Tribal Eco-Ambassadors Program

Type

Health

Organization

EPA

Description

Applications accepted continuously. EPA conducts research in partnership with tribal colleges and universities (TCUs). Selected professors from eight different TCUs will receive funding and technical support from EPA to work with a group of students to solve environmental and public health issues most important to their tribal communities, ranging from sustainable building materials to monitoring of local drinking water wells.

Geography

Website

https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyNET.exe/P100BLK7.TXT?ZyActionD=ZyDocument&Client=EP…

Contact Information

COLORADO NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS: First Nations Development Institute 2432 Main Street, 2nd Floor Longmont, CO 80501 Tel: 303.774.7836 Fax: 303.774.7841 VIRGINIA FIELD OFFICE First Nations Development Institute 2217 Princess Anne Street, Suite 111-1 Fredericksburg, VA 22401 Tel: 540.371.5615 Fax: 888.371.3686

The Tribal Climate Change Guide is supported through partnerships between the University of Oregon Environmental Studies Program and the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals and the Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 Tribal Program.
Questions about this Guide should be directed to kathy@uoregon.edu.