Awarded Grants

With the support of First Nations, CRRC is purchasing the Institute, providing for tribal sovereign jurisdiction. The purchase will make it possible for CRRC to expand the facility and create a coastal resiliency plan to protect the region, including the Institute and its water supply, from flooding and coastal erosion caused by climate change .

This project will help increase the unified voice of our river for the conservation and restoration of our wild stock fisheries on the Kuskokwim River by elevating Tribal sovereignty co-management, therefore maintaining and preserving our quality of life /food security.

OROV will create a unified Dine grassroots voice to increase community engagement, capacity and empowerment: to retain and advocate for grassroots sovereignty over community water and food security; to plan, manage, and control local water systems’ development, operations and maintenance; and to leverage technical and financial resources for this.