Puget Sound Action Agenda – Climate Resilient Riparian Systems Lead

Type

Funding

Organization

EPA

Description

Deadline Passed. Most recent deadline: March 31, 2023. This RFA announces the availability of funds and solicits applications from eligible applicants that are interested in acting as the Puget Sound Climate Resilient Riparian Systems Lead. The overall goal is to establish an innovative and collaborative riparian conservation program that provides financial incentives for landowners to set aside and restore riparian areas important for salmon recovery, while successfully implementing approaches to climate resiliency and riparian conservation that become a robust and sustainable program.

Funding Amount

Up to $30,000,000

Matching Funds

Yes

Geography

Puget Sound

Washington

Eligibility

Federally recognized tribes located within the greater Puget Sound basin and any consortium of these eligible tribes.

Website

https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=344933

Contact Information

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
ATTN: Melissa Whitaker
Region 10, Puget Sound Program
1200 6th Avenue, Suite 900
Seattle, Washington 98101
E-mail address: Whitaker.Melissa@epa.gov

The Tribal Climate Change Guide is supported through partnerships between the University of Oregon Environmental Studies Program and the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals and the Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 Tribal Program.
Questions about this Guide should be directed to kathy@uoregon.edu.