Awarded Grants

Our program will establish a Tribally-led biodiversity crediting framework using eDNA tools to monitor and protect species across the Chugach region, aligning Indigenous values with emerging markets to support long-term stewardship, climate resilience, and sustainable Tribal economic opportunities.

WRTBI's Buffalo Biodiversity Crediting Program will support the planning and development of our bio crediting program, which will increase economic, environmental, and community health, along with diversifying our funding streams for the nonprofit.

Our project will support the development program capacity to monitor biodiversity and carbon hemiboreal forests in the 1836 Treaty Ceded Territory with a focus on Sault Tribe's Shingle Bay Preserve as a demonstration site

Our project will support the development of a new fund for land re-matriation that can be accessed by our Tribal Nation members to re-acquire and protect their ancestral lands.

Our project will support the planning and development of our land return biocultural crediting project. This project will create a pathway for tribes and ethical investors to partner in the return of Blackfeet lands for a sustainable effort at land, culture, language, and Bison rematriation.

This project builds organizational capacity to engage with U.S. Forest Service funding opportunities, aligns stewardship priorities across departments, and supports long-term forest stewardship efforts through improved systems.

This project supports the integration of traditional knowledge and science-based restoration approaches into a comprehensive land stewardship plan. This project will also strengthen capacity to pursue funding opportunities and collaboration with the U.S. Forest Service.

This project will prevent spoilage of frozen foods during power outages caused by extreme weather events, enable us to continue to care for livestock during power outages, increase energy efficiency, alleviate electricity costs, and replenish food processing supplies,