2010 National Tribal Science Forum Presentations

Water

Tribal Stream and Wetland Restoration...Successful Watershed Restoration (PDF, 48pp., 3.1MB)
Stacy Gilmore, Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin

Collaborative Watershed Improvement Project (PDF, 37pp., 4.7MB)
Brett Fessell, Grand Traverse Band of Indians

Boardman River Dams Removal Project (PDF, 23pp., 474KB)
Todd Kalish, Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Dam Removal: A Primer on the Best Restoration Tool in the Box (PDF, 53pp., 5.2MB)
Andy Selle, Inter-Fluve

Air

Understanding the Mercury Problem in Tribal Country (PDF, 58pp., 3.5MB)
David Gay, University of Illinois

Cherokee Nation and Mercury (PDF, 20pp., 739KB)
Ryan Callison, Cherokee Nation

National Atmospheric Deposition Program: Lesson from a Continental-Scale Monitoring Network (PDF, 64pp., 4.4MB)
David Gay, University of Illinois

Earth

Monitoring the Medicine in Habitat: Post-Harvest Regrowth and Mortality in a South Texas Population of Peyote (PDF, 29pp., 861KB)
Martin Terry, Cactus Conservation Institute and Sul Ross State University
Ted Herrera, Native American Church of Rio Grande

Predicting Current and Future Distributions of Invasive Non-Native Vascular Plant Species in the Lake Superior Region of Wisconsin (PDF, 55pp., 9.4MB)
Miles Falck and Steve Garske, GLIFWC

Noxious and Invasive Weed Species (PDF, 35pp., 2.4MB)
John Sterling, Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe

Healthy Communities

NCER Tribal Environmental Health Overview (PDF, 42pp., 1.9MB)
Maggie Breville, U.S. EPA

Translating CBPR: Lessons Learned (Panel)
(No presentation. Refer to summary report.)
Timothy Ford, University of New England
Mari Eggers, Montana State University
Crescentia Cummins, Little Big Horn College
Sara Young, Montana INBRE Tribal and Tribal College Partnerships
Steve Crawford, Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point
Katie McDonald, Salish Kootenai College

Air Plenary

NOAA Climate Service (PDF, 41pp., 3.5MB)
Marie Colton & Doug Kluck, NOAA

Water

Impacts of Mining on Six Downstream Tribes, Oklahoma (PDF, 60pp., 3.4MB)
Meredith Garvin, Tribal Environmental Management Services (TEMS)

Fish Impacts: Mercury Winnebago Tribe (PDF, 33pp., 3.6B)
Denise Jensen

Air

Climate Change and Adaptation (PDF, 38pp., 1.6MB)
Robert Hall, U.S. EPA
David Gay and Joshua Kellogg, University of Illinois

Alaska Native Wild Berry (PDF, 27pp., 823KB)
Joshua Kellogg, University of Illinois

Earth

Ecological Restoration and Conservation Activities of the Prairie Island Indian Community (PDF, 68pp., 7.5MB)
Bradley Frazier, Prairie Island Indian Community, Minnesota

Invasive Earthworm (PDF, 15pp., 1.7MB)
Rebecca Knowles, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe

"Green" Indians! Public Relations Tactics for Tribal Conservationism and Environmental Achievements (PDF, 26pp., 544KB)
David Staddon, St. Regis Mohawk Tribe

Healthy Communities

Examining Convergence of Traditional Knowledge and Western Science (PDF, 28pp., 1.2MB)
Bree Murphy, University of California-Davis
Michael Opheim, Seldovia Village Tribe

Developing Tribal Specific Environmental Public Health Indicators in the Coast Salish Region (PDF, 20pp., 1.4MB)
Jamie Donatuto, Swinomish Tribal Indian Community

Water

Recent Uranium Mine Development and Effects, Grand Canyon (PDF, 39pp., 4.3MB)
Robert Hart and John Hoffmann, U.S. Geological Survey

Evaluation of Supply of Groundwater Resources, Moenkopi, Hopi, Navajo (PDF, 26pp., 1.5MB)
Robert Hart and John Hoffmann, U.S. Geological Survey

