GSS Staff Head to Pacific Northwest

In mid-November, Andy Robertson and Kathy Allen traveled to Tulalip, Washington to help facilitate a Clean Water Act training for tribal program staff, funded by an EPA grant. GSS worked with the National Association of Wetland Managers (NAWM) and a planning team of EPA and tribal staff to plan and deliver the training. The training was attended by 102 staff members from 48 different tribal communities across the country. It included two and a half days of presentations from tribal staff, partner groups, and regional EPA staff, along with an afternoon field trip and an optional workshop day. Topics ranged from water quality monitoring and data management to non-point source (319) projects and establishing water quality standards. Workshops included hands-on training on field monitoring techniques and two sessions on programming in R, presented by partners from the Tribal Exchange Network Group (TXG), who also provided travel assistance for attendees. Kathy gave a presentation titled “What GIS Can Do for Your Water Program”.