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2800 Cottage WaySacramento, California 95825
(916) 978-6023
Pacific RegionNational Budget Formulation Meeting
FY 2017
Pacific RegionRepresentatives
Robert Smith, Chairman Pala Band of Mission Indians
Russell Attabery, Tribal Chairman Karuk Tribe
Amy Dutschke, Regional Director Pacific Region
Representing 104 tribes of the Pacific Region.
Pacific RegionStatistical Information
104 tribes⋄ 16 Self-Governance Tribes
4 Agencies– Central California– Southern California– Palm Springs– Northern California
Pacific Region Priorities
Tribal Government: Aid to Tribal Government
Tribal Government: Small & Needy Tribes
Human Services: Community Fire Protection
Education: High Education Scholarships
Trust Natural Resources Management:
Cooperative Landscape Conservation—Climate Change
Pacific Region - Success Stories
San Pasqual Reclaimed Water Project
Wildland Urban Interface: “Treatment Effectiveness on Tribal Lands in California”
Pacific Region – Success StorySan Pasqual Reclaimed Water Project
A Group Effort Multi-partner and multi-
funding approach: San Pasqual, RCAC, BIA, IRWMP, and Valley View Casino
Pacific Region – Success StorySan Pasqual Reclaimed Water Project
Partner Contributions and RolesBIATribal Water Resources Grant: Funded the engineering and survey work of the projectRCACPartnered with San Pasqual to assist with the IRWMP application and submittal processValley View CasinoProviding the reclaimed water and funding the tap into their existing reclaimed water tank and connection to new reclaimed water main lineIRWMPProvided the funds
Pacific Region – Success StorySan Pasqual Reclaimed Water Project
Project Details
Valley View Casino produces over 30,000+ gallons ofexcess treated water per day
Estimated 23,129 feet of purple pipe and one booster pump to be installed
Funded for Phase II & Phase III of IRWMP
Plan (HOPE) to break ground in November 2014 and complete by April 2015
Plan to complete all work with Tribal labor and expertise
Pacific Region – Success StorySan Pasqual Reclaimed Water Project
Benefits
Conserve potable water from being wasted on landscapes and yards
Financial benefit for homeowners
Water source for construction projects
Fire suppression water source
Pacific Region – Success StoryWildland Urban Interface –Treatment Effectiveness on Tribal Lands in
California
The Pacific Region provides trust resource protection to 104 tribes, and more approximately 500,000 acres of tribal trust land.
Majority of the Reservation/Rancheria lands in the Pacific Region have small acreage, they are very susceptible to adverse wildland fire impacts.
Tribal Lands maybe intermixed with dense populations and may be subject to multiple jurisdictions.
Decrease in funding reduces the ability to provide protection to the trust resources and communities; safety concerns for firefighters and public when wildland fires occur.
Extreme drought conditions have brought extended Fire Seasons and more extreme wildland fires.
Pacific Region – Success StoryWildland Urban Interface –Treatment Effectiveness on Tribal Lands in
California
“16 Complex Fire” burned almost 18,000 acres in Colusa County over multiple
Jurisdictions including the Colusa Rancheria.
Pacific Region – Success StoryWildland Urban Interface –Treatment Effectiveness on Tribal Lands in
California
The BIA provided funds to the Cortina Tribe to clear vegetation, piling, burning piles
and thinning trees.
The fuels reduction effort completed on the Cortina Rancheria provided safe and
Defensible space and allowed Incident managers to utilize the fuel breaks in suppression
Of that section of the fire.
Pacific Region – Success StoryFull Depth Reclamation
Through an agreement with the Rocky Mountain Region the Pacific Region was able to
borrow a Cat Re-claimer Stabilizer.
Use of the equipment saved between 30-70 percent of new construction costs
through reconditioning roads opposed to repaving.
The Pacific region also partnered with local Tribal governments and utilized local Tribal
Labor force to successfully complete projects.
This partnership created jobs for local reservation communities as well as cost saving.
Pacific Region – Success StoryFull Depth Reclamation
Should the Region be able to complete work, with the loan of this equipment, it is
Projected that a 50% savings could realized using BIA and Tribal workforce.
With costs to construct being so high in California, agreements like this, utilizing
existing bureau equipment and tribal work-forces have proved to be extremely cost
effective.
Pacific Region – Hot TopicsCarceri
Carceri remains an issue within the Pacific Region
Tribes who lost homelands as a result of termination and the enactment of
The Rancheria Act of California , along with tribes who have recognized
since 1934, continue to battle local jurisdictions and timely processing of
Receiving a Carcieri opinion.
California tribes need of initial or expanded homelands for government
and economic needs.
Tribes under the Pacific Region continue to support the need for complete
Fix by Congress on the Carcieri issue.
Pacific Region - Hot TopicsCalifornia Drought 2015
Short Term Drought Impacts Declines in surface water flows; Stream gages have recorded stream flows
that are below all-time records lows for specific days of the year Recent annual runoff flows show measurements on par with the 1930’s
and late 1970’s Droughts.
Long-Term Drought Impacts Land subsidence, a gradual settling or sudden sinking of the Earth’s surface Reversal of natural groundwater flows to ocean due to groundwater pumping
can cause seawater to enter the aquifer system Water allocations for river, wetland, wildlife, and fish restoration projects
can be reduced or stopped altogether during severe drought. Dry, hot and windy weather combined with dry vegetation and a spark can
start a wildfire. Flash flooding and mudslides in burn areas can also be damaging and deadly.
Pacific Region - Hot TopicsCalifornia Drought 2015
(Left)
Before: The marina at Oroville Lake, here in 2011, is the picture of serenity.
(Right)
After: Much of what was once an engorged reservoir is now gone at Oroville.
Pacific Region - Hot TopicsFee to Trust
As a result of policy and history California Tribes are forced to purchase lands
That were originally inhabited by their ancestors for exorbitant amounts of money.
Special interest groups as well as jurisdictional issues make the Fee to Trust process
in California difficult.
The California Fee to Trust Consortium remains a valuable tool in an effort between
tribes and the Pacific Region to restore California Tribal Homelands.
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