Gulf Coast Tribal Youth Conservation Program
Implementing Organization
US Department of the Interior (DOI) Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
Overview
DWH Project Funding
$927,000
Known Leveraged Funding
$0
Funding Organization
Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council
Funding Program
The RESTORE Act Funds Bucket 2: Comprehensive Plan
Details
Project Category
Human and Social
Project Actions
Other Workforce Development and Job Creation
Targeted Resources
Human and/or Institutional Capacity
Project Description
The RESTORE Council has approved in Council-Selected Restoration Component funding for the Tribal Youth Coastal Restoration Program. The sponsor is the U.S. Department of the Interior, on behalf of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). This includes planning and implementation funds as FPL Category 1. The program will support the primary RESTORE Comprehensive Plan goal to enhance community resilience through planning and implementation activities that will continue the restoration work begun under the Council’s 2015 Initial FPL of the following federally-recognized tribes: Chitimacha Tribe, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Poarch Band of Creek Indians, Seminole Tribe of Florida, and Miccosukee Indian Tribe, and will add the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana. Tribes will create projects on their respectively Tribal lands in Gulf Coastal Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida as well as lands that drain into the Gulf to protect natural resources and the environment, and maintain a healthy ecosystem, while learning cultural values. These training projects should restore 1,000 acres of habitat on Tribal lands.
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