Toksook Bay Road Dust Control Project

Toksook Bay, AK

• Established in 1964

• Population: 611 Community members reside in the village.

Location of Toksook Bay

• 115 miles southwest from Bethel, AK

• One of 3 villages located in Nelson Island

Toksook Bay roads

•Approximately 4 miles of dirt road•Road dust problems mainly on months of May to September•Roads were developed in the early 1970s

Presentation to Clean-up Green-up crew

• Effects of road dust to human health

• Possible solutions on Road dust

NTC IGAP Quarterly

Newsletter:Volume 1, Issue 6

•Issued out to every household in Toksook Bay•Also issued out to NIC Villages environmental departments

NTC IGAP Quarterly

Newsletter: Volume 1 Issue 7

•Article wrote by SYETP employee.•Issued out to every household in Toksook Bay and to NIC villages environmental departments

Speed Limit and Yield signs were posted first

Posts were donated by Toksook Bay High School

Assembling the first Water-spraying trailer

• Trailers arrived in August 2011.

• Manufacturers supply to build trailers were on backorder.

Dust Control Workers with first completed assembly of Dust control water-spraying

trailer

• Dust Control Workers were funded under IGAP

• ATVs were provided by IGAP

Water-spraying trailer in action

• Water was provided from a spring water pond• Water-spraying trailers were used right after

we received them in August 2011

Before Photo

After Photo

Mr. Felix with his testimony on the Dust Control Project

– “Winga assikellruaqa, neqet pitekelluki. Imumitestun ayuqenrituq. Utumarirpallruuq.”

– Translation: Personally, I thought this project was great towards reducing the road dust. Especially for the subsistence food that we dry in fish racks. The road dust problem is not like before. This project helped reduce our road dust problem here in our community