LAS VEGAS – Representatives from the Consolidated Group of Tribes and Organizations (CGTO) met this month to continue developing recommendations on how to revegetate 92 acres of land at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) Area 5 Radioactive Wast...
June 30, 2016
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CGTO representatives at the NNSS, left to right, Kenny Anderson, Las Vegas Paiute Tribe; Richard Arnold, Pahrump Paiute Tribe, CGTO spokesperson; Ross Stone, Big Pine Paiute Tribe; Betty Cornelius, Colorado River Indian Tribes; Maurice Frank-Churchill, Duckwater Shoshone Tribe; Danelle Gutierrez, Big Pine Paiute Tribe; and Barbara Durham, Timbisha Shoshone Tribe.
CGTO representatives with staff from NFO, Desert Research Institute (DRI), and Portland State University (PSU) at the NNSS. From left to right, standing: Colleen Beck, DRI; Kenny Anderson, Las Vegas Paiute Tribe; Richard Arnold, Pahrump Paiute Tribe, CGTO spokesperson; Ross Stone, Big Pine Paiute Tribe; Betty Cornelius, Colorado River Indian Tribes; Maurice Frank-Churchill, Duckwater Shoshone Tribe; Scott Wade, NFO; Danelle Gutierrez, Big Pine Paiute Tribe; Reed Poderis, NSTec, the NNSS management and operations contractor; Barbara Durham, Timbisha Shoshone Tribe; Jeremy Spoon, PSU; and Michael Clifford, DRI. From left to right, seated: Kate Barcalow, PSU; Tiffany Lantow, NFO; and Alissa Silvas, NSTec.
CGTO representatives Barbara Durham, Betty Cornelius, and Maurice Frank-Churchill examine the revegetation site at Area 5.
LAS VEGAS – Representatives from the Consolidated Group of Tribes and Organizations (CGTO) met this month to continue developing recommendations on how to revegetate 92 acres of land at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Complex.
The meetings included a visit to the NNSS to examine the revegetation site at Area 5 and a past successful revegetation site at Area 3.
CGTO will submit recommendations to the EM program at the Nevada Field Office (NFO) this summer.