NSF Photos |
Policy, Decision Making and Outreach |
| Field trip to Summit Lake and Pyramid Lake tribal councils December 18, 2009 (Pyramid Lake) and 19 (Summit Lake) The photos were taken by Ahmad Safi and Zhongwei Liu |
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| The Pyramid Lake Tribe, Nevada State, and U.S. flags in the Pyramid Lake council meeting hall. | Dr. Smith and other Epscor staff preparing the presentation for Pyramid Lake Tribe Council | Ahmad Safi, with the Pyramid Lake Tribe flag | Dr. Smith, Ahmad Safi from UNLV and Dr. Karletta Chief from DRI in front of the Summit Lake governmental Office in Carson City | Dr. Smith, Dr. Zhongwei Liu from UNLV and Dr. Karletta Chief from DRI in front of the Summit Lake governmental Office in Carson City |
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| Dr. Smith and Dr. Karletta Chief presenting the project in front of the respected Summit Lake Tribe Council. | ||||
| The pictures were taken by Ahmad Safi and Dr. Smith September 11, 2009 |
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| A cattle of domestic cows and a cattle of wild antelopes grazing together near the main road to Fort McDermitt | A view of Pyramid Lake | A View of Pyramid Lake | A Good by note in Paiute Native Language in Fort McDermitt Reservation | A Cattle of Mustangs ranging in Fort McDermitt reservations |
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| A Poster of Pyramid Lake native fishes in the Pyramid Lake tribal office | Protected geese in Pyramid Lake | A view of Pyramid Lake | Another view of Pyramid Lake | The tribal government office of Pyramid Lake reservation |
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| The sign of the Pyramid Lake tribal government office | Dr. Smith tacking GPS way-points at Pyramid Lake | |||
| Please find attached the photos taken on September 12, 2009 as part of a field trip to Summit Lake Reservation (The most isolated reservation in the 48 continuous U.S. states, according to the tribe). The trip was meant to discuss the EPSCOR project with the a tribal officer assigned by the tribal government. The officer was the EPA Leisure and the tribal environmental coordinator Ron Johhny. The photos were taken by Dr. William Smith and Ahmad Safi |
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| A sign declaring the Summit Lake reservation an area for protecting the Lahontan Cutthroat Trout fish, which represent one of the the most important cultural assets of Summit Lake | A view of Summit Lake including an Antelope freely moving in the reservation | A view of Summit Lake | A view of Summit Lake | A view of Summit Lake |
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| Dr. Smith near the entrance of Summit Lake Reservation | Ahmad Safi near the entrance of Summit Lake Reservation | Dr. Smith near the entrance of Summit Lake Reservation | Mahogany Creek Stream that feed Summit Lake from the mountains | The tribal Lahontan Cutthroat Trout Fish trabbing site. The site is devoted to counting the fish communities in different times over the year as part of the tribal fish conservation activties. |
| Team work done to fill 1893 survey packages to Nevada ranchers and farmers in addition to 750 packages to Nevada Native Americans. The packages included personally signed personalized letters, holiday cards, surveys and return envelopes. December 22, 2009 The pictures were taken by Ahmad Safi and Dr. Zhongwei |
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| Dr. Haroon Stephan and Dr. Zhongwei discussing the most effecient packaging process | Dr. Haroon signing the personalized letters | Dr. Haroon and Ahmad Safi while filling the packages | ||