Emerging Contaminants (PDF, 40pp., 2.5MB)
Kim Winton, U.S. Geological Survey

Air

Climate Change Adaptation Planning (Panel)
Sue Wotkyns, Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (Moderator)

• Responding to Climate Change: Swinomish Case Study (PDF, 26pp., 1.1MB)
  Jamie Donatuto, Swinomish Tribal Indian Community

Characterization of Benzene and Other Air Toxics in Akwesasne
(Contact the presenter at http://www.srmtenv.org/ for a copy of the video.)
Angela Benedict-Dunn, St. Regis Mohawk Tribe

Tribal Perspectives on Climate Change (PDF, 20pp., 1.4MB)
Kathleen Sloan, Yurok Tribe

Earth

Tribal Pesticide Program (Panel)

• Fred Corey, Aroostook Band of Micmacs

• Vickie Kujawa, Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma

• Tribal School IPM (PDF, 20pp., 364KB)
  Wilhelmina Keenan, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes

• Pesticide Tracking System (PDF, 21pp., 881KB)
  Hector Duran, CRIT Environmental Protection Office

• Bob Gruenig, National Tribal Environmental Council

Quicksilver, Pike, and People: Mercury, Native Rural Alaskan Fisheries Resources, and Public Health (PDF, 35pp., 3.1MB)
Nim Ha, Alaska Department of Health and Social Services

Healthy Communities

Children's Health and Program Evaluation: Using Data to Make Program Decisions (PDF, 52pp., 1.3MB)
Jennifer Falck, Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin

Tribal-University Partnerships (Panel): Building Capacity of Tribal EPAs to Use State-of-the-Art Molecular Detection Technologies to Protect the Environment and Human Health (PDF, 21pp., 2.4MB)
Keith Pezzoli and Hiram Sarabia-Ramirez, University of California-San Diego
Marshall Cheung, 29 Palms Band of Mission Indiana Tribal EPA

Listening Session

National Conversation on Public Health and Chemical Exposures (PDF, 16pp., 183KB)
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Water

Rapid Detection / Enumeration of Fecal Pollution, Whitewater River Using qPCR (PDF, 51pp., 3.3MB)
Marshall Cheung, 29 Palms Band of Mission Indians Tribal EPA

Air

Tribal Development of Air Regulatory Programs (PDF, 17pp., 1.2MB)
Brenda Jarell, Southern Ute Indian Tribe

Toxic Releases on or near Tribal Lands (PDF, 47pp., 2.4MB)
Steve Witkin, U.S. EPA

Scientifically Credible and Legally Defensible Data (PDF, 23pp., 1.0MB)
Melinda Ronca-Battista and Christopher Lee, Tribal Air Monitoring Support Center

Earth

Hazardous Substances and Contaminated Lands
Todd Barnell, Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (moderator)

• Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Brownfield Site Ranking Model (PDF, 17pp., 784KB)
  Katherine Kruse, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community

• Information Management Systems (PDF, 18pp., 762KB)
  Victoria Flowers, Oneida Nation

• What Is GIS? (PDF, 15pp., 1.2MB)
  Garet Couch, Wind Environmental Services

Seeing Is Believing - Reflected Light Detection of Crop Status (PDF, 62pp., 7.2MB)
John Glaser, U.S. EPA

Healthy Communities

Eco, Forests Renewables and Arizona Rural Electrification (Panel)

• A Cooperative Effort between the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and the Chippewa National Forest to Prevent and Clean Up Illegal Dumps (PDF, 19pp., 1.6MB)
  John Persell, Leech Lake Band of Chippewa

• Renewable Energy (PDF, 71pp., 4.3MB)
  Debby Tewa, Arizona Energy Office

Healthy Environment for Health Community (PDF, 54pp., 1.9MB)
Louis Erdrich, Indian Health Service Bemidji Area

Water

Implementing the 2000 Consent Decree (PDF, 49pp., 1.6MB)
Erik Olsen, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians

Cumulative Assessment and Tribal Subsistence (PDF, 19pp., 1.3MB)
Kathleen Sloan and Suzanne Fluharty, Yurok Tribe

