The Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs awarded a $153,298.80 Tribal Climate Resilience Block Grant to the Pleasant Point Indian Reservation's Passamaquoddy Tribe on January 1, 2025. The grant, provided under the CFDA 15.156 Tribal Climate Resilience program, will fund climate adaptation planning, vulnerability assessments, and resilience strategies for the tribal community, ecosystems, and infrastructure over a 3-year period ending on December 31, 2027. Key focus areas include...
This $525,041 Block Grant award was provided by the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Tribal Climate Resilience program (CFDA 15.156) to the Pleasant Point Indian Reservation, a federally recognized tribal government representing the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Sipayik. The funding will support the tribe's climate adaptation planning, vulnerability assessments, and resilience strategies over a 3-year period from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027. Key activities may...
The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs awarded a $470,000 Block Grant to the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, doing business as Coushatta Alliance, under the Tribal Climate Resilience program (CFDA 15.156). The funding will support the tribe's efforts to understand and address potential climate change impacts on their community, ecosystems, and infrastructure. Key activities to be delivered through this grant include conducting vulnerability assessments, developing climate...
The Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana received a $1,722,793 Tribal Climate Resilience block grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Tribal Climate Resilience program (CFDA 15.156). The grant funding will support the tribe's efforts to understand and address potential climate change impacts on its community, ecosystems, and infrastructure. Key objectives include conducting climate vulnerability assessments, developing resilience strategies, and...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Central Office awarded a $143,327 Project Grant to Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians under the Tribal Climate Resilience program (CFDA 15.156). The grant will support Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians' delivery of climate resilience and ocean and coastal management planning services to tribal governments and trust land managers from August 2021 through August 2023. The Tribal Climate Resilience program aims to help tribal...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Central Office awarded a $135,994 Project Grant to the Fort Belknap Indian Community through the Tribal Climate Resilience program (CFDA 15.156). The grant will support the FBIC CLIMATE PREPAREDNESS AND CAPACITY BUILDING INITIATIVE from August 2021 through August 2023. As described under the CLC program, the funding will enable the Fort Belknap Indian Community to better understand potential climate change impacts and vulnerabilities, and...
The Samish Indian Nation received a $147,257 project grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Tribal Climate Resilience federal grant program (CFDA 15.156). The funding will support efforts from August 2021 through August 2023 to use geographic information systems (GIS) mapping to document cultural use plant habitats and develop access and resiliency strategies. The Tribal Climate Resilience program aims to help tribal governments and trust land managers...
The Seminole Tribe of Florida was awarded a $249,886 Block Grant on October 1, 2024 by the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Tribal Climate Resilience (CFDA 15.156) program. This multi-year grant will support the tribe's efforts to understand and prepare for potential climate change impacts. Funding will be used for activities such as conducting climate change vulnerability assessments, developing adaptation plans, monitoring climate indicators, and building...
The Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians was awarded a $250,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Tribal Energy Development Capacity (TEDC) Grants program (CFDA 15.148). The purpose of this 2-year award, with a period of performance from August 2024 to August 2026, is to conduct a feasibility study to identify and evaluate potential distributed energy resource (DER) sites within the tribe's trust lands. The study results will provide a...
The Hoonah Indian Association received a two-year, $214,207 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Tribal Climate Resilience federal grant program (CFDA 15.156). The funding will support the Association's HIA 2021 CAPACITY BUILDING TO SUSTAIN TRIBAL VOICES IN FISHERIES MANAGEMENT project through August 2023. The Cooperative Landscape Conservation program aims to help tribal governments and trust land managers understand potential climate change...