Trees for Indigenous Nations Grant Program

NOTE: Please submit a project concept for review and evaluation. See Pre-proposal deadline above. This request for proposals is a preliminary process to review eligibility, scope, and capacity to make a successful project. Selected applications will move forward to full project development working in collaboration with DNRC staff.

Goals

Managing and enhancing community forests by providing accessible funding opportunities, technical assistance, and resources for tribal communities.

Expected Outcomes

The expected accomplishments of this project include increased access to healthy green spaces for tribal communities, increased tree canopy and ecosystems benefits, climate adaptation, and improved air and water quality. The project also aims to increase opportunities for tribal communities and to develop a sustainable community forestry foundation for the long-term.

Allowable Projects

Types of allowable projects through these funds:

• Tree plantings
  • urban restoration efforts, biodiversity, community and ecosystem health, habitat management in and around urban areas, trees in rural community landscapes, interpretive, cultural, educational plantings, and shelterbelts.
• Sustainability
  • climate change, pollution, and erosion mitigation, restoring culturally important tree species, accessible and energy-wise water systems for tree establishment, maintenance, removals, and replacements, and wood utilization.
• Outreach, education, planning, public awareness, build and share ecological knowledge, and strengthen partnerships.
  • Examples include public workshops, educational events, and culturally based community engagement.
• Capacity building
  • professional development, local workforce training, supporting positions to ensure sustainability and long-term management for community forestry work.
• Program development, i.e., advancement of integrating cultural knowledge and practices in community forestry.
  • Build culturally educational, interpretive tree programs.
• Establishing and supporting tree orchards and food forest sovereignty programs
• Tree nurseries, sustainable nursery programs, procurement/propagation of culturally significant trees

Available Funding

Individual subawards will range from $50,000 to a maximum of $150,000 total, over 3 years, depending on the scope of work, unique needs, and capabilities of the applicant organization.

$1,000,000 in total funding is available.