Awarded Grants

We will conduct a feasibility study is to assess the ecological health of our forest lands and evaluate sustainable, income-generating opportunities that ensure long-term forest stewardship and economic viability.

The Salamatof Tribe Capacity Building & Forest Innovations Planning Project is designed to improve and promote forest health through active forest management on Tribal lands and a long-term plan for the development of marketable forest products.

Our project will implement sustainable forest management through selective harvesting, replanting, and biodiversity protection while exploring carbon and forest product markets. This strengthens the Dot Lake tribal economy, supports Native-led stewardship, and promotes long-term forest health.

Purchase essential equipment and supplies for logging and forest monitoring operations. Activities will integrate modern tools, such as GPS mapping and drone surveys, with traditional stewardship values, ensuring environmental and cultural sustainability to support the Harvest to Home initiative.

Establish a LiDAR-based forest inventory and growth modeling system to establish an accurate baseline dataset that enables complex economic, ecological and cultural analysis to guide strategic management decisions relating to conventional and emerging carbon, water and biodiversity markets.

Conduct a feasibility study of the Lake Talawanda watershed to improve water quality, collect baseline data and enhance land use for the benefit of Choctaw Nation, tribal members and near by community.

The Los Coyotes Band of Indians will establish a culturally informed, regenerative and less harmful economic development through utilizing the natural resources of its tribal trust lands through forestry and other agribusiness focused pursuits.

Our project will increase capacity of acreage treated within Siletz Tribal lands for cultural and prescribed fire, and begin research into a new carbon sequestration market through prescribed burning by blending traditional ecological practices, soil science and sustainable forest management.

This project will establish a Section 17 tribally chartered enterprise to produce biochar from invasive forest fuels, integrate Traditional Ecological Knowledge, reduce forest fire risk, create skilled jobs, and generate long-term economic and ecological benefits for the Pueblo of Cochiti.