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Cover photo credits (from top):
Water Technician Removing a Data Sonde, by Brenda Sanchez
Tribal Leaders Summit Horse Parade, by Kathcrinc Brown
Tagged Alaskan Seal, by Alex Whiting
Volunteers Prepare for Earth Day Planting, by Chris Gourley
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EPA's Partnership with Region 10 Tribes 5
Region 10 Maps [[[ 6
Introduction to EPA's Indian Environmental
General Assistance Program (IGAP) 7
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Oregon [[[ 9
Cowlitz Indian Tribe, Washington 10
Native Village of Kotzebue, Alaska [[[ 11
Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, Washington 12
Native Village of Tetlin, Alaska 13
Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, Washington 14
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EPA's Partnership with Region 10 Tribes
Region 10's Indian General Assistance Program (IGAP) has strengthened our partnerships
with tribes significantly over the years. The tribal success stories presented here are just a
glimpse of the environmental progress that has resulted. IGAP
grants, which provide the foundation for building environmental
programs, have reached nearly all of the 271 federally
recognized tribes in Region 10. Our partnerships and shared
mission of protecting human health and the environment have
enhanced tribal communities throughout the Pacific Northwest
and Alaska and together we can be proud of what has been
accomplished.
Dennis McLerran
RIO Regional Administrator
The Indian General Assistant Program (IGAP) continues to be the springboard for so
much important environmental work in Region 10. The evolution of tribal environmental
programs with the support of the IGAP is a crucial component
of EPA's partnership with tribes. I am happy to get to be a part
of protecting and sustaining this great place we share.
Sally Thomas
Unit Manager, Tribal Trust & Assistance Unit
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Region 10 States: Alaska, Idaho,
Oregon and Washington
These maps show the relative size of Alaska compared to the lower 48 states in Region 10.
Alaska has more ocean coastline than all of the contiguous United States combined. The
green dots represent the 271 federally recognized tribes in Region 10. The tribes that are
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Introduction to the Indian General Assistance Program (IGAP)
The Indian General Assistance Program (IGAP) was created by Congress in 1992 to provide grants for
federally recognized tribes to plan, develop and establish core environmental protection programs. The
funding is used to build capacity, such as administrative, technical, legal, educational and outreach infra-
structure.
During FY2009, Region 10's Tribal Trust & Assistance Unit, located in the Office of Ecosystems, Tribal
and Public Affairs, awarded nearly $27 million to 253 tribes and tribal consortia. IGAP funds were also
used to implement solid waste programs and support special projects such as the Tribal Leaders' Summit.
EPA's Region 10 (RIO) is a culturally and geographically diverse area that includes Alaska, Idaho, Oregon
and Washington. Of the 564 federally recognized tribes nationwide, nearly half (48%) live in Region 10:
Alaska 229
Idaho 4
Oregon 9
Washington 29
The United States has a unique relationship and trust responsibility to federally recognized tribes. As
trustees, the U.S. government provides financial and technical assistance to ensure that tribal land and
traditional subsistence resources are restored and protected.
The stories presented here range from recycling programs in remote Alaska Native Villages to building
capacity for water quality programs in Oregon. These stories reflect environmental accomplishments that
RIO tribes have achieved as stewards of air, land and water.
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Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Oregon
The Warm Springs Reservation (WSR) is located in north-central Oregon. The three Tribes that make up
the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs (CTWS or Tribes) are the Wascoesfrom the Columbia River
region, the Warm Springs who lived along the Columbia's tributaries, and the Paiutesfrom southeastern
Oregon. The reservation is home to over 4,500 tribal members, most live in or around the community of
Warm Springs. The tribal economy is based primarily on natural resources, which includes hydropower,
forest products, and tourism.
By Brenda Sanchez, Soil Scientist
Success is defined as the achievement of
something desired, planned, or attempted. For
several years now the Indian General Assistance
Program (IGAP) has been pivotal to the
understanding of Tribal waterbodies. The WSR
is approximately 650,000 acres with over 2,000
stream miles all contained within 15 individual
watersheds. The reservation provides cold water
habitat for anadromous fish spawning and passage
and provides the Tribes with cultural foods and
materials. IGAP has been instrumental in building
scientific capacity and developing a program
which monitors and assesses reservation surface
waters. IGAP has provided the necessary funding
for staff, training, equipment, and operations.
