Maintaining your tribal home site promotes safety

An obligation for home site lessees is to keep all tribal property suitably maintained, including removing debris and any material that might contribute to a public safety issue, such as a fire danger.

As warm weather continues, fire danger in the area will increase. The Tribal Lands Department encourages home site occupants to mow their leased property regularly and to reduce or remove flammable materials.

The Tribal Lands Department has received calls from local fire and city officials about tribal and individual trust property that needs to be mowed due to potentially high fire danger. Again, the goal is to reduce any situation where there is a danger for fire and possible damaging threats to life or property.

Lessees may be receiving a written notice from the Tribal Lands Department encouraging mowing and keeping property safe.

During the month of August, the Tribal Lands Department will be doing a number of routine home site lease inspections concentrated in the Pablo, Polson and Ronan areas. If you have questions about this, please give Tribal Lands a call at 275-2700, extensions 1244 for Willie Birthmark or 1265 for Holly Hitchcock.

The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and the Tribal Lands department's goal are to have a safe summer as families prepare for another school year.

Tribal Lands would like to offer a special thank you to the many tribal members who work hard to keep their home sites neat and properly maintained.