Description: Seven people currently staff the Tribal Environmental Protection Agency of Quartz Valley Indian Reservation. The EPA Director and EPA Assistant are employed full-time.  The EPA Education Outreach Coordinator and four  EPA Fishery Technicians are employed part time. Over the course of the summer we have hired two high school interns, and a fire protection crew. Currently, the Tribal EPA Department oversees nine grants:  the General Assistance Program Grant from the US EPA, Clean Water 106 from US EPA, Baseline Watershed Assessment from the BIA, Water Rights Litigation and Negotiation from the BIA, Environmental Justice from the CAL EPA, SWRCB, Hazardous Fuels Reduction, Community Fire Protection from the BIA, Wild land and Urban Interface Program from the BIA, Shackleford Creek Restoration through CDFG, Sediment Source Road Inventories from the USFS, and Salmon Surveys from the USFWS.  The Tribal EPA Department has completed many tasks during the past years of the GAP Grants.  Continued growth and accomplishments are anticipated in coming years. 

Purpose: To addresses environmental issues that are a threat to human health or safety, essential to the development to a sound Environmental Program, or a means to enhance the quality of life for Quartz Valley Indian Reservation and its Community.   

Goals:

• To protect the health and well-being of Tribal People

• To protect and restore the natural environment for current and future generations

• To respond to environmental emergencies

• To serve as a community resource

• To promote the cooperation and coordination between local and federal agencies and Quartz Valley Indian Reservation