DoomsdaysCW<p>From 2023: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OneidaNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OneidaNation</span></a>&#39;s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>environmental</span></a> restoration project to receive funding in proposed [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wisconsin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wisconsin</span></a>] state budget</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wildrice" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wildrice</span></a>, or manoomin in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ojibwe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ojibwe</span></a>, is central to Ojibwe identity and is part of the culture’s migration story.</p><p>by Frank Vaisvilas <br />February 17, 2023</p><p>ONEIDA – &quot;Part of Gov. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TonyEvers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TonyEvers</span></a>’ proposed budget includes $875,000 to help fund the Oneida Nation’s environmental restoration project on the reservation.</p><p>&quot;Over the past year, the tribe has restored about 3,000 acres of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wetlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wetlands</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/grasslands" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>grasslands</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/prairies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>prairies</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/forests" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>forests</span></a> on the reservation.</p><p>&quot;The governor’s budget includes an annual investment of $175,000 for five years for continuing the Oneida Nation’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HabitatRestoration" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HabitatRestoration</span></a> work and bird monitoring project just west of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GreenBay</span></a>.</p><p>&quot;&#39;We know that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>nature</span></a> can provide for itself if allowed to. A years-long restoration of Oneida’s lands in Northeastern Wisconsin has led to improvements in water quality and the return of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wildlife</span></a>,&#39; said Oneida Chairman Tehassi Hill in a statement. &#39;We appreciate Governor Evers for supporting our work to restore and protect Wisconsin’s natural spaces.&#39;</p><p>&quot;The Oneida Nation also started a bird monitoring project on its restoration sites in coordination with the Northeastern Wisconsin <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Audubon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Audubon</span></a> Society and UW-Green Bay’s Cofrin Center for Biodiversity to research how birds are responding to the tribe’s conservation efforts.</p><p>&quot;&#39;We’ve witnessed firsthand as state-threatened bird species, like the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HenslowsSparrow" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HenslowsSparrow</span></a>, have returned to restored Oneida Nation lands, an incredible testament to the importance of this restoration work,&#39; said Erin Giese, president of the Northeastern Wisconsin Audubon Society, in a statement.</p><p>[...]</p><p>&quot;Evers’ budget proposal also includes a $200,000 investment in restoring and protecting natural wild rice areas in Wisconsin.</p><p>&quot;Experts say wild rice is an essential food source for many of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MigratorBirds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MigratorBirds</span></a> in the area, including many species of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ducks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ducks</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pheasants" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>pheasants</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/owls" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>owls</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cranes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cranes</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/geese" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>geese</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/songbirds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>songbirds</span></a>.</p><p>&quot;The plants also help to improve the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>environment</span></a>.</p><p>&quot;&#39;Emergent plants, including wild rice, help promote <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>water</span></a> quality through the filtering and storage of nutrients and slow down wave action in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoastalWetlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CoastalWetlands</span></a> of Green Bay,&#39; said Dr. Amy Carrozzino-Lyon, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay restoration project manager in the natural and applied sciences department. &#39;A diversity of native wetland plants helps the community function at its best.&#39;&quot;</p><p>Read more:<br /><a href="https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/native-american-issues/2023/02/17/evers-seeks-funds-for-oneida-nations-environmental-project-in-budget/69916222007/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">greenbaypressgazette.com/story</span><span class="invisible">/news/native-american-issues/2023/02/17/evers-seeks-funds-for-oneida-nations-environmental-project-in-budget/69916222007/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RestoreNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RestoreNature</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RestoreTheWetlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RestoreTheWetlands</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveTheMarshes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SaveTheMarshes</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SaveNature</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NatureBasedSolutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NatureBasedSolutions</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousWisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IndigenousWisdom</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Collaboration" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Collaboration</span></a></p>