Community News
Health Center Closure
The Penobscot Nation Health Dept. will be closed Wednesday, March 23, for our quarterly staff meeting and trainings. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please contact the main line @ (207) 817-7400 with any questions.
Community members and Tribal employees,
I’m happy to announce the fitness center will open on March 21st. The hours of operation will remain the same. Monday through Thursday 9-130 and 3:30-630pm Fridays 9am-1. With COVID still am issue we will be taking precautions at the Fitness Center. Spray bottles of disinfectant will be provided for everyone. . . .
Eurasian water-milfoil
Eurasian water-milfoil(Myriophyllum spicatum) Description: Branching stems of Eurasian water-milfoil emerge from thick, spreading roots. Eurasian water-milfoil does not form winter buds. Habitat: Eurasian water-milfoil is an extremely well adapted plant, able to thrive in a wide variety of environmental conditions. It grows well in still and flowing waters, endures mild salinities . . .
Curly-leaf pondweed
Curly-leaf pondweed (Potamogeton crispus) Description: Curly-leaf pondweed has underwater leaves only. Mature stems may be several meters in length. The leaves of this plant are key to its identification. When visible, (they disintegrate early in the plant’s growth cycle) are slightly joined to the stem at the leaf base and 4 to . . .
Variable water-milfoil
Variable water-milfoil (Myriophyllum heterophyllum) Description: Variable water-milfoil is an underwater, plant with branching stems rising out from above the surface with compact, spreading roots. Habitat: Variable water-milfoil is an extremely well adapted plant, able to thrive in a wide variety of environmental conditions. It grows well in still and flowing waters, and can survive . . .
Land Committee
The Land Committee: Owen Lolar (E)Term: 10/01/2020 to 09/30/2024 Timothy Love (E)Term: 10/01/2020 to 09/30/2024 Barry McGrane (E)Term: 10/01/2020 to 09/30/2024 Steven Paul (A)Term: 10/01/2020 to 09/30/2022 David Sapiel (A)Term: 10/01/2020 to 09/30/2022
Census Committee
The census committee: Tyler-Ann Harris (E)Term: 10/1/20 to 9/30/2022 Julie Sockabasin (E)Term: 10/1/20 to 9/30/2022 Edwina Mitchell (A)Term: 10/1/20 to 09/30/2022 Cheryl Kelly (A) ChairTerm: 10/1/20 to 09/30/2022 Jo-Ann Lolar (A) Vice-ChairTerm: 10/1/20 to 09/30/2022
European naiad/ Spiny Naiad
European naiad/ Spiny Naiad (Najas minor) Description: Unlike most water plants, European naiad is a true annual. Seedlings grow from slender roots, developing stems up to 2.5 meters long that often branch abundantly near the top. Habitat: European naiad is found in the underwater plant community, growing in ponds, lakes, and slow moving . . .
Hydrilla
Description: Hydrilla is a perennial underwater aquatic plant with long slender, branching stems rising from horizontal underground. Identification of hydrilla is complicated by the fact that there are two distinct forms occurring in the United States. Habitat: Hydrilla is found in the underwater plant community. The adaptability of this plant to a wide . . .
Chinese Mystery Snails
Description: Chinese mystery snails are distinctively large; at the size of a walnut or golf ball, they are half-again as large as Maine’s largest native freshwater snail. Though they spend a good portion of their lives under the water surface, half buried in the bottom sediments, Chinese mystery snails may also . . .