Restoring the Salish Sea: Food Sovereignty and Clean Water in the Pacific Northwest

部落学院和大学计划(TCUP)的一个目标是提高TCUP机构的智力领导力，以便它们能够满足科学或工程方面的需求或兴趣，特别是为他们的部落或社区，或广泛地为国家。TCU企业发展中心(TEA中心)股允许TCUP机构利用其在STEM教学和研究能力方面的投资。这一题为“恢复萨利什海：太平洋西北地区的粮食主权和清洁水”的项目通过在西北印度学院建立社区海洋研究部落企业促进中心，直接与这一目标保持一致。该中心隶属于现有的萨利什海研究中心，该中心位于该学院，并与Lummi国家自然资源部(LNR)合作。该中心的工作重点是关于美国太平洋西北海岸外萨利什海水域海洋问题的研究和教育推广。通过这项工作获得的知识有助于我们对海洋生态系统的了解，并被LNR用于管理其水生资源，以保护水质和确保安全和可持续的贝类捕捞。部落企业社区海洋研究促进中心将通过追求两个目标来实现其意图：利用分子和分析方法专注于社区确定的研究项目，以提高目前的水质监测能力以及海产品的安全和可持续性；并为Lummi Nation和西北印度大学提供海鲜和Salish海水中生物毒素的分析。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

A goal of the Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) is to increase the intellectual leadership of TCUP institutions so that they can address scientific or engineering needs or interests, specifically for their tribes or communities, or broadly for the Nation. The TCU Enterprise Advancement Centers (TEA Centers) strand allows TCUP institutions to capitalize on their investments in STEM instructional and research capacity. This project titled "Restoring the Salish Sea: Food Sovereignty and Clean Water in the Pacific Northwest" aligns directly with that goal through the establishment of the Tribal Enterprise Advancement Center for Community Marine Research at Northwest Indian College. The center is affiliated with the existing Salish Sea Research Center, housed at the college, and partners with the Lummi Natural Resources Department (LNR) of the Lummi Nation. The focus of the center's work is research and educational outreach regarding marine matters of the waters of the Salish Sea off the Pacific northwest coast of the United States. Knowledge gained through this work contributes to our understanding of the marine ecosystem and is used by the LNR in managing their aquatic resources to protect water quality and to ensure a safe and sustainable shellfish harvest.The Tribal Enterprise Advancement Center for Community Marine Research will pursue its intent through pursuit of two goals: focus on community-identified research projects using molecular and analytic approaches that increase current capacity of water quality monitoring and the safety and sustainability of seafood; and provide analysis of biotoxins in seafood and Salish Sea waters for Lummi Nation and Northwest Indian College.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.