Native American Fish and Wildlife Society

This grant will sponsor the 2026 National Conference and Southwest, Great Lakes, Great Plains, Pacific, and Southeast Regional Conferences.

This grant will support NAFWS 2025 multi-event sponsorship including National, Southwest Regional, Great Lakes Regional, and Northeast/Southeast Regional Conferences

This grant will provide a sponsorship for NAFWS Pacific Regional Convening taking place October 22-24, 2024.

Project Purpose The project will strengthen, build and sustain education / outreach programs through obtaining needed equipment/supplies, increasing student participation and applications, developing operations plans, increasing organizational visibility, piloting a mentorship program, assisting Tribal Hunter Ed programs and completing evaluations.

This grant will provide event sponsorship for Native American Fish and Wildlife Society’s 2024 Great Plains Regional Conference.

The goal of this project is to assist Native communities in advancing ecological stewardship efforts through the provision of training and technical assistance (TTA), in a manner that also builds local tribal capacity in addressing, natural resources, fisheries, wildlife and invasive species management issues.

2024 NAFWS Annual Conference Sponsorship

2023 Pacific Regional Conference Event Sponsorship

Northeast Regional NAFWS Conference Sponsorship

Project will be used to supplement Tribal climate change work that the NAFWS and its partners are conducting that focuses on delivering training on land planning decisions impacted by climate change. This project will serve AK Native youth, AK Native tribal and village leadership, tribal members and ANCSA corporation shareholders.

Southeastern Regional Conference Event Sponsorship

40th Annual NAFWS National Conference

This project will catalyze existing conservation and land stewardship efforts in Native communities by providing training and technical assistance in the areas of natural resource planning, wildlife assessment, and development of climate adaptation plans.

This grant will leverage existing projects and ultimately increase our ability to support Alaska Tribes through travel scholarships and reimbursements to attend trainings, workshops, and courses focusing on Tribal climate adaptation and resilience. It will also allow NAFWS to more fully utilize its presence in Alaska.

This project will create a series of discussions for Tribal fish and wildlife professionals to increase their understanding of confronting and combating climate change through workshops utilized at the NAFWS regional conferences and national conferences.

Southwest Regional Conference

Pacific Regional Conference

Event Sponsorship for 39th Annual National Conference