News Release
More Than $7 Million Awarded to 42 Native American Tribes in 16 States for a Wide Range of Conservation Work
2010-02-25 00:00:00.0
Vanessa Kauffman
703-358-2138
Editors: A list of all Tribal grants follows
2010 Tribal Wildlife Grants Awards
ALABAMA
Poarch Band of Creek Indians ($200,000)
Restoration of Longleaf Pine Habitat
ALASKA
Native Village of Kwigillingok ($189,310)
Reducing Carbon Emissions for the Birds
Native Village of Old Harbor ($87,319)
Nuniaq Taquaka'aq Rehabilitation Plan
Chilkoot Indian Association ($193,527)
Chilkat and Chilkoot River Eulachon Project
ARIZONA
Hopi Tribe ($200,000)
Golden Eagle Assessment
Quechan Tribe ($68,997)
Habitat Protection and Enhancement of Wetlands
Tohono O’odham Nation ($200,000)
Proposal for a Flora and Fauna Inventory
CALIFORNIA
Habematolel Band of Pomo Indians ($171,686)
Clear Lake Hitch Recovery Project
Hoopa Valley Tribe ($200,000)
Bobcat Ecology and Fisher Survival
Karuk Tribe ($195,000)
Bluff/Camp Creek Habitat Protection - Road Decommissioning
Pinoleville Pomo Nation ($116,950)
Restoring Oak Woodlands
Round Valley Indian Tribes ($65,796)
Mill Creek Riparian Corridor Project
Susanville Indian Rancheria ($200,000)
Re-establishment of Wild Eagle Lake Rainbow Trout
Washoe Tribe ($197,000)
Wildlife Management Plan
Rumsey Band of Wintun Indians ($200,000)
Cache Creek Cultural Restoration Project
Yurok Tribe ($200,000)
Condor Reintroduction Feasibility Initiative
IDAHO
Nez Perce Tribe ($200,000)
Rare Plant Conservation of Nez Perce Lands
MAINE
Aroostook Band of Micmac Indians ($200,000)
Brook Trout Conservation Project
MICHIGAN
Grand Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians ($200,000)
Boardman River Restoration Project
Little River Band of Ottawa ($200,000)
Artic Grayling and Elk Re-establishment
Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians ($199,973)
Walleye Assessment
MONTANA
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes ($200,000)
Monitoring of Wildlife at Highway Crossing
NEVADA
Moapa Band of Paiute Indians ($55,446)
Muddy River Habitat Enhancement Project
Summit Lake Band of Paiute Indians ($200,000)
Food Web Investigation to Promote Lahontan Cutthroat Recovery
Walker River Paiute Tribe ($200,000)
Tamarisk Removal for Habitat Restoration
NEW MEXICO
Pueblo of Santa Ana ($199,963)
Gray Vireo Pop. Monitoring
NEW YORK
St. Regis Mohawk Tribe ($193,191)
Akwesasne Wildlife Management Plan
Seneca Nation ($199,762)
Walleye Conservation Program
OKLAHOMA
Citizen Band of Potawatomi ($199,823)
Citizen Potawatomi Eagle Aviary Program
Peoria Tribe of Oklahoma ($195,874)
Propagation of the Neosho Madtom and Neosho Mucket
OREGON
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation ($177,416)
California Bighorn Sheep Project
Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Reservation ($127,882)
Upstream Migration of Pacific Lamprey in the Willamette Basin
SOUTH DAKOTA
Oglala Sioux Tribe ($199,610)
Study of the Wahupe Oyate Hena
*Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate ($101,138)
Diversity/Abundance of Amphibians - Northern Leopard Frog
*Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate ($95,996)
Small Mammal Population Study
Yankton Sioux Tribe ($200,000)
Emergent Sandbar Habitat Management
WASHINGTON
Jamestown S'Kllalm Tribe ($57,312)
Restoring the Dungeness Elk Herd to its Historic Range
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe ($199,995)
River Otters and American Dippers
Lummi Indian Nation ($200,000)
South Fork Fobes Reach Project
Stillaguamish Tribe ($147,895)
River Otters and American Dippers: River Restoration
Tulalip Tribes ($192,039)
Monitoring Fish and Water Resources
WISCONSIN
Lac du Flambeau Band of Chippewa Indians ($83,954)
Walleye Assessment to Safeguard Fishery
* Tribes may submit more than one proposal as long as their cumulative cost is less than $200,000.