This $19,455,772 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) will fund several key initiatives for the Metlakatla Indian Community in Alaska over a 3-year period from February 2025 to January 2028. The grant will support:
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Establishing 10 new seaweed farms as a nature-based solution to reduce local air pollution and enhance food security through the production of nutritious seaweed products. The Metlakatla Indian Community will partner with Native Conservancy as a subrecipient to manage the seaweed farming activities, including permitting, monitoring, training, and creating a processing and marketing cooperative.
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Constructing a new waste transfer station and closing an existing municipal landfill site to significantly decrease emissions from waste burning and improve community health by reducing smoke inhalation.
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Implementing strategies to protect Native access to ancestral waters and foster local economic development from the emerging seaweed farming industry within the Metlakatla community.
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