Tools & Resources for Tribes

Find selected tools, webinars, grants, and other resources & information for Tribal communities

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Tribal Tool Collections
EPA Tools
EPA Research Webinars
More EPA Resources for Tribes

Tribal Tool Collections

Tribal Nations Tools Website

Tribal Nations Tools Website from data.gov contains links to web-based tools, training, and guidance to help understand, analyze, and assess the vulnerabilities and resilience of Tribal Nations to climate variability, global climate change, and compounding stressors. Tools include Guidance for Using Traditional Knowledges, Tribal Resilience Resource Guide, as well as other unique tools developed by Tribes and partners to analyze and address climate change impacts in an appropriate cultural and place-based context.

Tribal-FERST

Tribal-Focused Environmental Risk and Sustainability Tool (Tribal-FERST) Resource pages include a variety of resources, including EPA tools, separated by media. The links are further separated into different categories based on resource type, including: EnviroAtlas Maps, Web-Based GIS Tools, Guidance Documents, Databases for Environmental Information, Developed Exposure Models, and Environmental Measurement Methods.

EPA Tools

Science Models and Research Tools Search (SMaRT Search)

SMaRT Search provides an inventory of all freely available models, tools, and databases from EPA's Office of Research and Development. Using SMaRT Search, you can find all inventory by environmental media, or narrow your search for a specific focus area, such as drinking water, algal blooms, stormwater, water reuse, or PFAS.

Decision Analysis for a Sustainable Environment, Economy & Society

The Decision Analysis for a Sustainable Environment, Economy & Society (DASEES) tool is a downloadable application for structured decision making. It guides users through a five-step process to identify solutions that balance social, economic, and environmental factors. Along the way, it helps users understand the connecting relationships between these factors, define shared objectives, and identify consequences and tradeoffs of alternative options. DASEES organizes the information in an easy-to-understand format for the evaluation of options and is applicable to any type or scope of decision or problem.

EnviroAtlas

EnviroAtlas provides geospatial data, easy-to-use tools, and other resources related to ecosystem services, their chemical and non-chemical stressors, and human health. Use EnviroAtlas to explore maps that identify sources of pollution in your Tribal Nation community and the surrounding area. These maps do not contain every map layer that may be important to a Tribal Nation community. To help supplement this information, you may want to check with the Tribal Nation administration, health team, and cultural offices for data that could be added to the maps for a more complete picture of your community’s conditions or protected areas. If you add in Tribal Nation specific confidential information, it can be saved under your username and password.

EcoBox

EPA’s Ecological Risk Assessment ToolBox (EPA EcoBox) is a group of tools designed to assist with assessing ecological risk. EPA EcoBox provides links to guidance documents, databases, models, reference materials, and other related resources, organized according to six topic areas of interest to ecological risk assessors.

Environmental Resilience Tools Wizard

The Environmental Resilience Tools Wizard is designed for use by state, local, and Tribal emergency managers who need to address environmental concerns and by state, local, and Tribal environmental or health agencies who need to address disaster resilience in their work. It may also be of interest to cities, counties, or Tribes implementing resilience or hazard mitigation plans, researchers, drinking water and wastewater utilities, and community or environmental organizations.

EPA Research Webinars

More Webinar Info

EPA's Office of Research and Development hosts several webinar series dedicated to delivering the latest information and training on cutting-edge scientific research activities and results that provide assistance and solutions to environmental and public health issues. The webinars are free of charge and open to the public.

Tools and Resources Webinar Series

The Tools and Resources Webinar Series is focused on translating EPA research and sharing research resources and information that are useful, practical/applied and available to meet research needs of states/territories and other entities. Webinars are typically held on the third Wednesday of the month from 3 to 4 p.m. ET.

Tools and Resources Training Webinar Series

The Tools and Resources Training Webinar Series is focused on in-depth overviews and step-by-step tutorials of popular EPA science-based models and tools. Webinars are typically held bimonthly on the first Thursday of the month from 3 to 4 p.m. ET.

More EPA Resources for Tribes

Tribal Water and Natural Resources Conservation Guide: this guide provides resources to Tribal environmental programs about federal assistance opportunities that can support Tribally led efforts to protect and restore waters, protect air quality, protect wildlife and habitat, prepare for climate change and natural hazards, steward lands, and support and engage Tribal communities.

EPA Grants and Funding Opportunities: browse the agency’s grant programs and other funding opportunities and resources available to Tribes.

Climate Justice Grants: learn more about subgrants to community-based nonprofit organizations and other eligible organizations representing disadvantaged communities.

Environmental Protection in Indian Country: learn more about EPA’s Tribal Program and access information on environmental programs, consultations with Tribes, grants, community resources, cleanup efforts, policy, and more.

All Environmental Programs in Indian Country: view a list of all the environmental programs, including air & climate, cleanup, emergency planning, environmental justice, waste management, water, Superfund, and more. EPA works to protect human health and the environment of federally recognized tribes by supporting implementation of federal environmental laws, with a special emphasis on helping tribes administer their own environmental programs.

Regional Tribal Programs: Each of EPA's 10 Regional offices are committed to helping tribes strengthen their abilities to manage environmental programs in Indian country, and to ensure that tribes have a voice in decisions that affect their land, air and water.

EPA Research Partner Support Stories: read stories about how EPA research helps states, Tribes, and communities address environmental challenges.

EPA Research: browse all research topics and resources from EPA’s Office of Research and Development.