The Guardian – Firefighters attempt to save giant sequoias as Yosemite wildfire grows
A firefighter protects a sequoia tree as the Washburn fire burns in Mariposa Grove in Yosemite national park. Photograph: Noah Berger/AP
NPR – Is a Uranium mill in Utah making tribal members sick? They’ll find out in 2025
Indian Country Today – Court sides with federal agencies in subsistence lawsuit
Sockeye salmon strips hang in a smokehouse on the Kuskokwim River at Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo by Lisa Hupp/USFWS, courtesy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
SF Chronicle – Warm, dry, breezy weather to challenge fire crews in Arizona
A hot shot crew member lights the underbrush with a drip torch Wednesday, June 15, 2022, off of Forest Road 545B in Flagstaff, Ariz., during burnout operations in an effort to contain the Pipeline Fire which ignited early Sunday and has burned thousands of acres. (Rachel Gibbons/Arizona Daily Sun via AP)
AP – Northern Arizona watches winds as Western wildfires blaze
This photo provided by Nate Nise from Lowell Observatory shows smoke from the Pipeline Fire over the mountains above Flagstaff, Ariz., on Monday, June 13, 2023. A wildfire burning on the outskirts of the city has forced the evacuation of several hundred homes. (Nate Nise/Lowell Observatory via AP)
NTAA will be hosting a national webinar on Wednesday, June 15th at 2 ET. All members of the public are welcome to join the webinar.
Follow this link to register to the event.
The NTAA Executive Committee presented key findings from NTAA’s first national baseline needs assessment (BNA) for Tribal Air Programs. You can read the full report here, and the key findings here.
NTAA’s Policy Resource Kits are for Tribes to use that includes fact sheets and template letters you and/or your Tribe can use to comment on EPA’s proposed Ozone Transport Rule. EPA just extended the comment period until June 21, 2022, so get your comments in soon!
At NTAA’s Annual Meeting, the new one-hour NTAA film, “NTAA’s 20th year anniversary” was screened. You can view the full film on NTAA’s “About Us” page here.
The Hill – HHS announces new office of environmental justice
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Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra answers questions during a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing to discuss the President’s FY 2023 budget for the department on Wednesday, April 27, 2022.
The Hill – Biden administration to kick off bipartisan law’s cleaner school bus program
$1 Billion is currently available (with funding prioritized to Tribes and Tribal Schools) through the EPA’s Clean School Bus Rebate Program that will help bring electric and cleaner school buses to Tribal communities. Your Tribal school or Tribe can apply each year for the next 5 years! NTAA will be providing additional resources to help your Tribe secure funding. Be sure to apply here by August 19, 2022!
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E&E News – Regan urges EPA spending hike, takes Republican heat
EPA Administrator Michael Regan on Capitol Hill yesterday. Francis Chung/E&E News
Thanks to all who helped make the 2022 National Tribal Forum on Air Quality a complete success! You can view an amazing video and photos that captures the full NTFAQ that can be viewed here!
2022 National Tribal Forum on Air Quality’s (NTFAQ’s) Breath of Fresh Air 5k Runners/Walkers raised $1145 for Mvskokey Nation Youth Services! NTFAQ’s host, the Muscogee Nation partnered with the Mvskokey Nation Youth Services to create beautiful t-shirts for the run that were scooped up by over 40 runners! Be sure to check back on the NTFAQ website for recordings from all the sessions and if you and your Tribe would like to host the 2023 NTFAQ, you can submit a response to this Request for Proposal from ITEP!
Left to Right: Muscogee Nation’s Jasmyne Jack, Jennifer Reyer and Karen McGirt-Rodriguez display the check provided to Mvskoke Nation Youth Services. The funds were donated by the NTFAQ Runners/Walkers shown below at the starting line. A delegation from Mvskokey is shown above that also presented during the awards dinner for 2022 NTFAQ Award Winners, left to right: Emma Ruppell of the Bishop Paiute Tribe, April Hathcoat from the Cherokee Nation and Kris Ray from the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation.
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Our mission is to advance air quality management policies and programs, consistent with the needs, interests, and unique legal status of American Indian Tribes and Alaska Natives.
