Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians 2018 Mid Year Convention

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1 Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians 2018 Mid Year Convention Bureau of Indian Affairs Northwest Region Update NORTHWEST REGION TAMMIE POITRA, ACTING REGIONAL DIRECTOR BODIE SHAW, DEPUTY REGIONAL DIRECTOR, TRUST SERVICES TWYLA STANGE, DEPUTY REGIONAL DIRECTOR, INDIAN SERVICES

2 Budget FY 2018 Current operations: FY 2018 Omnibus through September 30, 2018 Signed into law March 23, 2018 H.R / Public Law Operating on 63.43% of the FY 2017 Enacted BIA Budget of $2.85 billion, figures still being worked out with the Omnibus

3 Budget FY Dept. of Interior FY 2019 President s Budget Released on February 13, 2018 An American Budget Under the Trump administration proposal, DOI faces a -16.8% BIA taking the hit at -15.2%. Eliminations within the DOI that may affect BIA/Tribes: Indian Community Development Block Grant (in HUD) Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Indian and Native American Program (INAP in DOL) Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program Major Reduction within DOI that may affect BIA/Tribes: Native American Housing Block Grant

4 Budget FY Indian Affairs Eliminations of Programs within the BIA include: Small and Needy Tribes Housing Improvement Program Tribal Climate Resilience Alaska Native Programs Johnson O Malley Program Major Reductions within the BIA include: Social Services cut by $19 million, -37% Indian Child Welfare Act cut by $5 million, -27% Welfare Assistance cut by $8.4 million, -11% Rights Protection Implementation cut by $14.7 million, -37% Job Placement and Training cut by $4.4 million, -35%

5 FY 2020 Budget Formulation-Northwest Region 1.A0E93 - Scholarships & Adult Education (TPA) 2.A0J90 - Tribal Courts (TPA) 3.A0H92 - Indian Child Welfare Act (TPA) 4.A0J30 - Criminal Investigations & Police Services 5.A0N9A - Natural Resources (TPA) 6.A0H90 - Social Services (TPA) 7.A0N31 - Rights Protection Implementation 8.A0T96 - Road Maintenance (TPA) 9.A0C90 - Job Placement and Training (TPA) 10.A0N9C - Forestry Program (TPA)

6 FY 2020 Budget Formulation-National Roll Up 1.Social Services (Northwest Priority (NWP)#6) 2.Tribal Courts (NWP#2) 3.ICWA (NWR#3) 4.Aid to Tribal Gov t 5.Criminal Investigations & Police (NWP#4) 6.Scholarship & Adult Education (NWR#1) 7.Road Maintenance (NWP#8) 8.Johnson O Malley 9.Housing 10.Facilities Detention/Corrections & Welfare Assistance (Tied for 10 place)

7 Ways to get involved Around Mid October planning starts for FY 2021 Budget Formulation (Tribal Chair gets an ) December 2018 or January 2019 Regional Tribal Interior Budget Council Meeting All can attend (Dated TBD) End of January or early February 2019 Survey Due to Region Presentation of Regional Priorities at March TIBC meeting in Washington DC Leadership: Manager's, Budget/Finance, Tribal Councils Goals for FY 2021 Budget Formulation: ALL 638 Tribes report OSG as many as possible

8 Budget Staff For information contact: Colette Tafua, Budget Officer (503) , Margaret Johnson, Budget Analyst (503) , Stacey Robertson, Budget Analyst (503) ,

9 Real Estate Services Fee-to-Trust In 2017, the Northwest Region converted 50 cases and acres of land from fee to trust. In 2018, the Northwest Region has converted 10 cases and acres of land from fee to trust.

10 Real Estate Services: HEARTH Act Tribes in the Northwest Region that have approved leasing regulations/ordinances/codes approved under the HEARTH Act: Makah Indian Tribe s Tribal Land Leasing Regulations Cowlitz Indian Tribe s Business Site Leasing Ordinance Jamestown S Klallam Tribe s Business Lease Code Squaxin Island Tribe s Business Lease Ordinance Kootenai Tribe of Idaho s Residential Lease

11 Continued: HEARTH Act Lummi Nation of the Lummi Indian Reservation Code of Laws, Trust Lands Leasing Code Coquille Indian Tribe s Business Leasing Ordinance Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians Leasing Code (approved under 25 U.S.C. 415(b)) Pending Approval: Quinault Indian Nation s Title 47, Business and Residential Leasing and Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation s Business Site Leasing, Ordinance No. 413

12 Real Estate Services Reservation Proclamations Reservation Proclamations approved in 2017 and 2018: Jamestown S Klallam Tribe - 14 trust parcels totaling acres. These lands were proclaimed to be part of the reservation. Spokane Tribe - One trust parcels totaling 145 acres. The land was proclaimed to be part of the reservation.

