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FY 2012 Tribal Budget Advisory Council National Budget Meeting

FY 2012 Tribal Budget Advisory Council National Budget Meeting. Bureau of Indian Affairs Pacific Region Sacramento, California. Pacific Region Tribal Representatives. Robert Smith, Chairman Pala Band of Mission Indians Arch Super, Chairman Karuk Tribe of California.

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FY 2012 Tribal Budget Advisory Council National Budget Meeting

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  1. FY 2012Tribal Budget Advisory CouncilNational Budget Meeting Bureau of Indian Affairs Pacific Region Sacramento, California

  2. Pacific RegionTribal Representatives Robert Smith, Chairman Pala Band of Mission Indians Arch Super, Chairman Karuk Tribe of California Representing 103 tribes of the Pacific Region.

  3. Pacific Region Priority Water Programs: R3120-Water Rights Negotiation/Litigation N3410-Water Management, Planning & Pre-development Trinity River, Northern California

  4. Program Goal: • “…successfully support the prudent management and conservation of Tribal natural resources and assist tribes with establishing and defining water rights and settling claims through negotiations.”

  5. Program Objectives: “…for the Benefit and protection of Tribal water resources and their environments” Empowerment of tribes: • to develop partnerships • to develop tribal water plans • to develop strategies

  6. Include: Water rights negotiation and settlements Water Resources Assessments Drilling Exploration Inventories of Priority Tribal Lands Increase in program staff FY 2012 needs: Mount Shasta

  7. Tribal concerns: • Surface water and ground water supplies • waterquality • overdraft • water diversions • water transfers • ecosystem management • Water rights

  8. Funding: Request approximately $10.4 million dollars in Budget Year 2012 • $1,500,000 to the Pacific Regional Office improved water rights. • $1,000,000to Coachella Valley Tribes –For future emergency planning and resources protection as a result of fires & flooding. • $1,000,000 for Russian River & Cache Creek Basin-water quantification studies for 15 tribes • $2,500,000to Northern California tribes for participation in Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement • $100,000 to Tule River Reservation to participate in ongoing water rights negotiation • $800,000to Pechanga, Cahuilla and Ramona to continue participation in U.S. vs. Fallbrook litigation • $500,000 for California tribal water resources planning participation with the State of California • $3,000,000Pacific Region tribes for drought related emergency water supply development

  9. Accomplishments(Examples) Soboba Water Right Settlement Tule River Negotiation Fall Brook Negotiation-US vs. Fallbrook Utility District

  10. Accomplishments(Examples) California Tribal Water Planning Colusa Reservation

  11. Accomplishments(Examples) Hoopa, Yurok, Karuk and the Klamath Tribes Inter-Tribal Fish and Water Commission

  12. Closing Remarks Ian Britton - FreeFoto.com

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