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Listening to Tribes and understanding Tribal priorities drives our programs and services we offer.

Environmental Education Outreach Program

Environmental Education Outreach Program (EEOP)

Sand Dunes and Dunes Mobility

Dr. Margaret Hiza Redsteer

Dr. Margaret Hiza Redsteer is a staff scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) Earth Surface Processes Team. She has worked extensively on the Navajo Nation investigating landscape vulnerability to climate change, and in particular, sand dune mobility. Most recently, Dr. Hiza was named as one of the lead authors of the next Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, which will be released in 2014. Dr. Hiza originally hails from Montana and is of Crow descent.

News articles and publications on Margaret Hiza Redsteer:

High Country News, Shifting sands in Navajoland
http://www.hcn.org/issues/373/17770/print_view

US Geological Survey Podcast, Sand Dunes on the Loose Due to Climate Change
http://gallery.usgs.gov/audios/268

Science, Margaret Hiza Redsteer: Passing on Goodwill
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2005_03_18/no DOI. 8027 86469 4218 81191

Haskell Indian Nations University, American Indian and Alaska Native Climate Change Working Group
http://www.haskell.edu/climate/mhiza.html

Indian Country, Today Media Network—Renowned Native American Environmental Researcher to Speak at Montana State University
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/04/13/renowned-native-american-environmental-researcher-to-speak-at-montana-state-university-28207

Minorities Striving and Pursuing Higher Degrees of Success in Earth System Science (MS PHS’S), Dr. Margaret Hiza
http://www.msphds.org/profiles.asp?ind=HizaRMarga

SACNAS Biography Project, Dr. Margaret Hiza – Geologist
http://bio.sacnas.org/beta/pdf/Hiza%20MS.pdf

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Mansel.Nelson@nau.edu
928-523-1275

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Rebecca Stevens

Chair

Coeur d’Alene Tribe – Idaho

Program Manager/Restoration Coordinator
Working with the Tribe since: 2005

Rebecca is the Program Manager for the Tribe’s Natural Resources Department-Hazardous Waste Management Program. She also serves the role as the Restoration Coordinator with the Restoration Partnership. Rebecca has been working on water quality related issues for over 19 years. She represents the Tribe in the Bunker Hill Mining and Metallurgical Complex Superfund Site working with EPA while implementing their remedy for the Basin. She is also the Tribe’s Restoration Coordinator for the Restoration Partnership for which all Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) claims have been settled and on the ground restoration work has been underway since 2019. Rebecca continues to work with other Tribes on NRDA issues while coordinating with the US DOI, USDA, and the State of Idaho.

Rebecca is a proud member of the Tribal Waste and Response Steering Committee where she also serves on the Tribal Superfund Work Group and Advisory Council. Rebecca enjoys x-country skiing in the winter, summertime water sports, Frisbee golf, and spending time with her friends, family, and blue heeler. Rebecca is very honored to work for the Coeur d’Alene Tribe and is proud to be a part of restoring natural resources in the Coeur d’Alene Basin.

Rebecca can be reached by e-mail at rstevens@cdatribe-nsn.gov.

National Tribal Forum on Air Quality

The National Tribal Forum on Air Quality (NTFAQ) aims to support tribal programs by fostering information-sharing and networking opportunities that are focused on building tribal capacity in air quality management. The event’s agenda is driven by tribal input and priorities, with a focus on increasing tribal engagement in air quality initiatives that are relevant to tribal communities across the nation.