Blood Tribe Agricultural Project (BTAP)
BTAP is located on the Blood Indian Reserve in Southern Alberta, Canada. There are several different aspects which formulates our organization.
- Blood Tribe Agribusiness Trust (BTAT)
- AOHKII (2018) LTD.
- Kainai Forage
Board of Directors
BTAT Trustee
Chief Traveller Plaited Hair
Aakaayaamihtsinima
BTAT Chairman
Hank Shade
Aakokika
BTAT Trustee
Marcel Weasel Head
Aapao’tokaan
BTAT Trustee
Len Ring
BTAT Trustee
Kirby Many Fingers
Apanssa’pi
BTAT Trustee
Piinaakoyim Tail Feathers
Piinaakoyim
BTAT Trustee
Michael Zubach
Irrigation Systems
The Blood Tribe Agricultural Project (BTAP) irrigation system was developed in collaboration with Blood Tribe Chief and Council members and professional engineers and technicians. BTAP was developed in collaboration with the Federal and Provincial Government, known as the Tri-Partite Agreement. It is unique as its water delivery system runs through the Blood Reserve. It incorporates 33 km of open canals and contains a 6,000 cu/dam capacity reservoir. Water diverted from the St. Mary-Belly Diversion Canal is then distributed to productions lands by an underground pipeline distribution “closed system” in which the water does not flow back into the river basin.
Distribution Layout
18,400 irrigated acres
104 Lindsay Center Pivots
6 Pump stations on Header Canal
6 Laterals, from A to Lateral F
Site Management
FieldNET Hardware
- Keeps track of the entire system, pivot by pivot
- Receive updates on live status and position of each pivot
- Receive daily, weekly and monthly water usage reports
- Remotely control pivots from office
- Farmers can view the status of their pivots but are not allowed access to remote control
- 18 Mataki pivots are hooked up with FieldNET
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Software
- Allows automatic and manual control
- Computer automatically controls water level by adjusting gate positions
- Can directly adjust gate positions from a remote computer
- Upgrades to system done in 2012