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OVK Brownfields Program, Neli Nelson, Organized Village of Kasaan

31 Views Length: 32:48 The Organized Village of Kasaan (OVK),a federally recognized tribal government, is located on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska. The OVK Brownfields Program has been operating since 2008. Brownfields are “Sites that are underutilized or not… The Organized Village of Kasaan (OVK),a federally recognized tribal government, is located on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska. The OVK Brownfields Program has been operating since 2008. Brownfields are “Sites that are underutilized or not in active use, on land that is either contaminated or perceived as contaminated.” The Kasaan Bay Watershed Council has identified 33 possible Brownfields sites in the Kasaan Bay Watershed. These are mine sites and prospects that were active from the early 1900’s through the 1970’s. As part of this ongoing project, a geodatabase of spatial information in the project area was developed. This database includes cadastral information, imagery, roads, and potential Brownfields sites (among other layers). This presentation will cover the basics of the OVK Brownfields program as well as how the GIS database was developed and then used to create an online interactive mapping application showing project sites as well as photos.
See http://www.kasaan.org/brownfields.html

Recorded by Rosemarie McKeon, Indigenous Mapping Network 07/13/10 04:19PM More