Jim Woods, a Makah tribal member, was appointed to EPA Region 10 as Senior Advisor for Tribal Policy. An EPA news release from this morning quotes Elin Miller, EPA regional administrator in Seattle as saying that “Mr. Woods brings a wealth of tribal and environmental experience to EPA that will help us build stronger partnerships with our Pacific Northwest and Alaska tribes…We’re looking forward to working with him to help build tribal capacity, strengthen our communication networks with tribes, and better protect our natural resources.”
The release quotes Mr. Woods as saying: “I look forward to improving the effectiveness of government-to-government consultation between EPA Region 10 and tribes in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. It is my hope that we will be able to strike a good balance among treaty guaranteed rights, sustainable resources and overall environmental protection throughout the northwest and Alaska
According to the news release, Mr. Woods has been working on natural resource management and tribal policy issues related to toxics, natural resource management, fisheries and marine ecosystems.
To read the full release, more detail about Mr. Woods’ career, and a quote from the Makah Tribal Council: http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/d96f984dfb3ff7718525735900400c29/8a87e77cb3bd1031852574560065079c!OpenDocument
For more information on EPA’s Tribal Programs in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, visit:
http://yosemite.epa.gov/r10/tribal.NSF
For more information about the Makah tribe, visit:
http://www.makah.com/
For more information on the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission,
visit:http://www.nwifc.org/
