This agreement provides funding for the operation of the skokomish indian tribe's continuing environmental programs while giving IT greater flexibility to improve environmental performance, achieve…

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 awarded the Skokomish Indian Tribe a Performance Partnership Grant (CFDA 66.605) of $283,000 effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029. This formula grant provides funding for the tribe to establish and operate continuing environmental programs with enhanced administrative flexibility and strengthened EPA partnership. The award supports the development of core environmental program capacities, including administrative and financial systems, information management, environmental baseline needs assessments, public education and outreach, and technical/analytical and geospatial data capabilities.

Under this agreement, the Skokomish Indian Tribe will conduct water quality planning, monitoring, data management, and reporting activities alongside non-point source assessment and management initiatives. Deliverables include professional staff development training, water quality monitoring reports for EPA submission, non-point source protection activities, and program management focused on protecting and maintaining air, water, land, and data quality. Expected outcomes encompass increased environmental staff competency, enhanced knowledge of regional and national environmental issues, strengthened partnership relationships, improved understanding of cumulative health impacts, and expanded tribal knowledge of water resources to support sound decision-making regarding water resource management and land stewardship. No subawards are included in this assistance agreement.

This agreement provides funding for the operation of the skokomish indian tribe's continuing environmental programs while giving IT greater flexibility to improve environmental performance, achieve administrative savings and strengthen the partnership between the tribe and EPA. This agreement provides funds to build and implement environmental programs and address environmental and public health concerns related to pollution.activities:activities to be performed under this agreement include planning, developing and establishing core environmental program capacities related to administrative and financial systems, information management, environmental baseline needs assessment, public education and outreach, technical/analytical and geospatial data. The recipient will conduct water quality planning, monitoring, data management and reporting, and non-point source assessment and management activities.subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the work includes deliverables associated with managing continuing environmental programs and activities to protect and maintain air, water, land and data quality, including environmental protection and management, non-point source activities, and the management of data collected. The recipient will attend professional development training, continue to build the skokomish tribe's environmental programs, conduct water quality monitoring activities, draft water quality reports to submit to EPA, and conduct non-point source protection activities. Expected outcomes include increased skills and knowledge of tribal environmental staff, increased tribal knowledge of regional and national environmental issues, enhanced working relationships with partners, increased understanding of potential cumulative impacts to human health, increased knowledge of tribal waters to assist the skokomish tribe in making sound decisions regarding water resource management, and the tribe's lands, air and water will become healthier for all. Direct beneficiaries of this grant are members of the skokomish tribe.