Project Grant A16AP00016

The Metlakatla Indian Community was awarded a $450,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service under the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (CFDA 10.182). The purpose of this 2-year award is to enable the Metlakatla community to purchase and distribute locally produced and harvested foods, with a focus on procuring from socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. Key activities will include purchasing a variety...

The Metlakatla Indian Community, doing business as Metlakatla Power & Light, was awarded a $110,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CFDA 66.046) program. The funding will support the development of a comprehensive greenhouse gas (GHG) emission inventory and action plans to address and mitigate pollution on tribal lands over a 2-year period from June 2023 to June 2025. Key deliverables include...

The Metlakatla Indian Community (MIC), doing business as Metlakatla Power & Light (MPL), received a $502,821 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526). The purpose of the grant is to fund the startup of a fixed-route electric bus service between the Metlakatla Municipal Building and the Annette Islands Ferry Terminal on...

The Metlakatla Indian Community, doing business as Metlakatla Power & Light, was awarded a $199,248 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration under the Safe Streets and Roads for All (CFDA 20.939) program. The grant funding will be used to update the Metlakatla Indian Community Safety Action Plan, which aims to enhance transportation safety and reduce fatal and serious injuries for all road users in the community. The project will involve...

The Metlakatla Indian Community, doing business as Metlakatla Power & Light, was awarded a $259,510 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308) to conduct a Sm'algyax language preservation project. The project aims to address the loss of fluent Sm'algyax speakers, a critically endangered language of the Ts'msyen (Tsimshian) people, by hiring a language mentor and student, acquiring technology...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202), will fund a $1,875,000 drinking water infrastructure project for the Ketchikan Gateway Borough in Alaska. The project involves the design, oversight, and installation of new water distribution lines, hydrants, and valves to improve the reliability of the local drinking water system and reduce leaks. The project is expected to be completed...

This $19,455,772 federal Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) supports the Metlakatla Indian Community in implementing several key initiatives over a 3-year period: Establishing ten new seaweed farms within the Metlakatla community as a nature-based solution, including providing immersion training for new seaweed farmers and constructing a seaweed processing facility and seed nursery....

The Takshanuk Watershed Council, located in Southeast Alaska, will receive $186,600 under a Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's Cooperative Watershed Management Program to establish the Greater Chilkat Watershed Working Group. The Working Group will develop an ecosystem-based management plan and support stakeholder engagement to address near-term threats including climate change impacts and industrial development pressures facing the nearly 2,000...

The Metlakatla Indian Community received a $200,000 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Tribal Energy Development Capacity (TEDC) Grants program (CFDA 15.148). The grant will fund a feasibility study to assess the financial and technical viability of using the community's hydropower resources to produce and store hydrogen as an energy carrier or fuel source for its island microgrid. The key objectives are to: 1) model the available hydropower...

The Metlakatla Indian Community received a $105,000 Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) to support its Brownfield Response Program. The program will conduct timely surveys and inventories of Brownfield sites on the Annette Islands Reserve, provide oversight and enforcement of response actions to protect human health and the environment, and ensure meaningful public involvement in the cleanup and...