Agenda
Monday & Tuesday, October 21-22, 2013
Monday, October 21, 2013
9:00 am – 5:00 pm Regional Tribal Operations Committee & Tribal Caucus Meeting
Blue Oak Center
9:00 am – 8:00 pm
Conference Registration
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
7:00 am – 5:30 pm Conference Registration
8:30 – 8:45 am
Opening Ceremonies
Bingo Hall
Master of Ceremonies – Teri Red Owl/Executive Director, OVIWC
Veteran’s Color Guard – Posting of Colors
Opening Prayer – Mike Sisco/Santa Rosa Rancheria Tribal Elder
Dancers – Tachi Youth Dance Group
8:45 – 9:15
Tribal Leaders/Tribal Elders Remarks
9:15 – 9:45
U.S. EPA Welcoming Remarks
9:45 – 10:00
Break
10:00 – 11:30
Keynote Speaker – Dr. Robert Marquez, PhD
Director of Research, NSEW/Chihenne Nde/iCATIS
11:30 – 1:00 pm
Lunch (On your own)
11:30 – 1:00 pm
Training on Ecotech Ozone Analyzer and MetOne BAM Beta Attenuation Monitor
Ecotech Booth in Exhibitor Area – lunch provided
Not endorsed or promoted by EPA.
Note: In the event the federal government shutdown is still in effect during the conference, the sessions that are
presented by federal employees will be cancelled. These sessions are highlighted in yellow on the agenda.
Agenda
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
1:00 – 2:00
Breakout Sessions & Workshops (Blue Oak Center & Salt Grass Center)
Media
Title
Seeking Tribal Input on Reducing
Carbon Pollution from Existing
Power Plants
CWA 106: Collecting Water Quality
Data on Tribal Lands
Suggestions from the Field: Planning for
and Operating an Air Monitoring
Station Efficiently
Essentials for a Healthy Home
(2 hour Workshop)
Energy
Water
Air
Health
K-12 Education and Public Outreach –
Renewable Energy
(3 hour Workshop)
Integrated Pest Management
Funding Opportunities
Energy
Land
Presenters
Room
Ray Saracino
Blue Oak
Audrey Johnson
Willow
Andy Tolley, Melissa Estes
Sequoia
Helen Herrera,
Helen Medina
Mansel Nelson
Sycamore
Nina Hapner, Carla Thomas
Sage/Laurel
Salt Grass/Tule
2:00 – 2:15
Refreshment Break
2:15 – 3:15
Breakout Sessions & Workshops (Blue Oak Center & Salt Grass Center)
Media
Title
Presenters
Grants
Budget Workgroup – A
Blue Oak
Grants
GAP 101
Syndi Smallwood,
Marta Burg
Laura Ebbert & The GAP
Project Officers
Oral Saulters
Helen Herrera,
Helen Medina
Mansel Nelson
Sycamore
Lionel Puhuyesva,
Jim Duffield
Sage/Laurel
Solid Waste
Solid Waste Sustainability Tool
Health
Essentials for a Healthy Home
Continued
Energy
K-12 Education and Public Outreach –
Renewable Energy
Continued
Hydrogeology and Water Issues
of the Hopi Tribe
Water
Room
Willow
Sequoia
Salt Grass/Tule
Agenda
Tuesday & Wednesday, October 22-23, 2013
3:30 – 4:30
Breakout Sessions & Workshops (Blue Oak Center & Salt Grass Center)
Title
Presenters
Grants
Media
Budget Workgroup – B
Blue Oak
Grants
GAP Guidebook Overview
Syndi Smallwood,
Marta Burg
Laura Ebbert & The GAP
Project Officers
David Mallory
Jill Sherman-Warne
Sycamore
Mansel Nelson
Salt Grass/Tule
Kelly Schmandt
Sage/Laurel
Air
Land
Energy
Solid Waste
California’s Climate Change
Scoping Plan
Using a Community Climate Change
Survey to Identify Impacts to
Traditional Lifeways
K-12 Education and Public Outreach –
Renewable Energy
Continued
An Overview of the Chumash’s
Innovative Waste Initiatives
5:30 – 7:30
Evening Poster Session
Wet Bar
8:00 - Midnight
Evening Entertainment – Live Band
BlueJacket Band
Sponsored by Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino
Wet Bar
Room
Willow
Sequoia
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
9:00 – 10:00 am
State Environmental Agency Director Breakout Sessions (Blue Oak Center & Salt Grass
Center)
California, Arizona & Nevada
California Environmental Protection Agency
Matt Rodriquez, Secretary
Salt Grass Center
Arizona Department of Environmental
Quality
Ian Bingham, Tribal Liaison
Sequoia/Sycamore
David Gaskin, Deputy Administrator
Blue Oak/ Willow
Nevada Division of Environmental
Protection
10:15 – 10:30
Refreshment Break
Agenda
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
10:30 – 11:30
Media
Breakout Sessions & Workshops (Blue Oak Center & Salt Grass Center)
Title
Water
You Can Do It!