13 Continued: Reservation Proclamations The following Tribes have Reservation Proclamations that are waiting approval by the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs: Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservations (3 pending) Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Skokomish Indian Tribe

14 Northwest Region Probate Performance The primary responsibility of Probate is case submission to the Office of Hearings and Appeals. (OHA) : Current Caseload- Pending submission 1250 FY2017- Cases submitted- 437 FY2018- To Current OHA-pending decisions- 438 Pending Modifications- 178 The Region continues to work with the agencies and tribes to: Increase case submission Resolve issues Vacancies Appraisals Budget

15 Northwest Region Probate Current as of 4/16/2018 GPRA 81.31% Performance Measure is for closing of estates Year end Goal is 93% Agency/Tribes have exceed goal each quarter Of 305 eligible to close, 248 have been completed to date.

16 Indian Self-Determination Services Northwest Region Consumable Budget (Allocations) $ 122,690,649 Note: Does not include construction funding. Total Obligations $ 91,760,157 Available for Obligations $ 30,330,482 Note: 74.79% Obligated

17 Self-Determination Cont. Contract Support: Total Allocation (FY 2018) $ 18,164,523 Total Obligation $ 18,164,523 Available for Obligations $ 0

18 NWRO Forestry Conducted meetings in Fiscal Year 2018 to provide Technical Assistance to NW Tribes: Regional Timber Sale Workshop in February for Tribal and BIA foresters in Airway Heights, hosted with Kalispel Tribe. Hosted Beginning TAAMS at NWRO late Feb. All Regions were welcome to attend Advanced TAAMS at NWRO March. All Regions were welcome to attend

19 NWRO Forestry Conducted meetings in Fiscal Year 2018 to provide Technical Assistance to NW Tribes: Regional Forest Managers Meeting in March for Tribal and BIA forest Managers. Regional Forest Inventory and Planning meeting in April for Tribal and BIA foresters, hosted with Colville Agency. Regional NEPA Training at Yakama Agency in May.

20 NWRO Forestry Fiscal Year 2018, End of 2 nd Quarter million board feet harvested $20.5 Million Stumpage to Landowners 1,414 Jobs related to harvest of tribal timber Wood markets very good, best in 11 years.

21 Forest Inventory & Planning Mapping: LiDAR Acquisition in progress for Metlakatla Inventory: Prepare for Forest Inventory at Metlakatla Silviculture: Coordinate silviculture field trip for BIA TREES Pathways students to Grand Ronde and Makah Reservations FMIP Money Funds: forest mapping, inventory, and planning efforts Funding: Forest Management Inventory and Planning (FMIP) money will now be distributed from Central Office to OSG tribes, 638 and Agency will continue to be distributed from NWRO

22 Forest Project Funding Inventory and Planning Total funding is expected to be $686,328 Northwest Region receives about 20% of total BIA Inventory and Planning funding Forest Development ØTotal Funding is $7,690,000 ØNorthwest Region receives about 49.61% of total BIA forest development funding

23 Forest Project Funding Funding: - Agency and 638 Tribes expected to be funded by June Inventory and Planning OSG Tribes Six Tribes $102,444 Distributed to Self-Governance Tribes Not all distributions sent out from DOI at this time Forest Development OSG Tribes ØFourteen Tribes Ø$2,377,800 Distributed to Self-Governance Tribes Not all distributions sent out from DOI at this time ØPest and Disease ØFour Projects Selected ØThree Tribes Ø$130,351

24 NWRO Forestry Program Reviews Will be conducting program reviews Warm Springs Reservation in June Nez Perce Reservation in July Lummi Reservation in August Tulalip Reservation in August

25 NWRO Forestry Continues to provide support and training to NW Tribes. Site visits will continue. Forest Development and Forest Health projects will continue to be funded as funding become available. Will continue to work with Central Office for revision of national handbooks, manuals and policies for more efficient operations at the field level.

