This agreement provides assistance to the fort sill apache tribe to build its capacity to administer environmental programs on indian lands

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 awarded the Fort Sill Apache Tribe $360,197 under the Performance Partnership Grants program (CFDA 66.605) to build environmental program capacity and conduct water quality monitoring on tribal lands. The award, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027, provides direct support to strengthen the tribe's ability to administer environmental programs, with no subawards included in this assistance agreement.

The deliverables encompass both capacity-building and scientific monitoring activities. The tribe will develop staff expertise in environmental program administration, pollution prevention, and emergency response while conducting twelve months of surface water quality monitoring at ten sites and specialized testing for total phosphorus and nitrogen at six sites. Additional products include bi-annual macroinvertebrate collection and analysis, a tribal assessment report, a quality management plan, and a Geographic Information System/Global Positioning System quality assurance project plan. The tribe will also deliver community engagement through participation in multiple community events, water quality information distribution, and staff training and conference participation. Expected outcomes include enhanced water quality knowledge within both the tribal environmental program and the broader community, improved understanding of tribal waterbody health, and development of restoration strategies where applicable.

This agreement also funds a tribal continuing environmental program for surface water quality monitoring on tribal lands.activities:specifically, the recipient will build capacity of office staff to learn and address environmental issues, provide outreach, pollution prevention, and emergency response as well as completing twelve months of surface water quality monitoring at ten sites, completing twelve months of total phosphorus and total nitrogen testing at six sites, conducting BI-annual macroinvertebrate collection, participating in multiple community events with neighboring tribes and distributing water quality information and environmental materials and attending training and conferences. Subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:semi-annual progress reports, annual federal financial report, quality management plan, and geographic information system/global positioning system quality assurance project plan. Other deliverables include final report, water quality samples, water quality data analysis, macroinvertebrate samples and analysis, a tribal assessment report, engagement with the community concerning water quality concepts and participation in water quality training and workshops for the tribal environmental program staff. The expected outcomes from this agreement are better water quality knowledge within the tribal program and the community, better knowledge of the health of the tribal waterbodies and a direction towards restoration if applicable. The intended beneficiary is the fort sill apache tribe.