Project Grant F21AP03623

The U.S. Department of the Interior is providing a $500,000 project grant award under the Native Hawaiian Climate Resilience Program (CFDA 15.098) to the Waihapakai organization. The purpose of the grant is to envision and develop a new Hawaiian fishpond in the Punaluu ahupuaa stream mouth in Hawaii. The project, titled "Understanding Practices to Educate on Native Abundance (UPENA)," aims to demonstrate how constructing new fishponds can enhance climate resilience for Native...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program provides $176,941 to the University of Washington from December 1, 2024 through November 30, 2026. The project aims to use remote sensing tools and indigenous knowledge to map potential wetland and first foods habitat across 15 million acres in the Klamath Basin that could support biodiversity and ecosystem functions as the climate...

This $3,000,000 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Emerging Frontiers under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to Washington State University (WSU). The overarching goal is to transform academic culture by creating a network connecting universities with local tribes and building a collaborative framework to engage indigenous knowledge systems in biological research on systems resilience. Key products and services under this grant include:...

This two-year project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) provides $180,000 to researchers at Arizona State University to study the present and future flood mitigation services of wetland infrastructure across scales in two cities. The researchers will collect data on and model the stormwater management functions of wetlands in Gresham, Oregon and Valdivia, Chile, which both have extensive wetland coverage. Functions to be examined include surface water...

This $1,069,948.82 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) will enable Protectores De Cuencas, Inc. (PDC), a minority-owned non-profit organization, to collaborate with the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources to restore 107 acres of coastal wetlands in the Punta Tuna Natural Reserve. The project will remove debris, reestablish...

This $1,277,419 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program aims to enhance indigenous community resilience to climate change impacts in New Mexico and Oklahoma. The primary goals are to establish sustainable land-water-air research and educational partnerships by braiding indigenous knowledge and western science. Key products and services include: Co-developing climate adaptation research and solutions with tribal...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration program (CFDA 15.614), awarded a $1,333,334 Project Grant to the Washington State Department of Ecology in partnership with the Great Peninsula Conservancy. The funding will support the permanent protection and conservation of 13.1 acres, including 11.1 acres of coastal wetlands, along 530 feet of the Eastern Hood Canal shoreline in Kitsap County, Washington. The protected habitat features...

This $148,019 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program, supports a research project titled "Empowering Tribal Nations to Plan for Extreme Climate Change Threats, Strengthen Water Resilience, and Preserve Culturally Important Agroecosystems." The project has four main objectives: (1) scientifically testing wastewater garden applications for culturally significant plants...

This $305,340 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports U.S. researchers participating in a multinational Belmont Forum initiative on global environmental change research. The project aims to investigate how indigenous ecological knowledge and diverse technical knowledge can be used to develop adaptation pathways to address climate change challenges. The U.S. researchers will collaborate with partners from at least three other countries...

This $650,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program will accelerate development of a national-scale wetlands decision support toolkit for the United States. The project will integrate advances in wetland science, computing, remote sensing, and geospatial tools to create an equitable, user-friendly platform that provides accurate wetland mapping, characterization of ecosystem services, and...