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

IAQTC: Indoor Air Quality in Tribal Communities

IAQTC Technical Assistance

Our program staff are available to provide tribes with technical assistance on a wide range of indoor air quality topics. If we don’t have the answer – we’ll do our best to connect you with other IAQ experts to help address your question. To submit a request for technical assistance – or if you have a question you need help with – simply click the link below:

Listed here are some additional indoor air quality technical resources for tribes:

Washington State University Extension Program: IAQ training and technical support for Northwest Tribes
www.energy.wsu.edu/PublicFacilitiesSupport/IndoorAirQuality/TribalIAQ/Mission.aspx

National Tribal Healthy Homes: Assessment, Training and Technical Assistance Support Center
https://asthmacommunitynetwork.org/resources/national-tribal-healthy-homes-assessment-training-technical-assistance-support-center

EPA Indoor Air Quality Tribal Partners Program: Provides a wide range of IAQ information and resources for tribes
https://www.epa.gov/indoor-air-quality-iaq/indoor-air-quality-tribal-partners-program

Tribal Healthy Homes Northwest: Supporting Healthy, Sustainable Tribal Homes and Communities
https://thhnw.org/

Tribal Air Quality Support Center: Provides training courses on ambient and indoor air quality, and equipment for loan.
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Christal Black
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Christal.Black@nau.edu

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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.