Welcome to the Air Quality Program

The Air Quality Program continuously collects and records data at the monitoring station on the Reservation, located at the Environmental Management-A Office. Click on the buttons below to view the Tribe's air quality and weather data:

Monitoring Methods & Equipment

For an overview of ambient air quality monitoring methods and instruments on the Bishop Paiute Reservation, click the button below:

For an overview of meteorological monitoring (the weather station tower) on the Bishop Paiute Reservation, click the button below:

Other Pollution Measurements

These are assessments of typically non-ambient or indoor air, and sometimes ambient air, either by request or for expected pollutants. Methods are adapted to the needs of the situation and have changed over time. Locations have included: Head Start, Education Center, Yuhubi Nobi, Administration building, Arrowhead apartments, KBPT/Wellness Center, Toiyabe Dialysis Clinic, Toiyabe Health Clinic, Wanaaha Casino, and various residences on the Reservation. Summaries of the sampling events are entered to the Tribal newsletter for informing the community. The Air Program currently uses the following methods and instruments for investigative sampling:

  • GrayWolf PC-3016 particle counter for PM1, PM2.5, PM10

  • GrayWolf Advanced Sense XM Indoor Air probe kit for CO, CO2, TVOCs, formaldehyde, and water vapor

  • Durridge Rad 7 continuous radon detector

  • Aeth Labs MA200 microaethalometer for carbon-based light absorbing particles i.e. soot, with optional PM2.5 separator

  • Visible Emissions Method 22