Defense environmental restoration program - nalemp

The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering Support Center Huntsville awarded a $321,858 cooperative agreement to the Naqsragmiut Tribal Council, doing business as the Village of Anaktuvuk Pass, to support environmental restoration efforts under the Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2003 from September 2022 through September 2024.

Specifically, the funding will support the Naqsragmiut Tribal Council's work developing a system for prioritizing mitigation estimates and costs for addressing environmental impacts resulting from Department of Defense activities on Native American lands, including providing training and technical assistance. The award advances the goals of the Department of Defense Appropriation Act of 2003's CFDA #12.116 program to fund mitigation of environmental impacts from defense activities on Indian lands through cooperative agreements.