This $200,000 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Office of Administration and Resource Management will support the Dry Creek Rancheria, operated by the Dry Creek Band of Pomo Indians, in developing its environmental data and resource management capabilities. Funded under the Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program and Related Assistance (CFDA 66.608), the Tribe will create an Environmental Data and Resource Management System, develop a strategic plan for...
This Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Indian Tribal Water Resources Development, Management, and Protection program (CFDA 15.519) provides $199,844 to the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma to improve the tribe's ability to mitigate potential drought conditions and determine which basins are contributing to reduced streamflow in the Blue River. The project will install additional monitoring stations to collect streamflow data, which will support the...
This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Justice Government-to-Government (EJG2G) Program (CFDA 66.312), provides $999,367 to the Chickasaw Nation to establish a long-term citizen science watershed-based stream monitoring program within the Chickasaw Nation treaty territory. The goal is to create water quality baselines and an early warning system to identify and address environmental and public health issues related to...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $427,877 Project Grant under the Federal Grant Program "Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act" (CFDA #66.034) to the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. The grant funds will be used to establish a new regulatory air monitoring station near Durant, Oklahoma and an informational air monitoring site near Idabel, Oklahoma, both within the boundaries of the...
The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) was awarded a $223,282 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program (CFDA 66.608) to build a web-based system management tool for public water systems in Oklahoma. The project, expected to run from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, aims to provide a centralized platform for public water supply systems to enter, manage, track, and store their daily monitoring...
This Project Grant award of $200,000 was made by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program (CFDA 66.608) to the Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point Rancheria. The project aims to expand the tribe's water quality monitoring program and data sharing capabilities, as well as identify and prioritize environmental data to be shared with the EPA and other stakeholders. Expected outcomes include accurate data...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $299,912 Project Grant to the Nez Perce Tribe under the Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program (CFDA 66.608) to enhance the Tribe's IT and data management capabilities. The funding will allow the Nez Perce Tribe to develop a website platform to host data visualizations and dashboards, create a geoprocessing service tool and dataflows to migrate field data to central databases, and expand mobile data collection...
This $297,393 Environmental Information Exchange Network (EN) Grant Program award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (CFDA 66.608) to the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) aims to enhance environmental data management and access. Key activities include: Improving the storage and management of monitoring location metadata in the Assessment and Watershed Quality Management System (AWQMS); expanding web services and search capabilities in AWQMS to enhance data access; creating...
This $298,422 federal Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through the Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program (CFDA 66.608) will support the Spokane Tribe of Indians in developing electronic data management capabilities. The key products and services to be delivered include: Developing a field-based mobile application for entering and transferring environmental data, such as water quality, fish habitat, and fish population information, to a...
This $300,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program (CFDA 66.608) will support the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment's Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) in enhancing its water quality data management capabilities. The key activities include: 1) Integrating customized, non-predetermined information into the Water Quality Assessment and Reporting Tool (WQARV2); 2)...