Plains States Tribes' Guidebook of Agencies/Colleges Providing Assistance in Environmental and Water Resources Issues
INTRODUCTION
This guidebook is intended to provide a resource Tribes may access to determine which federal agencies and other organizations are able to provide assistance in the areas of environment and water resources. This guidebook provides only a summary of information on environmental assistance and related programs available to tribal members and their constituents and includes, but is not limited to, program information on water and natural resources. Tribes are encouraged to contact the appropriate agencies in their respective regions for additional information on assistance programs that may be available from certain agencies or organizations listed within this guidebook. With the cooperation and collaboration of the agencies and organizations listed in this guidebook, the Mni Sose Intertribal Water Rights Coalition is able to distribute this document to its member Tribes and constituents.
*** Please note: More current tribal grants announcements can be found on the Mni Sose website homepage on the link entitled "Grant Notices." ***
COLLABORATING AGENCIES (clicking on one of the seven links below will download other tribal programs available):
| Army Corps of Engineers | Bureau of Indian Affairs | Bureau of Reclamation | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Indian Health Service | Montana State University Northern | Natural Resources Conservation Service |
The Coalition will continue to update this guidebook as necessary as additional information becomes available.
(: These files are in .pdf format and compressed in .zip format, and you will need the appropriate software to unzip and read them. To unzip these files, download Winzip here). To read these files, download the Adobe Acrobat reader here.
Click topic(s) below to identify programs where assistance is available. You will need to click the filename immediately after the topic names when you've followed the link(s) below in order to download files.
The guidebook is divided into the following sections available to download:
Introduction (intro.zip 216KB)
Appendix: Definitions of Environmental Terms A-G (app_a-g.zip 1,283KB)
Appendix: Definitions of Environmental Terms H-Z (app_h-z.zip 1,994KB)
Abandoned Wells (abwells.zip 455KB)
| Agency | Assistance Provided |
| Natural Resources Conservation Service | Staff Technical Assistance |
| Environmental Protection Agency | Staff Technical Assistance, Field Training |
| Indian Health Service | Grant Funding, Staff Technical Assistance, Classroom Training, Field Training, Cost Sharing |
| Bureau of Indian Affairs | Staff Technical Assistance |
| Army Corps of Engineers | Cost Sharing, Field Training, Staff Technical Assistance, Classroom Training, Grant Funding |
| Bureau of Reclamation | Grant Funding, Staff Technical Assistance, Field Training, Cost Sharing |
Erosion and Sedimentation (erosion.zip 600KB)
| Agency | Assistance Provided |
| Natural Resource Conservation Service | Grant Funding, Staff Technical Assistance |
| Environmental Protection Agency | Staff Technical Assistance, Field Training |
| Indian Health Service | Grant Funding, Staff Technical Assistance, Classroom Training, Field Training, Cost Sharing |
| Bureau of Indian Affairs | Grant Funding, Staff Technical Assistance |
| Army Corps of Engineers | Cost Sharing, Field Training, Staff Technical Assistance, Classroom Training, Grant Funding |
| Bureau of Reclamation | Grant Funding, Staff Technical Assistance, Field Training, Cost Sharing |
Flood Control and Flood Plain Management (3 files: fldctrl1.zip 714KB, fldctrl2.zip 647KB, fldctrl3.zip 536KB)
| Agency | Assistance Provided |
| Bureau of Indian Affairs | Grant Funding, Staff Technical Assistance |
| Army Corps of Engineers | Cost Sharing, Field Training, Staff Technical Assistance, Classroom Training, Grant Funding |
| Bureau of Reclamation | Grant Funding, Staff Technical Assistance, Field Training, Cost Sharing |
Geographic Information Systems (gis.zip 294KB)
| Agency | Assistance Provided |
| Natural Resources Conservation Service | Staff Technical Assistance, Classroom Training, Field Training |
| Bureau of Indian Affairs | Staff Technical Assistance, Training Systems |
| Army Corps of Engineers | Cost Sharing, Field Training, Staff Technical Assistance, Classroom Training, Grant Funding |
| Bureau of Reclamation | Grant Funding, Staff Technical Assistance, Field Training, Cost Sharing |
Groundwater Quality (gwqualty.zip 632KB)
| Agency | Assistance Provided |
| Natural Resources Conservation Service | Staff Technical Assistance, Training, Grant Funding |
| Environmental Protection Agency | Grant Funding, Staff Technical Assistance, Field Training |
| Indian Health Service | Grant Funding, Staff Technical Assistance, Classroom Training, Field Training, Cost Sharing |
| Bureau of Indian Affairs | Staff Technical Assistance, Training, Funding |
| Army Corps of Engineers | Cost Sharing, Field Training, Staff Technical Assistance, Classroom Training, Grant Funding |
| Bureau of Reclamation | Grant Funding, Staff Technical Assistance, Field Training, Cost Sharing |
| Montana State University Northern | Classroom Training |
Illegal Dumping (ildump.zip 363KB)