It has been the desire of the Tribes to fully
understand and comprehend the enormous
complexity of tribal waterbodies. The first strategy
was to begin a water quality monitoring program
that recorded in-stream temperatures, dissolved
oxygen, pH, and turbidity. These parameters were
chosen based on the Tribes designated uses for
tribal waterbodies (Ordinance 80). Initially only
23 sites were monitored and over the years has
grown to 44 sites; where each of these qualities
are measured and recorded every month. Each
year the Tribal Environmental Office completes
a baseline water quality report and shares this
with other CTWS Branch of Natural Resource
departments to aid in management decisions.
The Tribes recently completed their first water
quality assessment for the years 2000 - 2008.
This much anticipated assessment has highlighted
stream reaches that are of concern and has also
revealed where water quality is exceptional. The
results of all these years of monitoring will either
drive preservation efforts where water quality is
near pristine or restoration efforts where water
Roland Kalama CTWS water technician removing a data
sonde from Coyote Creek during a flash event that moves
large amounts of sediment downstream into Beaver Creek.
This is an area that is highly disturbed from legacy forestry
prescriptions and a large wildfire in 2007.
Photo by Brenda Sanchez
quality is failing to meet the Tribes water quality
standards. Without IGAP funding the Tribes water
quality program would not be able to continue
and build upon the ever-growing complexity and
understanding of Tribal waterbodies.
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
1233 Veterans St.
Warm Springs, OR 97761
Phone: (541) 553-1161
www.warmsprings.com
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Cowlitz Indian Tribe, Washington
The Cowlitz Indian Tribe (currently about 3,700 members) is located within southwest Washington
State. The Tribe is landless and does not have a reservation. Our Natural Resources Department works
within all aboriginal lands of the Tribe, a rich and diverse region of roughly 3 million acres. The
broad floodplains of the Columbia River ascend to prairie and deciduous woodlands, which transition
into signature conifer-draped Pacific Northwest mountains. Alpine meadows lie along the crest of the
Cascade Range. Descending these slopes are river systems, lifeblood that incises hills into fertile valleys
and rich estuaries.
By Nathan Reynolds, Ecologist
The mission of the Natural Resources Department
(NRD) is to conserve, protect and enhance the
abundance of culturally relevant species and
habitats. We accomplish this through a focused
program of partnering with federal and state
resource management agencies to integrate Tribal
goals into species and habitat management. We
also develop educational programs for Tribal
members and the general public.
The priority of the NRD has been to use IGAP
funds to leverage capacity-building efforts. In the
short nine years since Cowlitz federal recognition
was achieved, the NRD has dramatically
expanded its organizational reach. Though the
NRD remains a small staff (5 continuous positions
with another 4-5 seasonal employees), we have
developed excellent relationships with every
federal agency within the aboriginal lands of
the Cowlitz Tribe, including the US Geological
Survey, National Park Service, US Forest Service,
US Fish and Wildlife Service, National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration, National
Marine Fisheries Service, and the US Army Corps
of Engineers. We similarly developed strong
relationships with Washington and Oregon state
agencies. The Tribe's scientists and NRD staff
are well-respected throughout the region for
their knowledge, expertise, professionalism and
commitment.
In particular, the NRD used IGAP funds to
support grant-writing efforts to obtain additional
funding from external sources. Those additional
grant funds also support the mission of the NRD
and are used for habitat restoration, species
protection or scientific research within aboriginal
lands of the Tribe.
The grant-writing component of the Tribe's
previous 3.5 year IGAP award totaled $56,099.
More than $1,175,700 in additional funding for
the Department was obtained via grants written
Log structures enhancing fish habitat in the lower Lewis
River. Photo by Nathan Reynolds
using IGAP funds. Representative projects funded
in this interval include nearly $200,000 from the
US Fish & Wildlife Service to establish a new
subpopulation of endangered species Columbian
white-tailed deer, and multiple habitat restoration
projects focused on endangered species
salmonids, with awards ranging between $30,000
and $420,000. During 2009, successes included
$75,000 from the PacifiCorp ACC Fund for Lewis
River riparian restoration and $34,000 for juvenile
salmonid abundance surveys in the upper Toutle
River basin.
The IGAP award leveraged significant expansion
of NRD capacity, which directly resulted in the
persistence of culturally relevant species and
habitats, as well as enhanced education to both
the Tribe's membership and the larger regional
community.
