Progress 05/15/09 to 05/04/10
Outputs
Target Audience:
Nothing Reported
Changes/Problems:The PI for this project left NMSU prior to the scheduled end date. No further data to report. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?
Nothing Reported
How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?
Nothing Reported
What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
The PI for this project left NMSU prior to the scheduled end date. No further data to report.
Publications
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Progress 05/15/08 to 05/04/10
Outputs
Target Audience:
Nothing Reported
Changes/Problems:The PI for this project left NMSU prior to the scheduled end date. No further data to report. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?
Nothing Reported
How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?
Nothing Reported
What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
The PI for this project left NMSU prior to the scheduled end date. No further data to report.
Publications
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Progress 05/15/07 to 05/14/09
Outputs
OUTPUTS: Between October 2007 and October 2008 Batch Number Sixteen and Seventeen were completed with three range units per batch. Thus twenty-nine of the ninety-eight units have been evaluated since inception of the Range Code. In addition several units from previous years were re-evaluated because the restrictions were appealed due to more favorable moisture patterns. Americans for Native Americans (ANA) were in Zuni for three and one half days twice in 2008, once in April and again in October. The typical educator agenda for the balance of 358 days of the year was in effect, but with a re-supply of donated vaccine from community contacts. : In 2008 the educator took two Zuni 4-H boys to Senior Leadership Retreat in Albuquerque. For the first ever Youth Get-Away Zuni had three 4-H members attend, the only representatives from McKinley County. This leadership training was formerly Teen Get-Away (TGA) and supposedly was only for junior age 4-H members. Due to waning state-wide participation in TGA, this past year novice and junior age 4-H members were invited to the re-named Youth Get-Away. Eddy County by contrast, with over six times the population base of Zuni, sent no one to Senior Leadership Retreat or Youth Get-Away in 2008. Educator assisted with teaching a Hunter Education Course in Zuni in March and successfully completed an instructor continuing education course in December 2008. Teachers, administrators, university specialists and tribal elders have come together to coordinate efforts to enhance Zuni traditional agriculture. A Memorandum of Agreement was accepted in December 2008 to pursue additional grant funding to further the objectives of a sustainable traditional Zuni agricultural pilot project through the Zuni Public School District. PARTICIPANTS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period. TARGET AUDIENCES: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
The tribe is generating some very much needed revenue at long last. The protocols and paperwork generation for the "new" process have mostly been resolved where the Range Technical Team can function almost flawlessly. This savings in time will undoubtedly be supplanted by livestock owner appeals with changing conditions or different perspectives. Further, the opportunities for education through this process are endless. An unbiased valuation of that service to the region resulted in an economic benefit of over $70,000 for the past year from ANA alone. Educator veterinary contributions are not reflected in the total. On November 27, 2008 the Zuni Pathfinders 4-H Club realized a profit of $230 for the Christmas Light Parade fund-raiser. In addition, this past year the club received a $500 donation from the Gallup/Zuni chapter of the National Wild Turkey Foundation. Further, the tribe continued donated cow elk hunts to drawn Zuni Hunter Education students achieving perfect scores. Resources from the Zuni Middle School, the Zuni High School and Twin Buttes High School are being coordinated toward a common goal. A total of $11,000 has been committed to the Zuni Public School District for this project from the State of New Mexico Public Education Department, Rural Education Bureau. Other grant sources have been explored and are in process.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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Progress 05/13/08 to 05/14/09
Outputs
Performance Evaluation for the BIA staff member(s) involved with the Range Technical Team are based in large part on the number of Zuni range units evaluated each year, so they determine the pace. The objective of the tribe is to finally derive some revenue, in the form of grazing fees, from renewable range resources to partially offset the significant deficit. Ultimately sustainability of the rangeland, watershed and wildlife protection and efficient livestock production are the overarching goals. Between October 2006 and October 2007 Batch Number Seven through Batch Number Fifteen were completed with three range units per batch. Thus twenty-seven of the ninety-eight units were first evaluated this past year. In addition a few from the previous year were re-evaluated whose restrictions were appealed due to more favorable moisture patterns. This pace slightly exceeded the phenomenal record of last year. RAVS was in Zuni for four days in June and the staff sponsored by
Americans for Native Americans (ANA) for four days in April and three in October setting a record for the reservation. The typical agent agenda for the balance of 354 days of the year was in effect, but with a re-supply of free vaccine, leftovers from the veterinary clinics.
Impacts
The tribe is generating some very much needed revenue, from its extensive grazing lands, at long last. The protocols and paperwork generation for the 'new process' have mostly been resolved where the Range Technical Team can function almost flawlessly. This savings in time will undoubtedly be supplanted by livestock owner appeals with changing conditions or different perspectives. Further, the opportunities for education through this process are endless. RAVS has generated the economic benefit data each year for their extensive group. Extrapolating their data for the extra days of veterinary clinics, this past year amounts to over $110,000 of economic benefit to the residents of Zuni and the surrounding area. This is at least double the figure of any previous year; it does not include any agent impact.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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Progress 05/15/07 to 05/14/08
Outputs
Performance Evaluation for the BIA staff member(s) involved with the Range Technical Team are based in large part on the number of Zuni range units evaluated each year, so they determine the pace. The objective of the tribe is to finally derive some revenue, in the form of grazing fees, from renewable range resources to partially offset the significant deficit. Ultimately sustainability of the rangeland, watershed and wildlife protection and efficient livestock production are the overarching goals. Between October 2006 and October 2007 Batch Number Seven through Batch Number Fifteen were completed with three range units per batch. Thus twenty-seven of the ninety-eight units were first evaluated this past year. In addition a few from the previous year were re-evaluated whose restrictions were appealed due to more favorable moisture patterns. This pace slightly exceeded the phenomenal record of last year. RAVS was in Zuni for four days in June and the staff sponsored by
Americans for Native Americans (ANA) for four days in April and three in October setting a record for the reservation. The typical agent agenda for the balance of 354 days of the year was in effect, but with a re-supply of free vaccine, leftovers from the veterinary clinics. In 2007 the agent took three Zuni 4-H boys to Senior Leadership Retreat in Albuquerque. For 2008 two of the boys from the previous year returned, the third being ineligible because of age. For the younger 4-H members Youth Get-Away is now available and three from Zuni were chaperoned by the agent, the only representing McKinley County in 2008. The agent assisted in teaching two Hunter Education classes on the reservation last summer, plus one this spring.
Impacts
The tribe is generating some very much needed revenue, from its extensive grazing lands, at long last. The protocols and paperwork generation for the 'new process' have mostly been resolved where the Range Technical Team can function almost flawlessly. This savings in time will undoubtedly be supplanted by livestock owner appeals with changing conditions or different perspectives. Further, the opportunities for education through this process are endless. RAVS has generated the economic benefit data each year for their extensive group. Extrapolating their data for the extra days of veterinary clinics, this past year amounts to over $110,000 of economic benefit to the residents of Zuni and the surrounding area. This is at least double the figure of any previous year; it does not include any agent impact. On November 23, 2006 the Zuni Pathfinders 4-H Club realized a profit of $305 for the Christmas Light Parade fund-raiser. This was made possible as a record because of
Zuni election campaign entries and the goodwill of former 4-H member Mike Troncoso who donated awards from Tri-Star Trophies in Gallup. In addition, this past year the Zuni Pathfinders 4-H Club was donated $500 by the Gallup/Zuni chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation. Further, the Zuni tribe for the first time donated three cow elk hunts to drawn Zuni Hunter Education students achieving perfect scores from the recent classes.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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