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Tribal leaders press EPA, state partners for funding to clean illegal dump sites on Wind River Reservation
Summary
Leaders from the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone described long-running illegal dumping across the Wind River Indian Reservation and said recent EPA grants and new tribal codes could help but that cleanups will cost millions and require federal, state and county cooperation.
Tribal leaders and state liaisons told the Select Committee on Tribal Relations that illegal dumping on the Wind River Indian Reservation is extensive and costly, and that recent progress with the EPA and emerging tribal enforcement tools have not yet removed major funding and capacity barriers.
Why it matters: Committee members and tribal officials said the scale of illegal dumping threatens public health, wildlife habitat and tribal budgets and that cleanup will require new federal and state grant support as well as better coordination between tribal, county and federal authorities.
Tribal council members described multiple ongoing efforts. “We got our situation with the, solid waste issue. We got that…
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