Cowlitz Indian Tribe
1055 9th Avenue, Suite B
Longview, WA 98632
(360) 577-8140
www.cowlitz.org
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Native Village of Kotzebue, Alaska
Kotzebue is located 550 miles northwest of Anchorage. Average temperatures range from -12 degrees in
January to 58 degrees in July. Kotzebue has been the home oflnupiat Eskimos for hundreds of years and
subsistence activities are integral to their way of life.
By Alex Whiting, Environmental Specialist
This cooperative project led by the Native Village
of Kotzebue (NVOK) compares the behavior of
bearded seals and ringed seals in the Chukchi and
Bering Seas by satellite tagging 12 individuals of
each species. This is the 6th year of seal tagging
undertaken by the NVOK and coordinated by
Alex Whiting, whose position at the Tribe has
been base funded through the U.S. EPA IGAP
program since 1997.
Project Objectives:
1. Acquire baseline habitat use and foraging of
bearded and ringed seals to guide development
in seal habitat, ES A decisions and evaluate
effects of climate change.
2. Improve seal co-management between
subsistence users, Tribal governments and
agencies.
Tribal members were involved in planning,
tagging and biological sampling and have
received training in previous years. Field
operations occurred 10 miles north of Kotzebue.
There were two tagging crews operating from
September 25th until October 13th. Seals were
caught using special nets.
Seals were sampled and released if too small, or
tagged if big enough (>501bs). Skin, blubber and
blood samples were taken for genetic, health,
and diet testing. Three seals were tagged with the
Kotzebue High School Field Biology Class.
11 bearded seals and 12 ringed seals were
successfully satellite tagged. Monthly movement
maps are posted at www.kotzebueira.org under
the current projects link.
The NVOK continues to develop and undertake
research that emphasizes practical application of
combining indigenous and scientific knowledge
to produce results that are greater than either
one alone produces, while allowing for the
education and training of local students and tribal
members through direct research participation.
This approach also is the most effective way to
promote cross cultural understanding and co-
management for the purpose of advancing the
goals of conservation of critical resources.
Native Village of Kotzebue
P.O. Box 296
Kotzebue, Alaska 99752
Phone: (907) 442-5303
A high school biology class observes the release of a tagged seal. Photo by Alex Whiting
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Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, Washington
The Upper Skagit Indian Tribe's land base consists of two physically separate land areas, both located
in Skagit County. The western land base is eight miles north of Mount Vemon and the eastern land base,
the Helmick Road Reservation, is 15 miles northeast of Mount Vemon.
By Lauren E. Rich, Program Manager
Environment & Community Development
For the second year the Upper Skagit Indian
Tribe, under IGAP and with 319 funding, teamed
up with the Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group,
Skagit Parks and Recreation, and the Skagit
Parks Foundation to host an Earth Day Planting
and Celebration at Northern State Recreation
Area, the site of the Hansen Creek 140 acre
floodplain restoration project. In 2009, the event
drew in about 75 volunteers that planted trees
and removed invasive blackberries from the park
site that would be restored in the summer. In
2010, over 100 volunteers arrived on April 17
to plant and learn about the on going restoration
of the site. Wildlands, Inc., the plant contractor
for the Hansen Creek Alluvial Fan and Wetland
Restoration Project, donated plants above those
ordered for the event and helped Tribal staff to
stage plants where volunteers would have the best
access. After a brief site history and explanation,
adults and children donned their new blue Earth
Day event shirts and headed to the large wetland
and began planting. Working in teams of two or
more, volunteers punched holes with bamboo
stakes and planted plugs of native wetland rush
and sedge species (6 different rush species and
5 different sedge species). In an hour and half of
volunteer work time, 16,000 wetland plant plugs
were put in the ground! The volunteers have
contributed to enhancing the biological diversity
of the restoration site. We could not have had
such a successful planting without funding, our
partners, and most of all our volunteers.
Upper Skagit Tribe
25944 Community Plaza Way
Sedro Woolley, WA 98284
Phone: (360) 856-5501
Fax: (360) 856-3175
Volunteers at the Earth Day Planting.
