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Tribal Lands and Environment Forum Convenes in Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE-The Tribal Lands and Environment Forum convened its eleventh annual forum today at the Wisconsin Center in downtown Milwaukee. The annual event is organized largely by the Flagstaff, Ariz.-based Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP) at Northern Arizona University, the Tribal Waste and Response Steering Committee, and the US EPA's Office of Land and Emergency Management.

Usually, the conference has a theme to the annual event, but organizers said this year's agenda was so diverse that it was difficult to focus on one theme. However, the agenda of the conference is largely funded and influenced by the EPA's Office of Land and Emergency Management, according to said ITEP Director Mehrdad Khatabi to Native News Online.

"Funding largely comes from the EPA's Office of Land and Emergency Management-it drives the agenda," ITEP Director Mehrdad Khatabi told Native News Online. "Tribal professionals and representatives from various environmental organizations, including the US EPA, come to share ideas of how they are dealing with waste and resources on tribal lands."

https://nativenewsonline.net/environment/tribal-lands-and-environment-forum-convenes-in-milwaukee

 

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