26 BIA Northwest Region FY 18 Forestry Environmental Compliance Wildlife Biologist provided Technical Assistance on NEPA and other environmental compliance for the following: 19 Categorical Exclusions (CatEx) such as for Coquille s Joe Ward cutting permit; 13 Environmental Assessments (EAs) such as for Quinault s Wolf Den Logging Unit and CSKT s Ferry Basin harvest. Five (5) Endangered Species Act Section 7 consultations completed, such as for Makah s Chop Chop harvest

27 BIA NW Region Branch of Forestry Staff If there are questions or concerns please contact a member of our Forestry staff: Dale Sebastian Regional Forester Ken Borchert Timber Sales Forester Anna Schmidt ESA Wildlife Biologist Kelly Hetzler Inventory / Planning

28 BIA NW Region Fire Management NW Fire Management foundation is established on service and commitment to the Tribes, Agencies and Interagency Partners Wildland Fire Programs. With service and commitment as our goal we surge forward to capitalize on continuous improvement with leadership at every level.

29 BIA NW Region Fire Management Fire Management Staffing currently full FMO: Darron Williams AFMO: John Szulc Prevention/Mitigation: Jeff Moyer Budget Lead: Regina Hoffman Budget Assistant: Lena Almeter Ecologist/Planning: Kim Kelly Fuels: Steve Heppner Grants/Agreements: Jennifer Hebbeler Meteorologist: Eric Wise - NWCC - Portland Operations: Elmer Orosco - NWCC - Portland Training: Mike Gomez -Redmond Training Center, Redmond, OR Fire Operations Specialist: Jeff Casey - Pendleton, OR

30 BIA NW Region Fire Management 2018 Fire Predictive Services Outlook: Due to the wet and cool weather, fire danger indices remain far too low for wildfire risk and are not expected to rise to the levels needed for potentially large fires until late June or early July. In July and August, longer range projections suggest warmer and drier than typical weather coming to the area. Current projections do not indicate an early arrival for fire season. However, if July and August turn out to be warmer and drier than typical weather, the Region may see normal, or even heavier than normal, large fire activity late in fire season depending upon the amount of lightning received. National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook Issued May 1, 2018.

31 BIA NW Region Fire Management 12 Tribes and Agencies that have active wildland fire programs: Grand Ronde, Warm Springs, Umatilla Agency, Fort Hall Agency, Couer D Alene, Nez Perce, Spokane, Colville, Quinault, Yakama, Kalispell, Salish/Kootenai. 3 Geographic Coordination Centers: NW Coordination Center, Rocky Mountain Coordination Center, Great Basin Coordination Center. Readiness Reviews conducted for all Tribes and Agencies. Due date to NWRO FMO/AFMO July 1, 2018.

32 BIA NW Region Fire Management Pacific Northwest Coordinating Group 2018 Themes: Harassment What can you do in your role to prevent Line of Duty Deaths, Near-Misses and Accidents?

33 Land Titles and Records Accomplishments October 1, Present LTRO Certified 109 Title Status Reports for Mortgage Purposes LTRO Certified 223 Title Status Reports for other purposes 707 Conveyance documents recorded and encoded (Deeds, Fee to Trust) 523 Probate documents recorded and encoded (Probates, Modifications) cont.

34 LTRO - Continued 147 Legal Documents Recorded and encoded (Survey s, Mortgages, Leasehold Mortgages) 724 Realty Documents Recorded (Leases, R/W s)

35 Land Titles & Records Land Area Representations On January 13, 2016, the Census Bureau (Census) and the BIA signed a memorandum of understanding to promote communication and collaboration between the two agencies and improve the dissemination of accurate data for American Indians and Alaska Natives The Northwest GIS Coordinator, with the assistance of the Branch of Geospatial Support (BOGS) in Lakewood Colorado, researched and digitized a Land Area Representation (LAR) of both on and off

36 Land Area Representations - cont. reservation tracts for 40 Tribes in the Northwest Region. A geodatabase containing feature classes of each reservation s LAr was delivered to the Census Bureau on May 1, A second wave will be conducted for other land areas including Public Domain Allotments, Homesteads and other Dependent Indian Communities. cont.

37 Land Area Representations - cont. To more accurately represent Indian lands the BIA has a trust responsibility for, BOGS will continue to work on updating and maintaining these datasets. This will be a joint effort between the BIA-BOGS and Region LTRO s BOGS will provide all updated information to Census Bureau as additional data is corrected and mapped. Questions can be directed to Brittni Kilborn at the Northwest Region, LTRO, GIS Coordinator.

