were placed inside the Natural Resource Department. In early 2008, the Summit Lake Paiute Council created a separate Environmental Protection Department given the differing but sometimes overlapping roles of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Departments. The Natural Resources Department is quite active with a wide array of programs funded through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), including Section 106 and Section 319 programs, and Public Law 93-638 (Indian Self Determination) contracts. Both Departments assert the Tribe’s sovereignty in protecting the environment, natural resources, and public health of the Summit Lake Indian Reservation and the Tribe’s traditional territory where tribal members still retain rights to hunt, fish, gather traditional foods and medicine, and conduct spiritual and religious practices.
 
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