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This conference is the premier education and networking event for tribal land professionals from across Indian Country. The conference will include more than 20 online sessions that will highlight this year's them. As usual there will be a variety of compelling topics, including:

Registration cost is just $50 per person. For more information and to register for the conference, visit the website.

The U.S. Department of Transportation announces that it is holding virtual Tribal consultation with American Indian and Alaskan Native Tribes on its implementation of Executive Order 13175 of November 6, 2000, consistent with the Presidential Memorandum of January 26, 2021.

The U.S. Department of Transportation will host a virtual Tribal consultation on March 24, 2021 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EDT.

Meetings Scheduled .........................

This will be a virtual meeting via Zoom. Details will be posted on Cross Timbers website as they become available. You may also contact your TTPCC regional representative for details.

The FHWA Office of Tribal Transportation webinars have facilitated the sharing of information with the transportation departments of Tribal Governments. These webinars will continue to be delivered on a monthly basis. As it becomes available, information on the webinars will be posted on the FHWA OTT Webinar web page, https://highways.dot.gov/federal-lands/programs-tribal/webinars.

Each session will be approximately 90 minutes long. Session details, including webinar and teleconference information, can be found at https://highways.dot.gov/federal-lands/programs-tribal/webinars.  

The recent “Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021” authorized an additional $114,568,862 for activities eligible under the Tribal Transportation Program (TTP). FHWA applied a small administrative takedown, as allowed by the Act, which leaves a balance of $114,454,293 for distribution under the TTP formula as Tribal Shares.

The Act does not provide for the usual set-asides for Safety, Bridge, Planning or Program Management and Oversight (PM&O). All funding will be distributed as Tribal Shares in accordance with 25 CFR 170.201. Reporting requirements stated in 25 CFR 170.240 will apply to the use of these funds.

Additional information will be provided when the funds are made available.

Help Cross Timbers keep this newsletter current for Indian Country. Please email us any information about meetings, training, funding opportunities, legislation, etc. that impacts Tribal Transportation. Email the information to Carla Edwards and we will consider it for inclusion.

We would like to add a "Tribal Project Spotlight" section to our newsletter. This would be to showcase any transportation project completed or in process. It also could be for a successful funding of a project - like BUILD or Safety grants. If you have a project that you would be willing to share, please email a write-up and pictures to Carla Edwards.

We have a new look for our website. Check it out and let us know what you think: CrossTimbersConsulting.com

Keep checking back on the News & Events page of the website. We are adding new information regularly.

Do you need a bound copy of the Tribal Transportation Program federal regulations - 25CFR Part 170?

Just email us with your name, tribe, address, and how many copies you would like. We will put them in the mail to you. (We still have a few copies left.)

Cross Timbers staff pictured (from left to right): Tom Edwards, Carla Edwards, Chuck Tsoodle, Pamela Jurney, David Monnie, Rachael Cooper, John Edwards. (Not pictured, Randal Oberlag)