EPA In Circle, Alaska

One of the surprises in 2015 was the EPA now has an office in the Council Office. We were told we had to work directly with the EPA on the gardening effort and the rep. was our dear friend Alexa, who is also our best connection. I had to tell her we would be happy to talk to her as a friend, but we simply couldn't work along side the EPA. We know what The Gwich"in Steering Comm. thinks about the Govt. getting involved in the villages and we worried that they would be very upset with us working with them. We know what our dear friend Sarah James would say about the EPA. We had yet another tight rope to walk. Each year we get closer as family as we work through pitfalls that happen in any relationship. We hope the program didn't take hold so that this won't be an issue in 2016. How the EPA got their hands in home and community gardening is beyond me. Our GOVT. is far too big.