Grants
GAP Guidebook Workplans
Workshop A
Project WET Overview – Adaptations to
Native Culture
Creating a Tribal Earth Day: A Tool for
Community Outreach and Education
Water
Land
Water
Air
WQX/STORET
K-12 Education and Public Outreach –
Air Quality
(3 hour Workshop)
Presenters
Room
Terry Dock
Blue Oak
Laura Ebbert & The GAP
Project Officers
Willow
Mary Kay Wagner
Sequoia
Helen Herrera,
Helen Medina
Audrey Johnson
Sycamore
Mansel Nelson
Sage/Laurel
Salt Grass/Tule
11:30 – 1:00 pm
Lunch (On your own)
11:30 – 1:00 pm
Training on Ecotech Ozone Analyzer and MetOne BAM Beta Attenuation Monitor
Ecotech Booth in Exhibitor Area – lunch provided
Not endorsed or promoted by EPA.
1:00 – 1:45
Regional Administrator Remarks
Jared Blumenfeld, U.S. EPA Region 9, Regional Administrator
Bingo Hall
Note: In the event Regional Administrator Jared Blumenfeld is unable to attend due to the government
shutdown, the following session will be substituted for this session and in lieu of the Tribal Leaders Roundtable.
1:00 – 1:45
Environmental Issues Discussion with Tribal Leaders
(This session is intended to be a dialogue with Tribal Leaders about environmental issues
and concerns that could be presented at the Tribal Leaders Summit in November 2013.)
Bingo Hall
Agenda
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
2:00 – 3:00
Breakout Sessions & Workshops (Blue Oak Center & Salt Grass Center)
Media
Land
Multi-Media
Water
Solid Waste
Water
Air
3:15 – 4:15
Title
Geophysical Surveys on
Brownfields Sites
Watershed Regeneration Through
Permaculture Design
Project WET Hands on Activities with
Adaptations to Native Culture
(2 hour Workshop)
U.S. EPA Agency-wide Plan Re: Solid
Waste Management Capacity Assistance
to Tribes
Water Quality Assessment Report
(WQAR)
K-12 Education and Public Outreach –
Air Quality
Continued
Media
Title
I-11 & Intermountain West
Multi-Media
Tribal Leaders Roundtable
Multi-Media
Water
Air
Room
Blue Oak
Carmen Gonzales
Willow
Mary Kay Wagner
Sequoia
Tonya Hawkins & Others
Sycamore
Audrey Johnson
Salt Grass/Tule
Mansel Nelson
Sage/Laurel
Breakout Sessions & Workshops (Blue Oak Center & Salt Grass Center)
Land
Water
Presenters
Laurie Suter
Project WET Hands on Activities with
Adaptations to Native Culture
Continued
Documenting Native American Resource
Use: The Owens Valley Paiute & The
Power of GIS Map-making
Tribal Water and Wastewater
Infrastructure Programs
K-12 Education and Public Outreach –
Air Quality
Continued
Presenters
Room
Sondra Rosenberg,
Michael Kies
Jared Blumenfeld
Blue Oak
Mary Kay Wagner
Sequoia
Jenna Cavelle,
Sammy Kayed
Sycamore
Audrey Johnson
Salt Grass/Tule
Mansel Nelson
Sage/Laurel
Willow
4:15 – 4:30
Refreshment Break
Pool Terrace
4:30 – 5:30
Connor Byestewa, Jr. Environmental Awards – Made possible by our generous sponsors.
