Events

July 14 - 17, 2024. 49th Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop. Broomfield, CO. Deadline to submit individual contributions and full panel ideas: January 12, 2023. This year’s theme is The Stories We Tell: Creative Strategies for Understanding and Communicating Disaster Risk. Learn more here. 

July 16, 2024. 11:00 am Pacific. Community Change Grants Technical Assistance - EPA Community Change Grant Webinar: https://kauffmaninc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3MUZ4X-dQhWnZIvRyP2XDA#/registration

July 17, 2024. 11:00 am Pacific. Indigenous Connections: Elevating Indigenous Knowledge at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Livestream here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKXT-qtqLUU. 

July 17-18, 2024. Northwest Tribal Environmental Public Health Gathering. The Environmental Public Health team is happy to announce the 2024 Northwest Tribal Environmental Health Pre-Trainings and Gathering, which will be held at the Suquamish Clearwater Casino Resort. The gathering will take place on July 17th and 18th, after the pre-trainings. We encourage tribal staff who work in environmental health to attend. Register here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/T57VQV2.

July 18, 2024. 11:00 am Pacific. Community Change Grants Technical Assistance - EPA Community Change Grant Webinar: https://kauffmaninc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_z-PdVtO_QIeEc5CzTlyWjw#/registration

July 23, 2024. 10:00 am Pacific. Cascadia Partner Forum Webinar:  Regional Salmon Habitat Monitoring. This online workshop will aim to develop a shared understanding of TerrAdapt’s efforts in developing a watershed health monitoring tool, enhance our collective knowledge on the use cases and decision-making that can leverage watershed-level data on salmon habitat pressures, and establish a path for continued engagement and co-development of the monitoring system with practitioners across Cascadia. https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwrduyuqDojHNIqrpWpYRaj4fIrjnAiEL-z#/registration

July 23, 2024. 11:00 am Pacific. Community Change Grants Technical Assistance - EPA Community Change Grant Webinar: https://kauffmaninc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kL_iEp43T_m6Uaz4eNtmJA#/registration

July 23, 2024. 7:00 am Pacific or 11:00 am Pacific. Drought Monitoring, Prediction, and Projection using NASA Earth System Data. Part 1: Part 1: Overview of Drought Monitoring Data and Tools using Earth Observations. The United Nations has documented that drought frequency and duration have increased globally since 2000. According to this report 2.3 billion people around the world are currently facing water stress. Although droughts only represent 15% of natural disasters, they killed 650,000 people between 1970 and 2019. Also, it is predicted that by 2050, drought could affect more than 75% of the world’s population. Droughts affect drinking water availability, ecosystems, and crop production – critical for quality and sustainability of plant, animal, and human lives. For better water and agricultural management, it is crucial to monitor and forecast drought conditions. This four-part advanced training will build upon previous ARSET trainings and provide hands-on data analysis exercises for monitoring different types of drought (meteorological, hydrological, and agricultural). Moreover, the training will include drought prediction analysis on sub-seasonal to seasonal (S2S) time scales and climate change projection analysis of drought conditions. For more information and to register, visit: https://appliedsciences.nasa.gov/get-involved/training/english/arset-drought-monitoring-prediction-and-projection-using-nasa-earth?utm_source=social&utm_medium=ext&utm_campaign=Drought2024. 

July 25, 2024. 10:00 am Pacific. Pacific Northwest Tribal Nations Drought & Climate Outlook Webinar. Tribal Nations, we'd love to hear from you! You are invited to join NOAA's National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) and partners for a brief update on drought and climate conditions across tribal lands in the Pacific Northwest, as well as an open discussion on your needs as they relate to drought management support. A recap and recording of this webinar will be available after the event at drought.gov/webinars. https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5376701360746648921

July 25, 2024. 11:00 am Pacific. Community Change Grants Technical Assistance - EPA Community Change Grant Webinar: https://kauffmaninc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YhoIcGx9SjmgcW_a6cuzlg#/registration

July 25, 2024. 7:00 am Pacific or 11:00 am Pacific. Drought Monitoring, Prediction, and Projection using NASA Earth System Data. Part 1: Part 2: Drought Prediction using NASA Sub-seasonal to Seasonal (S2S) Predictions.  For more information and to register, visit: https://appliedsciences.nasa.gov/get-involved/training/english/arset-drought-monitoring-prediction-and-projection-using-nasa-earth?utm_source=social&utm_medium=ext&utm_campaign=Drought2024. 

July 30, 2024. 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Pacific. Lower 48 Tribes - Tribal Critical Mineral Initiative Consultation 2024. In conjunction with the Department of Interior and Department of Energy, the White House Council on Native American Affairs (WHCNAA) will conduct (4) Tribal Leader Consultations on the September 2023 Report: Recommendations to Improve Mining on Public Lands (https://www.doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/mriwg-report-final-508.pdf). Register: Here

July 30, 2024. 7:00 am Pacific or 11:00 am Pacific. Drought Monitoring, Prediction, and Projection using NASA Earth System Data. Part 1: Part 3: Climate Change Projections and Droughts.  For more information and to register, visit: https://appliedsciences.nasa.gov/get-involved/training/english/arset-drought-monitoring-prediction-and-projection-using-nasa-earth?utm_source=social&utm_medium=ext&utm_campaign=Drought2024. 

