Featured, OERM•1 min read EPA’s Office of Water has Launched a New Website! EPA’s Office of Water (OW) is excited to announce the launch of its new website, Clean and Safe Water in Indian Country. The website is intended to serve as a [...] Read More
Miccosukee Activist Advocates for the Everglades through Performance Art April 5, 2022 Native American environmentalist and artist Houston Cypress is concerned that climate change will harm native plants that are integral to Miccosukee cultural practices. His nonprofit, Love the Everglades, combines education,…
Free Academic/Employability Course for USET Tribal Nations April 1, 2022 CSM Course for Education, Workforce and Economic Development, Summer Youth Programs USET’s Office of Environmental Resource Management (OERM), in conjunction with partner SeeMore Impact Labs, is providing free access to…
Indigenous Communities Fellowship – Deadline Extended to April 11 March 31, 2022 As we start the third year of the Covid-19 pandemic, Native communities in the US have remained some of the most resilient despite being some of the most vulnerable due to historical and present-day…
USET Certification Board Vacancy Announcement March 29, 2022 Attention all USET member Tribal Nations Utility Managers! The USET Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators and Laboratory Analysts Certification Board seeks to fill one (1) Board Member vacancy (Drinking…
Office of Indian Education Student Artist Competition – Submit by April 29 March 16, 2022 In honor of the Office of Indian Education’s 50th Anniversary, we are excited to announce the return of the Student Artist Competition (SAC)! The 2022 competition theme is “50 Years…
CDC State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Mental Health Survey – Respond by March 25 March 15, 2022 Public health workers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 response have been hit hard over the past two years, especially when it comes to feelings of heightened stress, anxiety, and…
Ocean Awareness Contest – Submissions due by June 13 March 10, 2022 Bow Seat's 11th annual Ocean Awareness Contest is a platform for young people to learn about environmental issues through art-making and creative communication, explore their relationship to a changing world,…
Wetland Program Plans March 7, 2022 Completed Wetland Program Plans from USET member Tribal Nations are available below. Eastern Band of Cherokee IndiansPoarch Band of Creek Indians
PBCI-USET Pilot Project March 7, 2022 The USET wetlands department engages in partnerships with USET Tribal Nations to establish pilot projects to jumpstart wetland programmatic goals. In 2020, Poarch Band of Creek Indians (PBCI) partnered with…
Wetland Program Plan Writing Workshop Resources March 7, 2022 The USET wetlands department hosted a set of Wetland Program Plan (WPP) virtual writing workshops in 2020 and 2021 for participants to draft and outline long term goals and actions…
Wetland Delineation Training Resources March 7, 2022 The USET wetlands department held a series of technical wetland delineation trainings both in the field and through online instruction from 2018 to 2021. All agendas, presentations and training sessions…