Pool Terrace
Agenda
Wednesday & Thursday, October 23-24, 2013
7:00 - Midnight
Evening Entertainment – Live Band
Red Blood Band
Sponsored by Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino
Wet Bar
Thursday, October 24, 2013
8:30 – 9:30 am
Breakout Sessions & Workshops (Blue Oak Center & Salt Grass Center)
Media
Multi-Media
Grants
Water
Water
Multi-Media
Land/Brownfields
9:45 – 10:45
Title
TAP Meets TEK: Hopland Approach to
Sustainable Agriculture
GAP Guidebook Workplans
Workshop B
Intro to Water Quality Standards
Bioassessment and Bug Identification
(4 hour Workshop)
Creating Videos for Environmental
Education
Tuluwat Village Cleanup
(2 hour Session)
Presenters
Room
Meyo Marrufo
Blue Oak
Laura Ebbert & The GAP
Project Officers
Willow
Wendell Smith
Sequoia
James Harrington
Sycamore
Alan Bacock
Salt Grass/Tule
Stephen Kullman, Mike
Foget,
Glenn
Kistner,
Christopher Weden
Sage/Laurel
Breakout Sessions & Workshops (Blue Oak Center & Salt Grass Center)
Media
Title
Presenters
Cynthia Naha, Javier Silva,
& Paul Kelley
Blue Oak
Land
Establishing Tribal Representation with
the North Coast Resource Partnership
Indigenous Farming Project
Willow
Water
Proposed Hydraulic Fracturing Rule
Water
Bioassessment and Bug Identification
Continued
Applying to TAS for Air – What Does it
Mean?
Tuluwat Village Cleanup
Continued
Alan Bacock, Anya
Kamenskaya
Christopher Lloyd,
Richard Estabrook
James Harrington
Syndi Smallwood
Salt Grass/Tule
Stephen Kullman, Mike
Foget,
Glenn
Kistner,
Christopher Weden
Sage/Laurel
Water
Air
Land/Brownfields
10:45 – 11:00
Refreshment Break
Room
Sequoia
Sycamore
Agenda
Thursday, October 24, 2013
11:00 – 12:00 pm
Breakout Sessions & Workshops (Blue Oak Center & Salt Grass Center)
Media
Land
Grants
Water
Water
Solid Waste
Air
Title
Pairing Environmental Work with
Job Training
GAP Guidebook Workplans
Workshop C
Quality Water Data or Water Quality
Data? Common Issues with Water
Quality Data & Some Tools
for Catching Them
Bioassessment and Bug Identification
Continued
Recycling: Design, Developing, and
Implementing a Successful Program
“The Dirt on Recycling”
Indoor Air Quality in Tribal
Communities
(3 hour Workshop)
Presenters
Room
Lars Davenport,
Julio Carrillo
Laura Ebbert & The GAP
Project Officers
Blue Oak
BryAnna Vaughan,
Mark LeBaron
Sequoia
James Harrington
Sycamore
Laura Medvin,
Christi Goodman
Salt Grass/Tule
Mansel Nelson
Sage/Laurel
Willow
12:00 – 1:30
Lunch (On your own)
1:30 – 2:30
Breakout Sessions & Workshops (Blue Oak Center & Salt Grass Center)
Media
Water
Water
Land
Water
Multi-Media
Air
2:30 – 2:45
Title
Nonpoint Source Pollution Projects at
the Summit Lake Reservation
Water and Energy Efficiency
(2 hour Panel Session)
Impact of Global Warming on the
Great Basin
Bioassessment and Bug Identification
Continued
Interactive Time Management
Indoor Air Quality in Tribal
Communities
Continued
Refreshment Break
Presenters
Room
Rachael Youmans
Blue Oak
Charlotte Ely, Nina Hapner,
Don Brafford,
Matt Mergenthaler
William Campbell
Willow
James Harrington
Sycamore
Jill Sherman-Warne
Salt Grass/Tule
Mansel Nelson
Sage/Laurel
Sequoia
Agenda
Thursday, October 24, 2013
2:45 – 3:45
Media
Solid Waste
Water
Grants
Air
Grants
Air
Breakout Sessions & Workshops (Blue Oak Center & Salt Grass Center)
Title
Creative Materials Reuse Pilots &
Community Engagement in Successful
Tribal Solid Waste Planning
Water and Energy Efficiency
Continued
GAP Guidebook Workplans
Workshop D
Owens Lake: Struggle to Reach
PM-10 Attainment
Environmental Quality Incentives
Program
Indoor Air Quality in Tribal
Communities
Continued
Presenters
Room
Jaime Collins
Blue Oak
Charlotte Ely, Nina Hapner,
Don Brafford,
Matt Mergenthaler
Laura Ebbert & The GAP
Project Officers
Willow
April Zrelak
Sycamore
Reina Rogers
Salt Grass/Tule
Mansel Nelson
Sage/Laurel
4:30 – 5:00
Conference Closing Ceremony – Blue Oak Center
Evaluation/Raffle
Closing Address
Closing Prayer
Veteran’s Color Guard – Retiring of Colors
8:00 - Midnight
Evening Entertainment – Live Band
Fantasy Band
Sponsored by Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino
Wet Bar
Sequoia