The Chickasaw Nation was awarded a $422,625 Project Grant from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation under the Indian Tribal Water Resources Development, Management, and Protection program (CFDA 15.519). The grant, awarded on January 17, 2025, will fund a collaborative water needs assessment and the evaluation of potential interconnection pathways throughout the Chickasaw Nation's treaty territory in south-central Oklahoma. The project aims to address water supply instability in the Antlers Aquifer,...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $8,077,467 Project Grant under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief program (CFDA 15.514) to the Chickasaw Nation, a federally recognized Native American tribe in Oklahoma. The grant will fund the Chickasaw Nation's project to alleviate water quality issues affecting the communities of Connerville and Wapanucka. Specifically, the project will construct an interconnection and a water treatment plant to provide...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program (CFDA 66.608) provides $300,000 to the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma to develop a website that consolidates water level data from the Choctaw Nation reservation and the state of Oklahoma through automated processes. The project will also create content utilizing the data to share with relevant stakeholders. The anticipated deliverables include the data collection...
The Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma was awarded a $479,338 Project Grant under the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's Indian Tribal Water Resources Development, Management, and Protection program (CFDA 15.519). The funding will be used to implement a project that will protect the tribe's water resources through the development of a wellhead source water protection plan, a drought ordinance, and the formation of a drought task force. The project aims to accelerate drought response actions...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded the Chickasaw Nation a $253,264 Project Grant under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) on March 20, 2023. The grant will fund the establishment of the Lake Texoma Watershed Management Association to address current and long-term water issues in the Lake Texoma watershed through December 2024. The Chickasaw Nation will convene local stakeholders to develop a watershed group, complete restoration planning, and...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $206,918 Project Grant to the Pueblo of Acoma Inc. for Phase 2 of an irrigation ditch project. The grant was awarded on September 10, 2021 under the Indian Tribal Water Resources Development, Management, and Protection program (CFDA 15.519) and is to be completed by March 31, 2023. Funds will support continued work by the Pueblo of Acoma tribal government to develop and manage their water resources through the second phase of...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded $1,057,147 under the Indian Tribal Water Resources Development, Management, and Protection (CFDA 15.519) federal grant program to the Wichita & Affiliated Tribes from June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2025. The funding will support the installation of a new water well, water storage tank, and approximately 7,600 linear feet of new waterline to connect to existing distribution lines throughout the Tribal complex in Anadarko, Oklahoma. This...
The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,020,849 Project Grant under the Indian Tribal Water Resources Development, Management, and Protection program (CFDA 15.519) to the Yurok Tribe. The grant will fund a comprehensive set of initiatives to address drought impacts and support salmon habitat restoration in the Klamath Basin over a 3-year period from September 2024 to May 2027. Key deliverables include: 2 years of tribal stewardship and restoration activities for...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $373,000 Project Grant to the Coyote Valley Tribal Council, doing business as the Coyote Valley Band Of Pomo Indians, under the Indian Tribal Water Resources Development, Management, and Protection (CFDA 15.519) program. The grant will assist the tribe in developing, managing, and protecting their water and related resources through the following key activities: Developing a tribal water monitoring plan, including surface and...
This Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Indian Tribal Water Resources Development, Management, and Protection program (CFDA 15.519) will provide $762,480 to the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes to rehabilitate and repair stock-ponds, repair or replace eight inoperable windmills, and repair related fencing, gates, and cattleguards on the Duck Valley Indian Reservation. The funding will establish a priority list for pond rehabilitation, restore the...