Awarded Grants

This project will leverage existing funding in our Natural Resources department and increase the impact of our ongoing programs through expanding our clam garden pilot program to create jobs that support disaster preparedness, initially through education, training, monitoring, and strategic planning.

This project will increase tribal environmental asset control on or near Native lands.

This project will increase the organizational capacity of the Food Sovereignty Initiative to create job opportunities through the creation of our composting program which will initially focus on training, certifications and composting site construction.

Initiate conversation and community engagement to explore issues, challenges, and solutions to addressing preservation of Bering Sea marine resources.

This project will increase the organizational capacity within our natural resources department and create job opportunities through the launch of our pilot environmental health program. Staff will create a recycling/solid waste program, implement education, training, and public awareness outreach events, and enhance regulatory compliance and disaster preparedness.

This project will increase the capacity within our Environmental and Pilgrim Hot Springs Programs by creating a new Sustainability Coordinator position. This employee will work to expand green job development, clean energy initiatives, and plan energy education workshops to benefit the people of our region.

This program will prepare Tribal and Latinx youth for entry-level green and conservation jobs that are common to the Lower Colorado River and frequently filled by people from outside the community. To leverage this training all graduates of the program will have preferential hiring at CRIT’s natural resource departments.

The project proposes to understand the impact of the energy transition on the local economy and to build community capacity by training up our future leaders through the public sector leadership program who will then utilize knowledge to create an economy that is environmentally friendly and sustainable.

Land Management Plan for existing land projects and Legal Review for Tesoro Highlands land transfer project.

Blackfeet Community College Workforce Development will partner with renewable energy and tribal college professionals to develop a 2-week solar training program through the First Nations Renewable Energy grant. One partner, has provided a quote to provide two (2) hands-on trainings for 20 BCC students at the cost of $69,964.34.