| Agency | Assistance Provided |
| Environmental Protection Agency | Staff Technical Assistance, Field Training |
| Indian Health Service | Grant Funding, Staff Technical Assistance, Field Training, Cost Sharing |
| Bureau of Indian Affairs | Cost Sharing |
| Army Corps of Engineers | Cost Sharing, Field Training, Staff Technical Assistance, Classroom Training, Grant Funding |
Management of Consultants (mgmtcnst.zip 474KB)
| Agency | Assistance Provided |
| Natural Resources Conservation Service | Staff Technical Assistance |
| Environmental Protection Agency | Staff Technical Assistance |
| Indian Health Service | Grant Funding, Staff Technical Assistance, Cost Sharing |
| Bureau of Indian Affairs | Staff Technical Assistance |
| Army Corps of Engineers | Cost Sharing, Field Training, Staff Technical Assistance Classroom Training, Grant Funding |
| Bureau of Reclamation | Staff Technical Assistance, Field Training |
Nonpoint Source Pollution (nps.zip 422KB)
| Agency | Assistance Provided |
| Natural Resources Conservation Service | Staff Technical Assistance, Grant Funding |
| Environmental Protection Agency | Grant Funding, Staff Technical Assistance |
| Bureau of Indian Affairs | Staff Technical Assistance, Grant Funding |
Resource Inventory (resinv.zip 465KB)
| Agency | Assistance Provided |
| Natural Resources Conservation Service | Staff Technical Assistance, Field Training |
| Bureau of Indian Affairs | Staff Technical Assistance |
| Army Corps of Engineers | Cost Sharing, Field Training, Staff Technical Assistance, Classroom Training, Grant Funding |
Solid Waste and Landfills (sw.zip 351KB)
| Agency | Assistance Provided |
| Natural Resources Conservation Service | Staff Technical Assistance |
| Environmental Protection Agency | Grant Funding, Staff Technical Assistance, Field Training |
| Indian Health Service | Grant Funding, Staff Technical Assistance, Classroom Training, Field Training, Cost Sharing |
| Bureau of Indian Affairs | Staff Technical Assistance, Cost Sharing |
| Army Corps of Engineers | Cost Sharing, Field Training, Staff Technical Assistance, Classroom Training, Grant Funding |
| Bureau of Reclamation | Staff Technical Assistance, Field Training, Cost Sharing |
Surface Water Quality (swqty.zip 756KB)
| Agency | Assistance Provided |
| Natural Resources Conservation Service | Staff Technical Assistance, Field Training, Cost Sharing |
| Environmental Protection Agency | Grant Funding, Staff Technical Assistance, Classroom Training, Field Training |
| Indian Health Service | Grant Funding, Staff Technical Assistance, Classroom Training, Field Training, Cost Sharing |
| Bureau of Indian Affairs | Staff Technical Assistance, Grant Funding, Training |
| Army Corps of Engineers | Field Training, Staff Technical Assistance, Training |
| Bureau of Reclamation | Grant Funding, Staff Technical Assistance, Field Training, Cost Sharing |
| Montana State University Northern | Classroom Training |
Water Treatment (wtrtrmt.zip 629KB)
| Agency | Assistance Provided |
| Natural Resources Conservation Service | Staff Technical Assistance, Funding |
| Environmental Protection Agency | Staff Technical Assistance, Field Training |
| Indian Health Service | Grant Funding, Staff Technical Assistance, Classroom Training, Field Training, Cost Sharing |
| Bureau of Indian Affairs | Funding |
| Army Corps of Engineers | Cost Sharing, Field Training, Staff Technical Assistance, Classroom Training, Grant Funding |
| Bureau of Reclamation | Grant Funding, Staff Technical Assistance, Classroom Training, Field Training, Cost Sharing |
| Montana State University Northern | Classroom Training |
Water Quality Standards (wqs.zip 558KB)
| Agency | Assistance Provided |
| Natural Resources Conservation Service | Staff Technical Assistance |
| Environmental Protection Agency | Staff Technical Assistance, Classroom Training |
| Indian Health Service | Grant Funding, Staff Technical Assistance, Classroom Training, Field Training, Cost Sharing |
| Bureau of Indian Affairs | Staff Technical Assistance, Funding |
| Army Corps of Engineers | Cost Sharing, Field Training, Staff Technical Assistance, Classroom Training, Grant Funding |
Wastewater Treatment (wwtrmt.zip 423KB)
| Agency | Assistance Provided |
| Environmental Protection Agency | Staff Technical Assistance, Field Training |
| Indian Health Service | Grant Funding, Staff Technical Assistance, Classroom Training, Field Training, Cost Sharing |
| Bureau of Indian Affairs | Funding |
| Army Corps of Engineers | Cost Sharing, Field Training, Staff Technical Assistance, Classroom Training, Grant Funding |
| Bureau of Reclamation | Grant Funding, Staff Technical Assistance, Classroom Training, Field Training, Cost Sharing |
| Montana State University Northern | Classroom Training |
| Agency | Assistance Provided |
| Natural Resources Conservation Service | Staff Technical Assistance, Field Training, Cost Sharing |
| Environmental Protection Agency | Grant Funding, Staff Technical Assistance, Classroom Training, Field Training |
| Bureau of Indian Affairs | Staff Technical Assistance, Training, Funding |
| Bureau of Reclamation | Grant Funding, Staff Technical Assistance, Classroom Training, Field Training, Cost Sharing |
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