Tribal Climate Change Guide

The Tribal Climate Change Guide is part of the Pacific Northwest Tribal Climate Change Project (TCCP). The TCCP is part of the L.I.G.H.T. Foundation (LF), is an independent, Indigenous-led, conservation 501(c)(3) nonprofit established on the Colville Indian Reservation in the traditional territory of the Nespelem Tribe in present-day north central Washington State. LF supports the restoration and cultivation of native Plant and Pollinator Relatives and the culturally respectful conservation of habitats and ecosystems which are climate resilient and adaptive. For more information about LF, visit: https://thepnwlf.org/. For more information about the Tribal Climate Change Project, visit: https://tribalclimate.uoregon.edu/. If you would like to add information to this guide, please email kathy.lynn.or@gmail.com.

Southeast New England Program (SNEP) Opportunity to Advance Resilience (SOAR) Fund Program

Type

Funding

Organization

EPA

Description

Most Recent Deadline: June 7, 2024 – The Southeast New England Program (SNEP) Opportunity to Advance Resilience (SOAR) Fund is an EPA New England program designed to improve climate resiliency in disadvantaged communities throughout southeast New England. With funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the EPA program will invest at least $5 million in SNEP disadvantaged communities by 2027. This Request for Proposal (RFP) represents the second round of funding for a total investment of over $2.5 million to date.

Category Taxonomy

adaptation and resilience

Funding Amount

The EPA program will invest at least $5 million in SNEP disadvantaged communities by 2027. This Request for Proposal (RFP) represents the second round of funding for a total investment of over $2.5 million to date

Matching Funds

Geography

EPA region 4; South; Southeast

Eligibility

State, local and tribal governments, public and private universities and colleges, public and private nonprofit institutions/organizations, community colleges, philanthropic organizations, interstate agencies, Intertribal Consortia, hospitals operated by state, tribal, or local governments, or are nonprofits, and others are eligible to apply.

Website

https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epas-southeast-new-england-program-announces-a…

Contact Information

James Anderson (anderson.james.r@epa.gov)
(617) 918-1401
EPA Region 1 Press Office (R1_Press@epa.gov)

Status/Type

Grant

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.