38 BIA NW REGION NATURAL RESOURCES Fisheries Irrigation Range and Agriculture Safety of Dams Water Rights Water Resource Management

39 Fisheries NW Fisheries Biologists engage in or oversee tasks that protect, enhance, and conserve the fish that sustains NW tribes. These biologists venture into tribal treaty fishing rights, usual and accustom fishing sites, and management plans with OR & WA; they are part of technical teams to develop environmental compliance documents; and they assure development of tribal skills in fisheries and natural resource management. NW Fisheries Biologists also assist in project management and allocation and monitoring of BIA FW&R funds for Hatcheries, Endangered Species, Invasive Species, and Youth Initiatives (focused on

40 Fisheries Program - Current Awards for Hatcheries & Fish Management Hatchery Cyclical Maintenance (HCM) The Northwest Region received 145 proposals ($6,545,428) and funded 39 projects in the amount of $1,999,863. We expect to double this award when the remaining funds are released from Central Office. Hatchery Operations $1,060,179 (expecting additional) Western Washington Funds currently awarded $5,293,507 (expecting additional) Columbia River Funds awarded $3,037,579 (expecting additional) Tribal Management & Development $1,648,090 (expecting additional)

41 Fisheries Program (cont.) Woodland Management $710,000 Hydro $52,693 (expecting additional) Shellfish $301,167 (expecting additional) Pacific Salmon Treaty (non-research) $943,201 (expecting additional) Pacific Salmon Treaty (research), Timber, Fish & Wildlife Supplemental and Mass Marking $4,406,714 (not awarded but expecting funding) Funds received represent approximately 54% of total funding

42 ENDANGERED SPECIES [BIA ES Projects are administered by Wildlife Biologist, NWRO Forestry] Five tribes received funding for endangered species/species of tribal interests projects Awards total more than $403,300 for FY 2018.

43 Invasive Species Invasive Species (IS) The Northwest Region received 19 proposals and funded 2 projects in the amount of $77,933: Metlakatla Spokane

44 Tribal Youth Initiative Program The Tribal Youth Initiative Program (TYIP) focuses on science and its application for conservation and resource management For FY 2018 the TYIP was allocated $750,000 nationally for competitive funding to tribes NWRO received $331,806 to fund 7 projects proposed by tribes and inter-tribal organizations

45 NW Region Irrigation Projects Modernization Modernization studies completed for the Flathead Indian Irrigation Project and the Wapato Irrigation Project. A scaled down modernization study will be completed for the Fort Hall Irrigation Project later this year. Funding to implement modernization will most likely come from a combination of Operation and Maintenance Funds and appropriated Construction

46 Range and Agriculture Noxious Weeds The Northwest Region received 14 proposals and funded 21% ($120,075) of all the projects submitted. There is a possibility that the remaining projects, IS and Noxious Weeds, will be funded within the next few weeks.

47 Rangeland Inventory and Management Plan The Northwest Region funded Five Tribes to update and work on their Range Inventory using $470,322. Burns Paiute Tribe Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation Spokane Tribe Yakama Nation Yakama was awarded $50,000 to update their Agricultural and Range Management Plans and Environmental Assessment.

48 NW Water Rights Active Projects: Current Activities Klamath Basin Adjudication: begin discussions of sustainable resource management, monitoring enforceable tribal determined claims, preparing to defend claims in next phase of the adjudication Snake River Basin Adjudication: implementing the 1990 Fort Hall Settlement (Bannock Creek equitable adjustment, reservoir reset date, Grays Lake Management Plan) Flathead Basin Adjudication: preparing to defend claims in the adjudication, finalizing Assessment & Recommendations report for use by the Working Group on Indian Water Settlements U.S. v. Anderson: negotiating with Washington for mitigation of impacts of permit-exempt wells to adjudicated instream flow rights in Chamokane Creek Coeur d Alene-Spokane River Basin Adjudication : awaiting decision from Idaho Supreme Court on appeal of rulings made in entitlement phase of the adjudication, preparing to defend claims in quantification phase Palouse River Basin Adjudication: investigating potential claims to be filed for the Nez Perce Tribe

49 NW Water Rights (continued) Secretarial Negotiation Teams Umatilla Coeur d Alene Tribe Flathead Secretarial Implementation Teams Fort Hall Nez Perce

50 NW Water Management, Planning, & Pre-Development Program FY funding requests totaling $1,534,315 were received Requests came from 14 tribes 7 requests were awarded funds totaling $375,214 9 of 14 projects funded in 2016 were completed in 2017 FY funding requests totaling $2,012,262 were received Funding awards have not yet been made for this year

51 Tribal Resilience and Ocean and Coastal Management and Planning In GRANTS.GOV BIA Tribal Resilience and Ocean and Coastal Management and Planning Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Current Closing Date for Applications: Jul 02, 2018 Contact: Rachael Novak Phone