Photo by Chris Gurley
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Native Village of Tetlin, Alaska
The Native Village of Tetlin is an Upper Tanana Athabascan community located near the headwaters
of the Tanana River. Tetlin is a remote village located in the southeast interior region of Alaska,
approximately 230 miles south of Fairbanks, and 65 miles from the Alaska/Canada border near the
Alaska Highway.
By Patricia Young, Tetlin Environmental Director
The Tetlin Environmental Program is an EPA IGAP
funded program that is actively serving the residents
of the Native Village of Tetlin to improve the local
environmental quality by working together with
community leaders, local residents, area businesses,
and neighbors to create a clean, healthy, and safe place
to live, work, and continue our cultural heritage and
traditional ways of life for future generations.
In 2009, Tetlin Environmental Program was able to
secure additional resources to address recycling and
education in Tetlin through Tetlin Tribal Recycling
Project, which was funded by the EPA/RurAL
CAP Community Environmental Demonstration
Projects Grant. The Tetlin Village Council donated a
building, which was renovated to become a storage
center for recyclables and hazardous waste; such as
lead-acid batteries. Tetlin Environmental Program
held numerous educational outreach meetings and
distributed can crushers to each household, along with
collection bins to sort the recyclables. Through this
opportunity Tetlin also collected nearly 100 lead-acid
batteries that will be backhauled in fish totes provided
by this sub-award. In addition, regular articles were
published in the monthly Tetlin Environmental
Newsletter educating the community about the
positive changes that can result from recycling,
reducing, and reusing, along with regular updates
regarding the Tetlin Tribal Recycling Project.
The Tetlin Environmental Program collaborates
with Tetlin Village Council to pursue outside
funding sources to better our local environmental
quality. Some of the other funding secured by Tetlin
Environmental Program includes support from RurAL
CAP Foundation, State and Tribal Response Program,
Tribal Solid Waste Management Assistance Project,
and ALPAR.
An EPA IGAP funded program has the ability to
pursue other funding sources, especially if it is
included as a work component within the IGAP work
plan.
Native Village of Tetlin
P.O. Box TTL
Tetlin, AK 99779
(907) 324-2130
E-mail: tetlin@earthlink.net
Juanita Wilson collects e-waste in Tetlin,
Photo by Patricia Young
Tetlin resident Harry John trying his new can
crusher.
Photo by Patricia Young
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Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, Washington
The Muckleshoot Indian Tribe is a federally recognized Tribe with a 6 square mile Reservation located
in Washington State. The Tribe's Usual and Accustomed Area covers all or portions of the Lake
Washington/Cedar/Sammamish watershed, the Green/Duwamish watershed and the White/Puyallup
River watershed. The Tribe has been working to protect and restore salmon runs in these watersheds for
decades.
By Nancy Rapin, Water Quality Specialist
Given the extent of urban and industrial development
in the Central and South Puget Sound watersheds and
a steadily rising human population, this is challenging
but critical work. Habitat and water quality monitoring
and protection play an important role in this effort.
The EPA Performance Partnership Grant for the
Muckleshoot Indian Tribe is comprised of two
programs: the Indian General Assistance Program
(IGAP) and the Clean Water Act Section 106 Program.
Highlights from the four-year PPG period are listed
below. IGAP funds either partially or fully covered
expenses for the following highlights in staff time,
consultant services, supplies and/or training sessions.
Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Fisheries Division
(MITFD) built capacity to evaluate and influence
land use proposals with a potential to adversely
affect fish habitat. Staff increased the number of
project permits reviewed that may affect water
quality in the Tribe's Usual and Accustomed
Fishing Areas (U & A) over the last four years.
Staff provided substantial technical comments and
recommendations to various agencies during the
environmental review and permitting process that
often led to project modifications that increased
protection of water quality and other fish habitat
parameters.
MITFD participated in the development of several
water quality cleanup plans (TMDLs) with other
agencies and increased tribal capacity to evaluate
and help develop TMDLs under the Clean Water
Act.
An expert consultant for MITFD developed a
water quality model for the lower White River
and provided training on water quality models to
MITFD staff. The consultant provided technical
support to WDOE and EPA for water cleanup
plans in several basins by developing, evaluating,
documenting, and using TMDL models and
providing valuable additional expertise for all
agencies involved in the cleanup plans.
MITFD staff collected water quality data in the
White River and its tributaries on the Muckleshoot
Indian Reservation lands. These data were
used to evaluate water quality in comparison to
water quality criteria for fish. These data were
shared with other agencies to support land use
improvement projects, as applicable.
