Tribal Response Program
The Native Village of Eklutna (NVE) Tribal Council and US Environmental Protection Agency support the NVE Land and Environment Department to advocate for cleanup of lands near our community. Of particular interest are contaminated sites and Brownfields near Eklutna Village, especially those that may affect Eklutna lands and people. The NVE Land and Environment Department will track these sites and, where useful, help with and coordinate timely assessment and cleanup efforts.
What is a Brownfield?
Brownfields are generally contaminated sites which could be targeted for cleanup and reuse or redevelopment. According to the EPA, a ‘brownfields site’ is defined as real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant or contaminant. Another Brownfields site qualification is that there is no solvent responsible party.
Brownfield cleanup is the process of identifying, assessing, and safely addressing contamination on properties impacted by hazardous substances or petroleum products. Through environmental investigation, cleanup, and redevelopment, these sites can be restored for safe community use while protecting human health and the environment.
Examples of potential Brownfields:
- Old or illegal dumps
- Petroleum spills
- Abandoned or idle structures with lead paint, asbestos or other hazardous materials
- Old fuel storage areas
- Mine scarred lands
**** If you would like to report a spill, please contact Alaska Spill Response ****
Central Alaska: (907) 269-3063
Outside of Business Hours: (800) 478-9300
If you are aware of a potential brownfield, please use the following form to make a report to our Environmental Stewardship Department to further investigate.
Or Contact: Kiana Donat
Tribal Response Coordinator
(907) 390-9003 kdonat@eklutna.org
Activities and Sites of Concern.
NVE Brownfields Inventory 2026
An interactive map of compiled contaminated and potentially contaminated sites that Native Village of Eklutna is concerned about. This is our Public Record which contains sites at which a response action occurred in the previous year, or at which a response action is planned in the next year. Response actions typically include activities such as assessment, characterization, or cleanup activities.
NVE Prioritized Contaminated Sites 2026
A list of the prioritized contaminated sites of interest to NVE and history of NVE’s actions with the sites, updated 2025.
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) Contaminated Sites and Brownfields web page links
ADEC Contaminated Sites Search
A interactive map of Alaska contaminated sites that allows one to access ADEC contaminated sites database records by clicking on a site.
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Brownfields website
ADEC Contaminated Sites Program Reuse and Redevelopment webpage, with an interactive map.
NALEMP
What is NALEMP?
Native American Lands Environmental Mitigation Program (NALEMP) is a DOD program that supports tribes to address FUD site impacts of importance on Indian Lands. This includes Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) conveyed lands and other Native allotments.
NVE has worked to address DOD impacts at the Eklutna Army FUD site with NALEMP support since 2005. The Eklutna Army Site was historically used for season camps, subsistence hunting, gathering of firewood, and harvesting berries and other plants. From 1927-1947, the area was used as an Indian Boarding School that served all of Alaska. In 1968, the DOD and the U.S. Army used the site for supply storage and housing. The U.S. Army vacated the site in 1971. Much of the site was leveled and the debris was piled along the perimeter and at a central dump location. ANCSA conveyed site lands to the Eklutna Inc. village corporation.
NVE was awarded a two year NALEMP grant to address Lead contamination at the Eklutna Army Site. This work is anticipated to begin Summer of 2026 extending to 2027.