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Nipon (It is Summer) HBMI Natural Resources Department HBMI Natural Resources NON-PROFIT ORG June 2005 U.S. POSTAGE Brenda Commander - Tribal Chief Department PAID Susan Young - Editor PERMIT #2 Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians HOULTON ME This newsletter is 88 Bell Road printed on Recycled Littleton, ME 04730 chlorine free paper Phone: 207-532-4273 Skitkomiq Nutacomit Fax: 207-532-6883 Earth Speaker Wabanaki Alternatives to DEET Inside this issue: Each year just as the others feel by using DEET products Alternatives to DEET…………. 1 weather turns nice here in you are “spreading poison on your Skywatching - Meteor Showers... 2 Northern Maine the black skin”. Whatever your feelings are about Meteor Watching Tips………… 2 flies, mosquitoes, midges, DEET there are alternatives available. no-see-ums, horse and deer flies awaken If you choose to use commercial repel- Slow Down There’s Moose to drive us indoors or straight to the lents including DEET etc., please refer Around………………………... insect repellent. But which one should to the precautions listed on page 6 to Envirothon 2005 ……………… 3 you use? Ask twenty people and you’ll help you use them safely. Meet the Summer Techs ……… 4 get at least twenty answers. Word Search Puzzle …………... 4 There is a natural alternative to some of these DEET products produced by Maine’s 11 Most Un-Wanted Years ago in some parts of the country, Aquatic Plants ………………… when mosquito season started, states and a Maliseet-Passamaquoddy woman named Alison Lewy. Her product Avoiding Ticks & Lyme Disease. 6 towns, employed sprayer trucks to drive through the neighborhoods spraying Lewey’s Eco-Blend is a 100% natural Using Insect Repellents Safely . 6 DDT into storm drains and ditches. In product that is clinically proven to Word Search Answers Become LakeSmart……………. 7 recent years the news has reported on repel biting insects for up to 4 hours. Thirteen Maliseet Moons ……... 7 aerial sprayings of Malathion and BT - Lewey’s combines “Native herbal R G M N B V N O S E E U M C C M U E E S O N V B N M G R wisdom and a respect for the environ- Calling All Artists Calling All Artists ……………... 8 Bacillus Thurigiensis to combat West N I S O M E Q E H S S A Z X X Z A S S H E Q E M O S I N Nile disease. ment.” Lewey’s Eco-Blends provides Word Search Answers ………… 8 The Southern Aroostook Cultural protection from 22 different kinds of Arts Project (SACAP) is host- K J T S E R O F H G F S D A But what about personal insect repellent? insects: Mosquitoes - Ticks - Fleas - TELEPHONE LISTING ing an art show in their Blue So many people swear by Avon’s Skin- Spiders - Horseflies - Ants -Chiggers Moon Gallery entitled “The Y A P O I U Y T Y E S O O M (207) 532-4273 So-Soft that Avon has produced an insect -Water-ticks - Black flies - Bees, wasps Palette of Aroostook: E H N I W E M A L W E S R R 1-800-564-8524 (ME) repellent called Skin -So- Soft Bug Guard -Sand flies - Hornets - Midges Para- Plus. Others swear by Old Woodsman, a sites - Gnats - No-see-ums. For more Celebrating Our Ethnic 1-800-545-8524 Diversity”. Local artisans R A T S W E R T F Y U S I E DEET free pine tar concoction, while information about this product and ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING others are true fans of Cutter or Off where to find it check out are encouraged to share P Q K U S S O C E L P E O H their vision of ethnic diversity in “The County”. Sharri Venno - ext. 215 products. No one repellent works for www.buzzoff.us S Z H A S R T D F S M G H S S H G M S F D T R S A H Z S FORESTRY everyone, so how do you make the right The show will kick off with a reception on Friday choice? In recent years there has been a A new clothing line called Buzz-Off by August 5, 2005 and will run through September O A M Q L M N B I V C Q X I David Lombard - ext 220 lot of discussion regarding the ingredient Maryed International Inc. has recently 2005. REAL ESTATE DEET (N-diethyl-meta-toluamide). been introduced. This clothing is im- F X A C U F R O G O H V Q B B Q V H O G O R F U C A X F pregnated with pyrethrins, a man-made For more information contact the SACAP store Tony Tomah - ext 221 DEET was originally developed in 1946 form of the natural insect repellent Z A S Q