NAEP JANUARY 2012 WEBINAR ANNOUNCEMENT

Native American Consultation for Environmental Professionals

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Native American or Tribal consultation is a key element of many types of projects that an environmental professional might encounter. Federal, state, and private project can all benefit from effective consultation. Implementing Native American consultation early in the process can identify potential stumbling blocks (or worse) and facilitate a smoother planning process moving forward.

The NAEP Education Research & Science Working Group is organizing an informative webinar to provide background information about the benefits and application of Native American consultation in the planning process, including why it is advisable and how to avoid pitfalls in the consultation process. NAEP’s goal is to provide members and other environmental professionals in the nation with a good understanding of what is and what is not consultation, as well as how to initiate consultation to the benefit off the full project planning team and public.

Thomas F. King, Ph.D. will lead an informative webinar discussing Native American consultation. Dr. King will be joined by Reba Fuller. Dr. King and Ms. Fuller will discuss why consultation is advisable with reference both to legal requirements and the practicalities of impact assessment and planning. He will also outline some of the main issues that often trigger Native American or Tribal consultation, the etiquette surrounding consultation and what is and is not often considered correct consultation from the Native American perspective. Dr. King and Ms. Fuller will also highlight the common causes of project delays and difficulties associated with Native American consultation. In addition this webinar will include perspectives from a Tribal representative when discussing consultation concerns.

Thomas F. King, Ph.D.

Dr. King has spent 45 years working in cultural resource management, historic preservation, and environmental impact assessment. He is the author of eight textbooks and one tradebook (as of 2010) on cultural resource management through Left Coast Press and Altamira Press, and editor of Wiley-Blackwell's "Companion to Cultural Resource Management" (2011). Dr. King currently provides consultation assistance to the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Fort Mojave Indian Tribe, and other clients. Dr. King has also been an active member of the NAEP NEPA Working Group.

Reba Fuller

Reba Fuller is a member of the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians and lives on the Tuolumne Rancheria, on the west side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California. Ms. Fuller is the great-granddaughter of the late Chief William Fuller, who helped establish the Rancheria in 1907 and represented the California Indians in their pursuit of the California Indian Lands Claim Settlement.

Ms. Fuller currently provides liaison between the Tribe and federal, state and local agencies on proposed projects that may have a direct or indirect to tribal lands or cultural resources She has been involved for almost 40 years in tribal affairs, and for the last 20 years has involved herself in the protection and protection of her traditional cultural heritage. She has been instrumental in developing the Tribe’s Cultural Committee, agreements protecting tribal interests on proposed land projects, government-to-government relations with federal agencies, and protecting the Tribe’s intellectual property rights.

Date and Time: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 1pm ET (12pm CT, 11am MT, 10am PT)

Duration: Event will last 90 minute
Location: Wherever it is convenient for you

Questions: Please contact Tim Bower at 856-283-7816 or emailing naep@naep.org.

Registration Fees:
* NAEP members — $79.00
* NAEP Affiliate Chapter members that are not NAEP members — $98.00
* Non-members (NAEP or Affiliated Chapters) - $109.00 (Save $30—please consider joining to receive the member rate for this and future events)
* Full time Students can participate at a reduced fee of $39.00

NAEP September/October 2011 E-News is now available

Please click the link below to access the NAEP September/October 2011 E-News. This issue contains great feature articles and important association information.

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Included in this issue are some excellent articles. First, an article on the policy change being proposed by the US Army Corps of Engineers and the US EPA. The proposed expansion of jurisdiction could have an effect on many of us (pg 3). Next is an article that looks at the different wetland evaluation techniques currently in use and some of the similarities and differences in the value derived from their use in wetland mitigation in the Charlotte Harbor Watershed (pg 7). There is also a continuation of the NEPA series “Saying What We Mean” by Owen Schmidt (pg 13). Finally, a related article on why we need Purpose and Need by Yates Oppermann (Pg 15).

There is also plenty of NAEP news such as the exciting announcement of the acceptance by the Council on Environmental quality (CEQ) of the NEPA Pilot Project on Best Practice Principles (pg 2), this project, developed by David Keys, Robin Senner, and Larry Canter is the latest step for NAEP to provide the means for the Association to contribute to improvements to NEPA. Judith Charles is our member in the spotlight(pg 19). She is the current chair of the Energy and Environmental Policy Committee. Also included in NAEP affairs are the October 2011 Board of Directors Meeting Summary (pg 21), the November Webinar Announcement (pg 23-REGISTRATION IS OPEN) and various Committee/Work Group and Chapter reports and information on ABCEP and the CEP designation. This newsletter does have something of interest for almost every Environmental Professional.

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NAEP continues to make great strides toward providing you with real and measureable value for your membership. Help us to make NAEP even better in the future by participating and making your expertise available. If you are interested in getting involved please contact Tim Bower at naep@naep.org or call 856-283-7816.

The next issue of the E-News is scheduled for December.

Tim Bower, CAE
NAEP Managing Director
naep@naep.org

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