Project Grant F18AP00610

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe a $199,950 Project Grant under the Tribal Wildlife Grants (CFDA 15.639) program. The funding will allow the tribe to expand their capacity for propagating native plants and restoring degraded sites through plantings to improve fish and wildlife habitat. It will also support community outreach and communication on the topic of native plants. The project aims to reflect both cultural and ecological...

The Federal Grant Award of $597,248.00 was provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727). The grant, awarded on July 16, 2024, supports the Akwesasne Urban Tree Canopy Assessment and Management Project led by the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe. This 5-year project aims to plan, establish, manage, and protect trees, forests, green spaces, and related natural resources in the...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $650,000 Project Grant to the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) federal grant program. The funding will support the tribe in filling traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) data gaps related to past and current beneficial use impairment assessments in the St. Lawrence River Area of Concern (AOC). Key activities include plant and wildlife contaminant monitoring,...

The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe was awarded a $645,937 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585). The funding will be used to enhance the tribe's Tribal Healing to Wellness Court (HWC) by increasing access and recovery support for the target population of tribal members and other federally recognized tribal members. Key goals include increasing the number of HWC participants and graduation...

This federal Project Grant award, with an obligated amount of $497,078.00, was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664). The grant supports a landscape-scale restoration initiative led by the Seneca Nation of Indians in New York to create biodiversity through indigenous methods of prescribed fire. The Seneca Nation, a federally recognized tribal government, will utilize the funding to develop genetically...

This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469), will fund the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe to collect and analyze fish tissue data samples from the St. Lawrence River area of concern (AOC). The $997,503 award will support at least 2 years of field collection, sample analysis, and reporting to update fish consumption advisories for the Mohawk and New York State communities. The...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $300,000 project grant to the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) program. The grant will fund a 4-year effort by the tribe to provide traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) education to the Akwesasne community about traditional practices in the St. Lawrence River Area of Concern. The tribe will host a minimum of 40 educational workshops related to ecological activities,...

This federal Project Grant award for $320,000.00, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Forest Stewardship Program (CFDA 10.678), supports the expansion of containerized seedling production capacity for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). The funding will enable DEC New York to strengthen its ability to grow and distribute tree seedlings to support long-term active forest management and conservation efforts across non-industrial...

The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe received a $302,546 Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 under the Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708). The Tribe will provide technical assistance to snow and ice management businesses on the reservation to help them adopt source reduction practices for road salt. Specifically, the Tribe will assess current salt storage and handling, develop best management practices by benchmarking application rates, and provide...

This $250,000 federal Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Tribal Energy Development Capacity (TEDC) Grants program (CFDA 15.148) will support the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe in building its capacity to regulate and manage energy resources. The project aims to develop the organizational, business, legal, and regulatory infrastructure to establish a tribal utility authority in the form of a community electric cooperative. Key activities include...