MITFD improved the White River monitoring
program by adding continuous monitoring of
several water quality parameters for critical
periods in the White River mainstem. MITFD
worked with USGS to build capacity to develop
and deploy equipment and refine analytical
methods for continuous monitoring.
MITFD staff completed methods and plans in the
MIT Water Quality Lab required for analyzing
three water quality parameters. During the
grant period, staff worked with the WDOE's
Lab Accreditation Unit and in 2009 achieved
accreditation for all three methods. MITFD
staff built capacity in lab methods and trained a
technician in analytical methods.
Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Fisheries Division
39015 172nd Ave. SE
Auburn, WA 98092
Phone: (253) 876-3128
Fax:(253)931-0752
Lena Chavez, Fisheries Technician, runs analytical methods
in the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe's Water Quality Lab.
Photo by Nancy Rapin
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The Regional Tribal Operations Committee
Indian General Assistance Program funds are also used to support special projects, such as the work of
the Regional Tribal Operations Committee (RTOC) and the annual Tribal Leaders Summit.
EPA has worked in partnership with the Regional
Tribal Operations Committee (RTOC) since its
inception in 1996. The Nez Perce Tribe in Idaho
received the initial IGAP grant to fund coordination of
the RTOC, and administered the RTOC grants through
FY2009. This past year the responsibility for grant
administration went to the Port Graham Tribal Council
in the Prince William Sound of Alaska.
The mission of the RTOC is to protect and improve
tribal health and environmental conditions in Indian
Country. This is achieved by coordination and
communication with EPA, Tribal Governments and
others consistent with the EPA's Indian Lands Policy,
EPA's trust responsibility, environmental laws, policies,
and guidance.
The primary work of the Regional Tribal Operations
Committee is to further tribal environmental objectives
at both the regional and national levels. The RTOC
advises the National Tribal Operations Committee
(NTOC) and advocates for Region 10 priorities.
The Committee is made up of 11 tribally elected
representatives and designated EPA staff. Members
serve three-year terms and meet quarterly. Tribal
members of the RTOC make up the Tribal Caucus.
RTOC successes over the last few years include
completion of a Communications Guidance document,
an RIO Priorities document, and a Strategic Plan for
2008-2011. The five main strategies of the latter are:
respond to emerging environmental issues and needs;
enhance outreach and communication between tribes
and the EPA; improve RTOC internal procedures;
build trust and accountability with clear expectations
between EPA and tribes; and build strong partnerships.
Gwendolyn Carter, a member of the Nez Perce Tribe,
was co-chair of the RTOC until 2008. She writes: "In
all, the RTOC has come a long way and will only get
better with the strength of the region, the members,
staff, and passion each tribe holds for Mother Earth
and all its inhabitants by supporting, exchanging,
relating, and ultimately passing the word to the
decision makers of our home."
OREGON
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RTOC Members at the Port Gamble S'Klallam Reservation: Front row, left to right: Gwen Carter, Rosalie
Kalistook, Sally Thomas, Michael Stickman, Debra Lekanof (with daughter), Randi Madison, Violet Yeaton. Back
row, left to right: Marco Guske, Rick Eichstaedt, Diana Boquist, "JR" Herbst, Rick Parkin, Paul McCollum, Ron
Wassillie, Lee Juan Tyler.
Photo by Andy Dunau
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Regional Tribal Operations Committee
Tribal Caucus Members
ALASKA
Violet Yeaton, Co-chair
Alternate: MaryAnn Porter
Rosalie Kalistook, Vice Co-chair
Alternate: Millie Hawley
Michael Stickman, 1st Chief
Alternate: Kathleen Peters-Zuray
IDAHO
Julie Simpson
Alternate: Gwen Carter
OREGON
Tom Downey
Alternate: John "JR" Herbst
WASHINGTON-EAST
Marco Guske
Alternate: Moses D. Squeochs
WASHINGTON-WEST
Paul McCollum
Jeromy Sullivan
Native Village of Port Graham
Yakutat Tlingit Tribe
Orutsararmiut Native Council
Native Village of Kivalina
Nulato Tribal Council
Tanana Tribal Council
Nez Perce Tribe
Nez Perce Tribe
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
Confederated Tribes of Coos,
Lower Umpqua & Siuslaw Indians
Confederated Tribes & Bands
of the Yakama Nation
Confederated Tribes & Bands
of the Yakama Nation
Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe
Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe
(907) 284-2227
(907) 784-3238
(907) 543-2608
(907) 645-2256
(907) 898-2223
(907) 366-7170
(208) 843-7375
(208) 843-7368
(541) 444-8226
(541) 888-7520
(509) 865-5121
(509) 865-5121
(360) 297-6237
(360) 297-6303
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EPA Tribal Coordinators
Tribal Coordinators ofEPA's Tribal Trust & Assistance Unit serve as liaisons
for specific tribes throughout the region.
