This agreement provides funding to makah indian tribe of the makah indian reservation to continue to advance puget sound partnership action agenda recovery goals through integration of vegetation…

Award Overview

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 awarded a $600,000 cooperative agreement to the Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian Reservation under the Geographic Programs - Puget Sound Protection and Restoration: Tribal Implementation Assistance Program (CFDA 66.121) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2030. This award supports the tribe's efforts to advance Puget Sound Partnership Action Agenda recovery goals through integrated environmental management, with no subawards included in the agreement.

Products and Services Delivered

The Makah Tribe will deliver comprehensive environmental monitoring, policy development, and emergency preparedness services focused on the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Northern Olympic Peninsula watersheds. Key deliverables include an oil spill information gap analysis, a finalized Makah Oil Spill Response Plan, annual monitoring reports on eelgrass bed restoration at Neah Bay, and semiannual Financial and Ecosystem Accounting Tracking System (FEATS) reports to EPA documenting progress and success stories. The tribe will coordinate with the Puget Sound Management Conference, participate in the Harbor Safety Committee and Strait Lead Integrating Organization meetings, monitor vessel traffic impacts on treaty resources, and engage with the Makah Oil Spill Work Group to enhance regional oil spill response capacity and transboundary tribal participation in environmental protection initiatives. Intended beneficiaries include Makah Tribe members and surrounding communities.

This agreement provides funding to makah indian tribe of the makah indian reservation to continue to advance puget sound partnership action agenda recovery goals through integration of vegetation monitoring, policy, and emergency preparedness. This project will support the tribe's work to address landscape scale environmental issues as they relate to treaty resources, with a focus on increased shipping traffic, data collection, and engagement with recovery partners. Particular attention will be placed on the strait of juan DE fuca, and the watersheds of the northern olympic peninsula.activities:the activities to be performed include coordination with the puget sound management conference, monitoring the neah BAY eelgrass restoration project, and participation in the makah oil spill work group. The tribe will participate in the puget sound harbor safety committee meetings, the tribal management conference and puget sound federal leadership task force meetings. The tribe will also participate in the strait lead integrating organization meetings and deliverables.subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the anticipated deliverables include an oil spill information GAP analysis, finalized makah oil spill response plan, annual reports on the monitoring of eelgrass beds, and semiannual reporting in the form of a financial and ecosystem accounting tracking system (feats) report will be provided to EPA, which will include success stories. The expected outcomes include less spilled oil, greater capacity to respond to oil spills, greater awareness of vessel traffic trends and impacts to inform makah contributions to vessel traffic safety decisions, and greater opportunity for tribal and first nation engagement in transboundary forums in an effort to address oil pollution. The intended beneficiaries are the members of the makah tribe and surrounding communities.