THE 2021 OFFICIAL PIA ELECTION RESULTS HAVE BEEN POSTED!
IGAP has been producing compost for several years and can be purchased at the Flower Farm and Hammer and Wikan Hardware (as stock allows).
IGAP harvests clams and mussels bi-weekly. These are air freighted to Sitka, where a lab tests them for PSP levels. Updates are posted on our Facebook page, below and at many local water sites.
Jim Penor, EPA Tribal Solid Waste Liaison paid a visit to Petersburg to discuss our composting operations.
Sarah Durand and Christi Scott, Rural Solid Waste Specialists with the EPA for the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), paid a visit to Petersburg.
Nick and Brandon have been busy making compost.
Thalassira can look like a X, as seen above.
Noctiluca is the phytoplankton that can be seen at night, lighting up when disturbed.
Pseudo- Nitzchia is a Phytoplankton that can cause PSP (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning).
IGAP Assistant, Nick Romano doing some microscope work.
IGAP Director, Brandon Thynes working on compost.
Here are 3 different types of Chaetoceros Plankton that were found in waters around Petersburg. They are non-toxic but can be damaging to fish. This was done in the weekly water sampling by Brandon Thynes.
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