Tribal-Focused Environmental Risk and Sustainability Tool (Tribal-FERST) Website Launch Party

presented by the USET Office of Environmental Resource Management

Thursday, October 28 at 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Central/1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Eastern

Everyone is invited to join this launch party to receive a thorough walk-through and demonstration of the the new and improved Tribal-FERST website.

Registration information is coming soon.

The Tribal-FERST is a web-based geospatial decision support tool. Tribal-FERST will serve as a research framework to provide Tribal Nations with easy access to the best available human health and ecological science.

In Tribal-FERST, users will be able to follow step-by-step guidance for identifying priority issues, compiling data, ranking and addressing risks, and assessing impacts of actions taken.

The Tribal-FERST geospatial mapping component will enable the user to view and overlay demographic information with publicly available data, including environmental chemical contaminant concentration in several media (air, water, soils, etc.), human exposures, health risks, ecosystem services, sustainability indicators, and sources of pollution. Tribal Nations will have the option to overlay locally collected data and determine.

Tribal-FERST is intended to empower Tribal Nations by providing access to relevant science that can be used to develop sustainable, cost-effective solutions for reducing environmental exposures and health risks. Using this web-based geospatial decision support tool, Tribal Nations may
employ a holistic approach to address environmental concerns and plan for the future.