Alaska
Aleutians & Pribilofs
Tami Fordham fordham.tami @ epa.gov (907) 271-1484
Arctic & Northwest Arctic
Cathy Villa villa.catherine @ epa.gov (907) 271-1270
Bristol Bay, Lake Iliamna, Kvichak & Nushagak Rivers
Westley Foster foster.westley@epa.gov (206) 553-1604
Upper & Middle Kuskokwim, Peer Assistance Providers
Mahri Lowinger lowinger.mahri@ epa.gov (907) 271-6334
Kuskokwim Delta
Santina Gay gay.santina@epa.gov (907) 271-3413
Upper Yukon, Eastern Interior, Copper River
Sherry Kimmons kimmons.sherry @ epa.gov (907) 271-6322
Middle Yukon, Kuskokwim Delta
Ernest Young young.ernest@ epa.gov (907) 271-1485
Norton Sound, Middle Yukon, Yukon Delta
Jennifer Brown brown.jenniferM @ epa.gov (907) 271-6323
Prince William Sound & Southeast Alaska
Michelle V. Davis davis.michelleV @ epa.gov (907) 271-3434
Southcentral Alaska & Kodiak Island
Katherine Brown brown.katherine @ epa.gov (206) 553-7263
Idaho & Northeastern Washington
Jim Zokan zokan.jim@epa.gov (208) 378-5691
Oregon
Kris Carre carre.kristine@epa.gov (503) 326-7024
Washington
Southwest, Central, & Puget Sound
Alan Moomaw moomaw.alan@epa.gov (360) 753-8071
Northwest, Northern, & Puget Sound
Diana Boquist boquistdiana@epa.gov (206) 553-1586
Robin Slate slate.robin@epa.gov (206) 553-8545
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EPA Tribal Specialists
Tribal Specialists from each EPA office serve as contacts for tribes. Tribal Specialists work together
with the Tribal Coordinators to support and enhance tribal environmental work.
Office of Air Quality - State & Tribal
Mary Manous manous.mary@epa.gov (206) 553-1059
Debra Suzuki suzuki.debra@epa.gov (206) 553-0985
Office of Compliance & Enforcement
Don Dossett dossett.don@epa.gov (206) 553-1783
Office of Ecosystems, Tribal & Public Affairs
Katherine Brown brown.katherine@epa.gov (206) 553-7263
Office of Environmental Assessment
Lillian Herger herger.lillian@epa.gov (206) 553-1074
Office of Environmental Cleanup
Joanne Moore moore..ioanne@epa.gov (206) 553-0310
Office of Management Programs
Evelyn Holtzendorf holtzendorf.evelyn@epa.gov (206) 553-6344
Office of Regional Counsel
Keith Cohon cohon.keith@epa.gov (206) 553-2149
Office of Solid Waste & Toxics Program
Fran Stefan stefan.fran@epa.gov (206) 553-6639
Kristin Hall hall.kristin@epa.gov (206) 553-6357
Office of Water & Watersheds
Janette Rau rau..janette@epa.gov (206) 553-0483
Jill Gable gable.jill@epa.gov (206) 553-2582
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United States Environmental Protection Agency
Region 10 Office of Ecosystems, Tribal and Public Affairs
1200 Sixth Ave., Suite 900, ETPA-085
Seattle, Washington 98101-3140
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$300
PRESORTED STANDARD
POSTAGES FEES PAID
EPA
PERMIT NO. G-35
Printed on 100% recycled/recyclable paper with a minimum of 50% post-consumer fiber.
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Ecosystems, Tribal and Public Affairs, Region 10
EPA 910-K-10-003
July 2010
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