July 30, 2024. 10:30 am Pacific. Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program Peer Learning Session: Utilizing TFPA and 638 Contracting to Achieve Landscape Restoration Goals. Sponsored by the U.S. Forest Service and hosted by the National Forest Foundation. Learn about the relationship between the USDA Forest Service and federally recognized Tribes. Hear examples of how the Tribal Forest Protection Act (TFPA) and 638 Contracting Authority are being used in landscape-scale forest restoration. Engage with CFLRP practitioners and partners working under the TFPA and/or using 638 Contracting Authority. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpduGhrzgoE9frwt9O2z2WJh-Adgf_koMS?mc_cid=c7e6ec99fa&mc_eid=863d7a43ce#/registration

August 1, 2024. 7:00 am Pacific or 11:00 am Pacific. Drought Monitoring, Prediction, and Projection using NASA Earth System Data. Part 1: Part 4: Demonstration of Regional Drought Monitoring Tools. For more information and to register, visit: https://appliedsciences.nasa.gov/get-involved/training/english/arset-drought-monitoring-prediction-and-projection-using-nasa-earth?utm_source=social&utm_medium=ext&utm_campaign=Drought2024. 

August 9th, 2024, Global Indigenous Youth Summit on Climate Change (GIYSCC) 2024. The Global Summit provides a platform to accelerate global engagement with Indigenous youth communities, cultures, languages, ethnicities, countries, and continents across the world. Rapidly changing climatic conditions have increased levels of uncertainty and anxiety among the youth on Earth, nonetheless, the mobilization of youth around the world shows the massive power they possess as essential contributors. Youth, and especially Indigenous youth have key roles to enhance multilateral cooperation on climate action. https://futureearth.org/global-indigenous-youth-summit-on-climate-change-2024/

August 11-16, 2024. Changing Currents Water Summit. Changing Current Water summits are inter-tribal convenings designed to bring together staff and leadership from Northwest Tribes and Native communities to foster dialogue & collaboration around common water interests and work toward a shared agenda. https://www.changingcurrents.net/

August 13, 2024. 9:00 am - 11:00 am Pacific. Virtual All Tribes & Native Alaskans - Tribal Critical Mineral Initiative Consultation 2024. In conjunction with the Department of Interior and Department of Energy, the White House Council on Native American Affairs (WHCNAA) will conduct (4) Tribal Leader Consultations on the September 2023 Report: Recommendations to Improve Mining on Public Lands (https://www.doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/mriwg-report-final-508.pdf). Register: Here

August 12-15, 2024. 2024 Tribal Lands and Environment Forum. Eugene, Oregon. This is the fourteenth annual forum for environmental professionals from Tribes, US EPA, State/Local/Federal agencies, community organizations, and other interested parties to meet, share knowledge and learn from one another how to improve management, protection and restoration of Tribal lands for us and all our relations. Be sure and visit nau.edu/tlef2024 often as we add more updates. Registration is open until Monday, July 29th. https://sites.google.com/view/tlef2024/registration?authuser=0

August 20, 2024. 11:00 am - 2:00 pm Pacific. Alaska Native Villages - Tribal Critical Mineral Initiative Consultation 2024. In conjunction with the Department of Interior and Department of Energy, the White House Council on Native American Affairs (WHCNAA) will conduct (4) Tribal Leader Consultations on the September 2023 Report: Recommendations to Improve Mining on Public Lands (https://www.doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/mriwg-report-final-508.pdf). Register: Here

August 21, 2024. 11:00 am - 2:00 pm Pacific. Alaska Native Corporations - Tribal Critical Mineral Initiative Consultation 2024. In conjunction with the Department of Interior and Department of Energy, the White House Council on Native American Affairs (WHCNAA) will conduct (4) Tribal Leader Consultations on the September 2023 Report: Recommendations to Improve Mining on Public Lands (https://www.doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/mriwg-report-final-508.pdf). Register: Here

Aug. 25-30, 2024, Tribal Climate Camp in August 2024, Camp Menucha in the Columbia River Gorge Apply today! The Affiliated Tribes of NW Indians (ATNI) is planning our 2024 Tribal Climate Camp (TCC) at Camp Menucha in the Columbia River Gorge (Aug. 25-30). Through our TCC, we support teams of Tribal leaders, Tribal climate change coordinators, planners, and program managers to build skills, gather information, and develop tribal plans and policies needed to address climate change impacts. https://atnitribes.org/climatechange/tcc/

September 9-12, 2024. National Tribal & Indigenous Climate Conference. Anchorage, Alaska. nau.edu/nticc2024

September 30- October 4, 2024. Shifting Seasons Summit #4: Implementation of Climate Resilience. Menominee Resort and Casino, Keshena, WI. Registration is now open! https://www.icrn.us/shifting-seasons

October 15, 2024. 11:00 am Pacific. Layering the Capital Stack in Indian Country The capital stack represents the various sources of funding that provide needed financing or grant capital for a project. Through public and private investment, Indian Country can take advantage of innovative financing options that successfully get projects to the finish line. During this installment of the CDFA Tribal Financing Webinar Series, speakers will discuss how tribal governments and their partner organizations are finding new and interesting ways to layer capital for tribal projects.https://www.cdfa.net/e/TribalFinance