Source: Interior Dept.
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced on Thursday, Feb. 25 more than $7 million in grants will go to 42 Native American projects in 16 states to fund a wide range of conservation projects nationwide.
“Tribal Wildlife Grants are much more than a fiscal resource for Tribes. The projects and partnerships supported by this program have enhanced our commitment to Native Americans and to the United States’ shared wildlife resources,” Salazar said.
More than $50 million has gone to Native American tribes through the Tribal Wildlife Grants program in the past eight years, providing funding for 400 conservation projects administered by 162 participating Federally-recognized tribes. The grants provide technical and financial assistance for the development and implementation of projects that benefit fish and wildlife resources and their habitat, including non-game species.
“The Tribal Wildlife Grants program has helped the Service to collaborate more effectively with Native American tribes in conserving and restoring the vast diversity of fish and wildlife habitat they manage,” said U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Acting Director Rowan Gould.
The grants have enabled tribes to develop increased management capacity, improve and enhance relationships with partners including State agencies, address cultural and environmental priorities, and heighten interest of tribal students in fisheries, wildlife and related fields of study. Some grants have been awarded to enhance recovery efforts for threatened and endangered species.
The grants are provided exclusively to Federally-recognized Indian tribal governments and are made possible under the Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2002 through the State and Tribal Wildlife Grant program.
A complete list of grantees is below:
2010 Tribal Wildlife Grants Awards
ALABAMA
Poarch Band of Creek Indians ($200,000)
Restoration of Longleaf Pine Habitat
ALASKA
Native Village of Kwigillingok ($189,310)
Reducing Carbon Emissions for the Birds
Native Village of Old Harbor ($87,319)
Nuniaq Taquaka’aq Rehabilitation Plan
Chilkoot Indian Association ($193,527)
Chilkat and Chilkoot River Eulachon Project
ARIZONA
Hopi Tribe ($200,000)
Golden Eagle Assessment
Quechan Tribe ($68,997)
Habitat Protection and Enhancement of Wetlands
Tohono O’odham Nation ($200,000)
Proposal for a Flora and Fauna Inventory
CALIFORNIA
Habematolel Band of Pomo Indians ($171,686)
Clear Lake Hitch Recovery Project
Hoopa Valley Tribe ($200,000)
Bobcat Ecology and Fisher Survival
Karuk Tribe ($195,000)
Bluff/Camp Creek Habitat Protection – Road Decommissioning
Pinoleville Pomo Nation ($116,950)
Restoring Oak Woodlands
Round Valley Indian Tribes ($65,796)
Mill Creek Riparian Corridor Project
Susanville Indian Rancheria ($200,000)
Re-establishment of Wild Eagle Lake Rainbow Trout
Washoe Tribe ($197,000)
Wildlife Management Plan
Rumsey Band of Wintun Indians ($200,000)
Cache Creek Cultural Restoration Project
Yurok Tribe ($200,000)
Condor Reintroduction Feasibility Initiative
IDAHO
Nez Perce Tribe ($200,000)
Rare Plant Conservation of Nez Perce Lands
MAINE
Aroostook Band of Micmac Indians ($200,000)
Brook Trout Conservation Project
MICHIGAN
Grand Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians ($200,000)
Boardman River Restoration Project
Little River Band of Ottawa ($200,000)
Artic Grayling and Elk Re-establishment
Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians ($199,973)
Walleye Assessment
MONTANA
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes ($200,000)
Monitoring of Wildlife at Highway Crossing
NEVADA
Moapa Band of Paiute Indians ($55,446)
Muddy River Habitat Enhancement Project
Summit Lake Band of Paiute Indians ($200,000)
Food Web Investigation to Promote Lahontan Cutthroat Recovery
Walker River Paiute Tribe ($200,000)
Tamarisk Removal for Habitat Restoration
NEW MEXICO
Pueblo of Santa Ana ($199,963)
Gray Vireo Pop. Monitoring
NEW YORK
St. Regis Mohawk Tribe ($193,191)
Akwesasne Wildlife Management Plan
Seneca Nation ($199,762)
Walleye Conservation Program
OKLAHOMA
Citizen Band of Potawatomi ($199,823)
Citizen Potawatomi Eagle Aviary Program
Peoria Tribe of Oklahoma ($195,874)
Propagation of the Neosho Madtom and Neosho Mucket
OREGON
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation ($177,416)
California Bighorn Sheep Project
Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Reservation ($127,882)
Upstream Migration of Pacific Lamprey in the Willamette Basin
SOUTH DAKOTA
Oglala Sioux Tribe ($199,610)
Study of the Wahupe Oyate Hena
*Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate ($101,138)
Diversity/Abundance of Amphibians – Northern Leopard Frog
*Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate ($95,996)
Small Mammal Population Study
Yankton Sioux Tribe ($200,000)
Emergent Sandbar Habitat Management
WASHINGTON
Jamestown S’Kllalm Tribe ($57,312)
Restoring the Dungeness Elk Herd to its Historic Range
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe ($199,995)
River Otters and American Dippers
Lummi Indian Nation ($200,000)
South Fork Fobes Reach Project
Stillaguamish Tribe ($147,895)
River Otters and American Dippers: River Restoration
Tulalip Tribes ($192,039)
Monitoring Fish and Water Resources
WISCONSIN
Lac du Flambeau Band of Chippewa Indians ($83,954)
Walleye Assessment to Safeguard Fishery
