The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs awarded a $427,000 Project Grant under the Aid to Tribal Governments program (CFDA 15.020) to Conservation Legacy, a non-profit organization based in Colorado, to provide conservation and natural resource management services on public lands. The award period runs from July 31, 2024 to August 1, 2026. Through this federal grant, Conservation Legacy, primarily operating through its Southwest Conservation Corps program, will engage youth,...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs awarded a $250,000 Project Grant on July 31, 2024 to the Tolowa Dee-Ni Nation under the Aid to Tribal Governments program (CFDA 15.020). This funding will support the tribe's general government operations, administrative infrastructure, and community services over the grant period ending on December 31, 2026. As a federally recognized tribal government, the Tolowa Dee-Ni Nation will leverage these funds to maintain tribal enrollment...
This $2,999,999.18 Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731), supports the "Tribal Ecological Cultural Restoration and Forest Resiliency Project" led by the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua & Siuslaw Indians in Oregon. The award, with a performance period from December 31, 2024 to March 15, 2027, will fund restoration and...
The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs awarded a $298,825 Project Grant under the Indian Economic Development program (CFDA 15.032) to The Klamath Tribes in Chiloquin, Oregon. The three-year grant will fund a language immersion program serving approximately 300 students in Klamath County, Oregon. The program will focus equally on the Klamath, Modoc, and Yahooskin Paiute languages, utilizing the Total Physical Response method to support whole-community and all-ages language...
The federal Project Grant award in the amount of $480,223.82 was made on July 31, 2024 by the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Aid to Tribal Governments program (CFDA 15.020). The grant recipient, Conservation Legacy, will utilize the funds to provide a range of conservation and natural resource management services through its Southwest Conservation Corps program. Key services to be delivered include trail maintenance, invasive species removal, habitat restoration,...
This federal Project Grant award of $729,465.00, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Program (CFDA 10.664), supports the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde in Oregon to undertake ecocultural oak forest management and fire landscape scale restoration activities. The award, effective from September 17, 2024 to December 31, 2026, will fund projects focused on developing genetically improved tree seeds and seedlings, producing and...
The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes have been awarded a $302,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Good Neighbor Authority (CFDA 15.015) program. The funding will support a partnership between the Tribes and BLM to plan and implement ecosystem restoration projects across Tribal and BLM-managed lands in Idaho. Key proposed activities include: Hazardous fuels reduction through 5 miles of fuel breaks and 20 acres of thinning,...
The Karuk Tribe of California received a $1,505,042.28 cooperative agreement award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Central Office under the Forestry on Indian Lands federal grant program (CFDA 15.035). The award, issued on July 18, 2022 and set to run through July 17, 2027, will support the Tribe's delivery of forest management activities to maintain, protect, enhance and develop Indian forest resources, as outlined in the program description. Specifically, funding...
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...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) provides $100,000.00 to the Lomakatsi Restoration Project, a non-profit organization, to implement the Northern Surprise Valley All Lands Restoration Project. The project will deliver ecologically-based forestry and range treatments on tribal trust lands and private lands to mitigate potential impacts to ecosystem services...