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

Federal Resilience Programs

ResourceLink
BIA Tribal Resilience Liaisons
The Bureau of Indian Affairs, the U.S. Geological Survey, and Tribal organizations have collaborated to station Tribal Resilience Liaisons at the regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CASCs).
https://
casc.usgs
.gov/content
/news-tribal
-resilience
-liaisons
BIA Tribal Resilience Program
Provides federal-wide resources to Tribes to build capacity and resilience through leadership engagement, delivery of data and tools, training and tribal capacity building.
bia.gov
/bia/ots
/tribal-
resilience-
program
Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs is authorized to fund and implement a variety of programmatic activities that assist American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native villages with energy development, capacity building, energy cost reduction, and electrification of Indian lands and homes.
www.energy
.gov/indianenergy
/office-indian-energy
-policy-and-
programsbia.gov
DOI Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CASCs)
Partner with natual and cultural resource managers to provide science that helps fish, wildlife, ecosystems and the communities they support adapt to climate change.
nccwsc.
usgs.gov
DOI Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCCs)
Beyond boundaries. Building connections to tackle large-scale and long-term conservation challenges.
lccnetwork.org
National Drought Mitigation Center
The U.S. Drought Monitor is a map released every Thursday, showing parts of the U.S. that are in drought. Archives of national, regional, and statewide maps from 2000 to present are available.
https://droughtmonitor. unl.edu/
NOAA Regional and Integrated Sciences and Assessments Program (RISA)
Supports research teams that help expand and build the nation’s capacity to prepare for and adapt to climate variability and change.
cpo.noaa.gov/Meet
-the-Divisions
/Climate-and-
Societal-Interactions
/RISA
USDA Climate Hubs
Designed to ensure that stakeholders from around the Nation can quickly and easily find the information they need to manage climate change risks and ensure the resilience of their production systems.
climatehubs
.oce.usda
.gov
USEPA Climate Change Website
Provides information on why the climate is changing, what climate impacts are occuring in specific regions, and what we can do about it.
19january
2017snapshot
.epa.gov/
climate
change_
.html
USFS Northern Institute for Applied Climate Science
The Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science develops synthesis products, fosters communication, and pursues science in the following focus areas: climate change, carbon science and management, and bioenergy.
nrs.fs.fed
.us/niacs/

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Nikki Cooley
Co-Director
Nikki.Cooley@nau.edu

Karen Cozzetto
Manager
Karen.Cozzetto@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.