Working with Tribes to Assess, Manage, and Improve Ecosystem Function through EPA’s Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Grants Program and Collaborative Research Projects
Citation:
McOliver, C., J. Lin, R. Hall, AND J. Zambrana. Working with Tribes to Assess, Manage, and Improve Ecosystem Function through EPA’s Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Grants Program and Collaborative Research Projects. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, 2018.
Impact/Purpose:
The summary provides highlights and examples of how tribes have used collaborative projects with EPA to assess and manage their surrounding surface water resources, improve ecosystem services, improve environmental resiliency, and reduce overall risks to the environment and human health.
Description:
The summary demonstrates how tribes use traditional knowledge/Traditional Ecological knowledge and technical tools and support from EPA in addressing environmental concerns. We highlighted two projects where EPA worked directly with tribes to conduct Riparian Proper Functioning Condition (PFC) assessments, and three STAR tribal grants focused on impacts of environmental change on ecosystems services, subsistence/cultural resources, and human health.The case studies demonstrate how these approaches were used to assess the condition of tribal natural resources, identify environmental health priorities, and reduce adverse impacts on the environment and the community's health.
URLs/Downloads:
FINAL EPA TRIBAL ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION PROJECTS AND GRANTS _JULY 20 2018.DOCXGRATUITOUS SERVICE AGMTS_TRIBAL ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH & GRANTS_JUL18.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 764.713 KB, about PDF)
MATT SMALL TECHNICAL_REVIEW_FORM_WITH_SIGNATURE_BOX.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 58.933 KB, about PDF)
ERIC HALL TECHNICAL_REVIEW_FORM_WITH_SIGNATURE_BOX SIGNED.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 58.79 KB, about PDF)
DISPOSITION OF COMMENTS FROM TECHNICAL REVIEWERS AND EXTERNAL PEER REVIEWERS.DOCX
Final EPA Tribal Ecosystem Function projects and grants _July 23 2018_508_v2 (PDF, NA pp, 785 KB, about PDF)