Solar Resilience: Powering Food, Fuel, & Essential Services

At Blue Lake Rancheria, our commitment to sustainability and service goes hand-in-hand. One of our key microgrid systems powers the Tribeโ€™s ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€”a critical economic and emergency resource for our community. Maintained by the Electrical, Construction & Utilities Department, this โ€œsolar-readyโ€ system features a ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†, ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜†, ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฌ๐—ธ๐—ช ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฉ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜†, […]

Daluviwi’ Community Garden Progress

Check out the progress of the ๐——๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜„๐—ถโ€™ Community Garden this season! ๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜† Garden Manager ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€ gives a tour of the garden, showing us everything that goes into the management of it. The ๐——๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜„๐—ถโ€™ Community Garden is funded through the USDA UAIP grant, and its compost program is funded […]

Kyle Mayr’s Police Academy Graduation

Last week on 7/11/2025, ๐—ž๐˜†๐—น๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฟ, an Officer of the ๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ (๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—ฅ) ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, graduated the police academy at College of the Redwoods. ๐—ž๐˜†๐—น๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฟ has been working at Blue Lake since 2007, starting his career at the Blue Lake Casino Hotel before working for Tribal Security at ๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—ฅ. During his time […]

Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB) Training

Last week, ๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜† hosted a training led by ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€, Senior Environmental Scientist at the Northern California Water Board, about identifying ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—”๐—น๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—•๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜€ (๐—›๐—”๐—•). In this training session, students were introduced with a presentation detailing the different species of ๐—–๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ (Blue-Green Algae), how to identify them, and how […]

Honoring the memory of Philip R. Aycock

We honor the memory of longtime employee, ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—ฅ. ๐—”๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ. Phil was a beloved member of the Blue Lake Rancheria family and served the Tribe for over 30 years as an Accountant and Chief Financial Officer. He passed away in 2024, leaving behind a legacy grounded in love, community, and unwavering dedication. Today was his […]

Preparing Meals for the Blue Lake Rancheria Elder’s Food Program

Last week, the ๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ (๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—ฅ) ๐—ง๐—ถ๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฉ๐—œ ๐—ก๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ prepared fresh meals to be delivered as frozen home delivery to established elders in the ๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—ฅ ๐—˜๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ. ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—น๐—ฒ, BLR Title VI Nutrition Director, ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ, BLR Title VI Nutrition Assistant, and ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—›๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐˜€, BLR Title VI Nutrition Intern prepare and send […]

Blue Lake Rancheria hosts annual Cultural Burn Summit

On Wednesday, June 25th, and Thursday, June 26th, ๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ (๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—ฅ) hosted the third annual Cultural Burn Seminar, coordinated by ๐—ฌ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—ฅ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, and ๐—–๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—™๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—˜, assisted by ๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—ฅ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜† (๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—”), and ๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—ฅ ๐—ข๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ (๐—ข๐—˜๐—ฆ). The seminar on Wednesday involved speakers from many different organizations across the […]

Blue Lake Rancheria hosts NCIDC Pathways to Prosperity Summit

On Thursday, June 26th, ๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ (๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—ฅ) hosted the ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—นโ€™s (๐—ก๐—–๐—œ๐——๐—–) 2nd annual Pathways to Prosperity Summit. This event brought together Tribal and Community leaders to share resources, network opportunities, and best practices for economic development. Panels included representatives from labor unions, Tribal education departments and business owners, government officials, […]

Blue Lake Rancheria attends Puerto Rico Innovative Distributed Energy Conference

From June 16th to June 20th, 2025, ๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ Clean Energy Fellow ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—›๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜ attended the ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ผ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, hosted by fellows at Cooperativa Hidroelectrica de la Montana. ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—›๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜ participated in a 4-day immersive summit, visiting communities facing energy insecurity and learning about some renewable energy solutions to Puerto Ricoโ€™s […]

Blue Lake Rancheria Tribal Police participate in Torch Run for Special Olympics

On Wednesday, June 18th, ๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ participated in the ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜„ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐—ป for Special Olympics in Old Town Eureka, along with other police departments across Humboldt County. Every year, Special Olympics supporters are paired with law enforcement personnel as they carry the Flame of Hope through areas of California. This […]