HIA Environmental Program

10/22/2026

Its garlic planting season! Garlic puts down its roots over the winter. Unfortunately last year's crop was a failure for us, but we learned some lessons for this year. Brian Bitz in Hoonah donated some new seed garlic for us to get started again. Thanks Brian!

To plant garlic dig hole 2-3 inch deep in loose soil. Place 1 garlic clove flat-side down in the hole. Cover with soil and then cover the whole bed with plastic or a tarp for the winter.

10/05/2026

https://www.hia-env.org/2026/10/05/2026-community-potato-garden-harvest-record-number-of-students-community-and-potatoes/

The 2026 community garden has been harvested thanks to a lot of students, community member, and HIA staff! Total yield was about 200 lbs. This project is a “growing” effort, and this ye…

09/16/2026

We had potato diggers of all ages yesterday and it was really wonderful! Thank you to our community members and school students for coming out and making this harvest happen!

09/15/2026

First potato plant out of the ground this year is looking good! Join us at 2pm at HIA Environmental office to harvest the community potato garden!

09/14/2026

We are really looking forward to this Saturday. See you at 11 at Alumni Gym!

🌿 Celebrate Food, Culture, & Community! 🌿

It’s that time of year again! The Hoonah Indian Association and Huna Heritage Foundation warmly invite you and your family to the 9th Annual Traditional Food Fair.

Come share a delicious meal featuring traditional subsistence foods, honor our local heritage, and enjoy the wonderful company of neighbors and friends.

When: Saturday, September 19th at 11:00 AM
Where: Hoonah City Schools Alumni Gym
Cost: Free and open to everyone!🍰
Sweet additions: A delicious meal will be provided, but if you would like to bring a favorite dessert to share with the community, you are most welcome to do so!

We look forward to gathering on this beautiful day to celebrate the land and one another. See you there! Please help spread the word!

09/14/2026

Community potato garden harvest tomorrow! We expect a lot of potatoes this year and could use the help!

08/26/2026

Re-sharing this video of the Hoonah Greenhouse Áa Kawduwahaa yé Greenhouse

08/11/2026

We are scheduling a meeting with deer hunters from Hoonah, Gustavus, Pelican, Elfin Cove, and Juneau to talk about the current deer season, winter mortality, and observations from the first couple weeks of the season. If you'd like to join can you fill in a time you could meet in the link below? We'll post it to the comments too.

I hope your summer going well. I'm looking to schedule a Unit 4 Deer Working Group Meeting soon. The goal of this meeting will be to 1) Review winter deer kill observations/data and 2) talk about what last winter means for deer management going forward 3) ask alpine hunters what they are seeing up h...

08/08/2026

Hoktaheen:
On July 20th, after a two year process, including over 7 months of permitting, HIA's Fisheries, AYS, and HNFP crews worked together to build a remote fish monitoring weir to begin generating current and accurate stock assessments of sockeye.

Despite being a heavily utilized system, critically important to the surrounding communities, no current data exists on this resource. Over twenty years have passed since HIA and the USFS conducted fish counts by foot for three short seasons.

This weir is one of only a handful of tribally operated weirs in the state. From conception, installation, and operation. It is also one of just a few completely unmanned video monitoring weirs. Utilizing technology to limit costs. Like our weir in Neva, footage is sent back to Hoonah to be reviewed by our Fisheries Technicians.

This data will be used in the State and Federal Resource Management processes to protect the health of, and access to our resources.

The project was funded by a US F&W Tribal Wildlife Grant as well as a First Nations Development Institute "Restoring Our Relatives" award.

07/26/2026

Potato garden update! Growing well!