S D F G H G I J A K K A J I G H G F D S Q S A Z to help troops during World War II Visions at 66 Main Street, Houlton or by calling WATER RESOURCES 532-9119 or via email at [email protected] survive insect infested war zones. It was derived from the chrysanthemum. I O S I P U N I S O C P P L L P P C O S I N U P I S O I Ryan Greenlaw - ext 212 not made available commercially until They claim to provide UV and insect Dave Joseph - ext 216 1957 when the US government decided it protection through 25 washings and U O O W O O D P E C K E R Y Y R E K C E P D O O W O O U are rain and sweat proof. For more Cara Ellis - ext 212 was safe for everyone to use. M Q P O S S E S O M W E R T T R E W M O S E S S O P Q M information on this line of clothing see ADMIN. ASST. Some researchers agree that DEET does check out Sue Young - ext 202 not pose a significant health risk while www.buzzoffoutdoorwear.com. Page 7 Page 2 Skitkomiq Nutacomit Summer 2005 Summer 2005 Skitkomiq Nutacomit Skywatching - Meteor Showers Become Lake Smart Many times each year we are treated to a show of point in the constellation When water quality declines, fish habitat stars streaking across the night sky. So just what Perseus. deteriorates, recreational activities suffer, are meteor showers? According to the University property values fall and the local economy What are shooting stars? is effected of Texas, McDonald Observatory meteor showers Shooting stars" and "falling are “ An increase in the number of meteors at a stars" are both names that Many people take their lake front living for 13 Maliseet Moons particular time of year is called a meteor shower. people have used for many granted. Few realize that everything done First Moon (December) hundreds of years to describe on this land directly impacts the lake. Kci Kisuhs (The Long Moon) Comets shed the debris that becomes most me- meteors -- intense streaks of From year round resident to casual day Ponamuwi Kishuhs (Frost Fish Moon) teor showers. As comets orbit the Sun, they shed light across the night sky caused by small bits of inter- users, it is in everyone’s best interest to protect the lake. Nipayimiyamkewi Kisuhs (Christmas Moon) an icy, dusty debris stream along the comet's or- planetary rock and debris called meteoroids crashing and The Maine Department of Environmental Protection bit. If Earth travels through this stream, we will burning high in Earth's upper atmosphere. Traveling at (ME-DEP) has begun a program called LakeSmart. This Second Moon (January) see a meteor shower. Depending on where Earth thousands of miles an hour, meteoroids quickly ignite in program sponsors trainings throughout the state each Opolahsomuwehs (Moon of the Whirling Wind) and the stream meet, meteors appear to fall from searing friction of the atmosphere, 30 to 80 miles above summer that teach homeowners how to beautify and a particular place in the sky, maybe within the the ground. Almost all are destroyed in this process; the increase their property value while protecting and improv- Third Moon (February) neighborhood of a constellation. rare few that survive and hit the ground are known as ing lake water quality. Homeowners are taught how to Piyatokonisuwi Kisuhs (When Spruce Tips Fall) meteorites. prevent erosion, plant vegetation to help soak up runoff, Meteor showers are named by the constellation pump septic systems, stabilize ditches and driveways, and Fourth Moon (March) from which meteors appear to fall, a spot in the When a meteor appears, it seems to "shoot" quickly minimize impervious surfaces such as pavement, patios Toqasqoni Kisuhs (First Spring Moon) sky astronomers call the radiant. For instance, the across the sky, and its small size and intense brightness and compacted lawns. radiant for the Leonid meteor shower is located in might make you think it is a star. If you're lucky enough Homeowners can also have their property evaluated for a Fifth Moon (April) the constellation Leo. The Perseid meteor shower to spot a meteorite (a meteor that makes it all the way to LakeSmart award by contacting the Maine DEP or their Ponatomuwi Kisuhs (Egg Laying Moon) is so named because meteors appear to fall from a the ground), and see where it hits, it's easy to think you local Soil and Water Conservation District.