Course Goals

July 21-24, 2025 | Polson, MT

  • Designed to provide pesticide inspectors with various aspects of regulating pesticide use on tribal lands, such as coordination with federal and state programs, sampling, quality assurance project plans, laboratory coordination, ESA and Rodenticide updates, sensitive areas, and worker protection standard inspection and enforcement.

Target Audience

Tribal inspectors with EPA Cooperative Agreements, Tribal inspectors who are working towards Cooperative Agreements, and State Lead Agency inspectors who work closely with Tribal programs.

Nominations & Participants

Nominations are submitted via an online form, with selections made by the PIRT team and planning group.

Planning Committee

  • Africa Dorame-Avalos — Inter Tribal Council of Arizona
  • Philip White — Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
  • Renee Keezer — White Earth
  • Jasmine Courville Brown — Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
  • Tacy Jensen — Gila River
  • Eric Gjebvre — Coeur D’Alene
  • Kevin Martin — EPA R8 enforcement
  • Michael Bauman — EPA OECA
  • Lauren Ashtatter — EPA OPP TPPC project officer
  • Sherry Kinard — EPA R8 programs

Travel & Lodging Information

  • State, Territory, and Tribal Participants
    • Lodging, flight, and ground transportation will be arranged and paid for by the PIRT team. There is no registration fee for State, Territory, and Tribal Participants.
  • EPA Participants
    • EPA Participants are responsible for reserving their own flights, lodging, and ground transportation. There is a registration fee for EPA participants.
  • More information will be shared via email after accepted attendees complete the course registration form. Please look for these in your inbox/spam folder.