Alvin First Rider

Experience

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  Blackfeet Agency Fire Dispatch

  Jun 2001 - Sept 2006

  Wild land type 2 Firefighter

  Maintain firelines, structure protection, initial attack, control forest fires, monitor fire activity, and camp maintenance.

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  Glacier County, Montana

  Nov 2002 - Nov 2002

  Election Judge
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  Blackfeet Water Resource Department

  Jun 2003 - Aug 2003

  GIS Technician

  GPS water wells, mile markers and range units within the Blackfeet reservation for mapping purposes.

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  Salish Kootenai College

  Jun 2007 - Sept 2007

  Alternative Energy intern

  I received an internship for the summer of 2007 to research the renewable energy potential for tribes in Montana. My main topic was geothermal energy uses and categories. I developed a presentation and paper on the geothermal potential for tribes. I also researched co-generation/hybrid systems, wind energy, biomass, electric and hydrogen fuels, and waste-to-energy facility. Also, I attended a renewable energy conference in Denver, Colorado titled Renewable energy for Tribal Community Development Workshop presented by the U.S. Department of Energy's Tribal Energy Program and toured a wind energy research facility in Boulder Colorado. Show less

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  Salish Kootenai College

  Jun 2008 - Sept 2008

  Project TRAIN Internship- Boreal Toad Researcher assisstant
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  Blood Tribe Land Management

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2011

  Noxious Weed Tech

  From October 2009 to 2011, I assisted the Blood Tribe Altalink Liaison as a Noxious Weed Control Monitor with Blood Tribe Land Management to mitigate the construction activities of the 240 kV transmission line project. The project impacted cultivated and native prairie grassland ecosystems that crossed multiple occupants and residents that needed to be periodically consulted with the initiation and progress of the project. A main concern of the tribe was to minimize the spread of Leafy Spurge, an invasive plant as defined in the Alberta Weed Control Act and Regulations. Monitoring all stages of activity was the main objective of my job to keep work crews within the right of way and to keep the project footprint minimal. Another concern was the protection of culturally significant sites important to the Blackfoot Confederacy. The monitors would also identify and monitor for species at risks within the project's footprint. Show less

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  KAINAIWA RESOURCES INC

  Jul 2011 - Sept 2015

  Environmental Officer

  From 2011 to 2015 I was employed as the Environmental Officer for Kainaiwa Resources Inc. In this position, I served as a tribal regulator of the oil and gas activity on the Blood reserve. I oversaw the oil and gas activity from cradle to grave. My duties were to work with federal and provincial, tribal and industry proponents in administering all required environmental regulations and policies. I coordinated the environment, archaeological and traditional land use assessments for each project. I would also evaluate and analyze proponents environmental assessments for proposed projects, conduct site visits, do right of way and well site audits, review screening reports and environmental term letters and ensure recommendations for approvals were adhered to. Planning all stages of each oil and gas activity to minimize the footprint and cumulative impacts of each project to the tribe and the environment was a major objective for me. I was able to get a proponent to commit to documenting the species-at-risk within the native prairie on the Blood reserve for 3 years. The proponent also with the assistance of the GOA Ferruginous Hawk specialist, and I placed and constructed a ferruginous hawk nesting platform in the native prairie on the north end of the Blood reserve. Community and individual land occupant consultation was a requirement I completed to address the concerns the community might have. I would also resolve environmental issues while maintaining an effective relationship with industry, federal and provincial regulators, and tribal departments. Show less

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  Kainaiwa Children Servirces

  Jul 2016 - May 2017

  Firewatch, Structure protection, Wellness

  Inspection of facilities, perimeter check. Teen wellness/mentor

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  Blood Tribe Land Management

  Sept 2018 - now

  Complete environmental surveys to collect baseline data to assist in management of Blood Tribe Lands. I complete Bird, range health, riparian health, forest health, CABIN field assistance, fish rescues, grant applications, public outreach, presentations, integrated pest management, grassland restoration, fire reintroduction, bison rematration, traditional ecological knowledge. Document through participatory video indigenous perspectives. Interview participants and edit film utilizing Final Cut Pro X Research trends in environmental research funding. Applied to multiple provincial and federal funding programs. Completed tasks and performance indicators.

  • Environment Manager

    Mar 2025 - now

  • Environmental Technician

    Sept 2019 - Mar 2025

  • Videographer

    Sept 2018 - Mar 2025

  • Environmental researcher

    Sept 2018 - Aug 2019