US EPA - TAMS Center
4220 S Maryland Parkway Bldg D
Las Vegas, NV 89119
Phone: 702-784-8264
Fax: 702-784-8201
Virgil Masayesva Memorial
On March 16, 2005, Indian Country lost an extraordinary
leader, Virgil Masayesva.
Virgil was the co-founder and director of the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP) at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona. As a director, Virgil directed and managed ITEP's
tribal environmental training programs and was instrumental in establishing ITEP's air quality programs including the American Indian Air Quality Training Program and the Tribal Air Monitoring Support Center
and many other programs dedicated to the protection and preservation of tribal resources and tribal environmental management.
Tribes throughout the country have benefited from the environmental trainings, professional assistances, and conferences that ITEP provides. Through Virgil's work and commitment in providing trainings, he
has changed the direction of tribal resources and the development of environmental management in Indian country forever.
On March 16, 2005, Indian Country lost an extraordinary
leader, Virgil Masayesva.