Assessment of the Bioaccumulation of Human Toxins in Fish from Fresh Surface Water Bodies of Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (PDF, 30pp., 1.6MB)
Joe Herrera, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community

Air

Fluoride Exposure
(Contact the presenter at http://www.srmtenv.org/ for a copy of the video.)
Angela Benedict-Dunn, St. Regis Mohawk Tribe Environment Division

"Green" Indians! Public Relations Tactics for Tribal Conservationism and Environmental Achievements (PDF, 26pp., 544KB)
David Staddon, St. Regis Mohawk Tribe

Earth

Switchgrass: A Natural Component of Healthy Prairie Spaces (PDF, 39pp., 7.7MB)
Andrew Hamblin, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Lab

Emergency Management Oil and Chemical Spill (PDF, 30pp., 1.2B)
Nick Nichols, U.S. EPA

Incorporating Tribal Inputs to EPA's Review of Regulations for Uranium and Thorium Extract Facilities (PDF, 21pp., 1.6MB)
Loren Setlow, U.S. EPA

Healthy Communities

Mold, Indoor Air Community Health Risk (PDF, 60pp., 1.0MB)
Curtis Munoz, Kiowa Tribe

CBRA of Exposure to Contaminants - Crow Indian Reservation (PDF, 34pp., 1.2B)
Tim Ford, University of New England
Mari Eggers, Montana State University
Crescentia Cummins, Little Big Horn College
John Doyle and Larry Kindness, Apsaalooke (Crow) Water and Wastewater Authority
Sara Young, Montana INBRE Tribal and Tribal College Partnerships

Water

Riparian Proper Functioning Condition Assessment for Creeks and Communities (Panel) (PDF, 69pp., 3.2MB)
Robert Hall, U.S. EPA
Heidi Brow, Pala Band of Mission Indians
Jacob Tybo, South Fork Band of the Ta-Moak Tribe
Jeff Ogburn, Taos Pueblo Environmental Office

Air

Overview of EPA's Global Climate Change Research Program (PDF, 20pp., 1.1MB)
Janet Gamble, U.S. EPA

Concept and Applications for a National Lidar Program (PDF, 40pp., 7.9MB)
Greg Snyder, U.S. Geological Survey

Earth

Southwest Ecosystems Services Project (Panel) (PDF, 81pp., 8.8MB)
Nita Tallent-Halsell and Robert Hall, U.S. EPA

Healthy Communities

Proposal for a Tribal-Focused Exposure and Risk Screening Tool (T-FERST) (PDF, 42pp., 4.9MB)
Valerie Zartarian and Andrew Geller, U.S. EPA

Brownfield Land Reuse Tool (PDF, 70pp., 1.2MB)
Gary Perlman, U.S. EPA / ATSDR Region 1

Water

Using Quantitative Risk Assessment Tools to Compare and Contrast Risks of Different Fish Species (PDF, 23pp., 504KB)
Tony David, St. Regis Mohawk Tribe

Establishing a "Safe" Fish Consumption Advisory on the Flathead Indian Reservation (PDF, 25pp., 2.5MB)
Katie McDonald, Salish and Kootenai College

Methyl Mercury Exposure in Tribal Populations from Fish Consumption: Probabilistic SHEDS-Dietary Model Analyses Using 1996-2006 NHANES and 1990-2003 TDS Data (PDF, 33pp., 381KB)
Valerie Zartarian, U.S. EPA

Healthy Communities

Raising Awareness and Protecting Children from Environmental Health Exposures in Tribal Homes and Schools (Including Indoor Air)

• Tribal Fish Consumption, Toxics, and Tribal Children (PDF, 24pp., 507KB)
  Larry Dunn, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe

• Tribal Fish Consumption Rates (PDF, 10pp., 308KB)
  Larry Dunn, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe

• Tribal Maternal and Child Health Environmental Health Project (PDF, 35pp., 1.1MB)
  Elizabeth Kushman, Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan

Maine Tribes Involved with the Wabananki Tribal Exposure Scenario DITCA (PDF, 32pp., 2.0MB)
Dan Kusnierz, Penobscot Indian Nation
Valerie Bataille, U.S. EPA