Current and Archived News and Stories

Current Community Resilience News and Stories

Tribal Forest Protection Act Projects in the Lake States – Story Map

USET Climate Resilience Program’s 2024 in Review

The USET Tribal Climate Resilience Program would like to thank everyone who joined us for meetings, discussions, and events in 2024. We’d like to share a few of the activities…

Announcing Release of the US Ag and Forestry GHG Inventory Data Viewer

Community Resilience Employment Opportunities

Tribal Forest Protection Act Projects in the Lake States – Story Map

USET Climate Resilience Program’s 2024 in Review

The USET Tribal Climate Resilience Program would like to thank everyone who joined us for meetings, discussions, and events in 2024. We’d like to share a few of the activities…

The 2024 USET Tribal Climate Resilience Camp was a success!
EPA launches climate resource hub and other opportunities for Tribal Nations
IFMAT releases interactive report, Breaking Point: The State of Tribal Forestry Today

Annual BIA Tribal Climate Resilience Awards Program accepting applications until October 18
Call for Indigenous Contributors: Special issue of Parks Stewardship Forum on #LANDBACK through Rematriation
FY23 sees most BIA Climate Resilience awards to USET Member Nations (so far!)
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes win award for multimedia Climate Change Strategic Plan
Submit proposals to National Tribal and Indigenous Climate Conference by April 17
New Report Published: Innovation in Climate Adaptation: Harnessing Innovation for Effective Biodiversity and Ecosystem Adaptation
Biden-Harris Administration Proposes First-of-its Kind National Forest Plan Amendment to Conserve and Steward Old Growth Forests
Working with Tribal Nations to sustain a cherished plant
Fifth National Climate Assessment, co-authored by USET Climate Program Manager, released in November
New NECASC story map explores climate adaptation challenges and strategies for aquatic ecosystems
USET joins the Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center Consortium, building on years of partnership
Clean Energy Innovator Fellowship: Host Applications Due March 5
Students, find your dream internship: apply to paid 2024 environmental opportunities now!
U.S. Forest Service Announces New Series of Funding Opportunities - Forest Landowner Support Program
Basketmakers’ Gathering at Akwesasne facilitates sharing, mourning, connecting
Intertribal Timber Council Activities Update and Resources

Landscape Scale Restoration Program: Submit your proposals now!
BIA Announces $120 million for FY2023 Tribal Climate Resilience Funding
New NOAA funding opportunities for coastal climate resilience planning, adaptation, workforce, education, and more
Share your perspectives: Submissions open for article proposals in climate justice and Indigenous climate resilience
Call for Abstracts: UN International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples: Indigenous Peoples and Climate Resilience
Call for Abstracts: Muckleshoot Tribal College Journal—Submissions Due October 20
Upper Mattaponi Tribe Receives Funding to Reclaim Ancestral Lands
Office of National Tribal Liaison at USDA APHIS to Hold Tribal Funding Webinars for PPA 7721
Biden-Harris Administration Announces $35 Million for National Fish Passage Projects to Address Climate Resilience and Strengthen Local Economies
Typology of Nature-based Solutions for Climate Adaptation
Relaunch of ClimateEngine.org
Climate change and the global redistribution of biodiversity: substantial variation in empirical support for expected range shifts
USET Climate Resilience Program is hiring an undergraduate climate change intern
Request for comments on strategies for Ocean Justice (July 24) and Sustainable Ocean Economy (Aug. 28)
EPA is seeking applications for first National Environmental Youth Advisory Council, due Aug. 22
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Formula Grants: Short pre-award info sheet due July 31
USDA solicits nominations to establish Tribal Advisory Committee by August 14
Maple Syrup and Climate Change: producer observations, perceptions, knowledge, and adaptation strategies
Lessons learned from knowledge co-production in climate-smart decision-making
Onondaga Nation’s seven buffalo maple syrup co. taps into traditions
Forest Service Organization, Functions, and Procedures; Functions and Procedures; Forest Service Functions. Comments Due: June 20, 2023.
10 Ways Mt St Helens Changed our world
New executive order creates Office of Environmental Justice and measures to grow EJ efforts in all federal agencies
Biden-Harris Administration Expands Assistance to Boost Climate Resilience and Support Communities Using Low-Carbon Material
Deadline extended to May 31 for Tribal Grid Resilience Formula Grants
Webinar Recap: Spotted Lanternfly (SLF) Tribal Webinar
Wabanaki Research Partnership Highlighted in Recent Forest Service Talk
The National Tribal Air Association Announces 2022 Status of Tribal Air Report
Ranco Awarded $50K to Expand Climate Change Resilience Work with Wabanaki Communities
Biden-Harris Administration Announces $100 Million in Environmental Justice Grants through IRA/EPA; Applications due April 10
USDA Climate Hub Survey – Your Feedback Wanted
Two USET Member Tribal Nations Among Tribal Priority Fish Passage Projects Recommended for Funding
NE CASC and Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Aquinnah Participate in the American Fisheries Society Hutton Junior Fisheries Biology Program
USET Climate Program Staff Meet US Forest Service Tribal Relations Specialist
2023 Native Youth Climate Adaptation Leadership Congress - Apply by Feb. 28
USET Partner Les Benedict Recognized for Support of Forest Health Projects
ITEP Announces Release of STACC Report

Maine Gardener: A ray of hope for getting rid of the destructive emerald ash borer
“Recovering America's Wildlife Act” Significant to Tribal Nations
Call for Proposals: 2022 AISES National Conference
Interim policy changes for partnership and cooperator agreements
NSRC Spring 2022 Request for Proposals
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Build Climate Resilience in Tribal Communities
USET's Climate Change Program Is Hiring!
In Major Step to Implement American Rescue Plan, USDA Announces Membership of Newly Formed Equity Commission
Scientists' Warning to Humanity on Threats to Indigenous and Local Knowledge Systems
When Trees Aren’t the Answer: Tree Invasions Not Recommended to Mitigate Climate Change
‘Native people are scared’: Invasive Beetle found in Cumberland County Threatens Wabanaki Culture
USET Webinar: Saltwater Intrusion – Concerns and Solutions
USDA Launches Resource Guide to Help Rural Communities Seeking Disaster Resiliency and Recovery Assistance
NOAA Announcements Regarding Climate.gov and Decision Tools
Midwest and Northeast Summary of the 2020 State Forest Action Plans for the Northeast and Midwest
Call for Proposals: 2022 National Tribal & Indigenous Climate Conference
Webinar Recording Available: "A Conversation on Kudzu"
The Wabanaki Youth in Science Program has a New Website!
Miccosukee Activist Advocates for the Everglades through Performance Art
Traditional Learnings: Into the Field with Yurok and U.S. Forest Service Experts on Cultural Burning of Forested Lands
5th National Climate Assessment Public Engagement Workshops
FEMA Seeking Volunteer Review Panelists for Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC)
Call for Proposals: National Tribal Forum on Air Quality
National Adaptation Forum - Call for Presentations, Speakers, and Facilitators in the Monitoring and Evaluation Series - Deadline Jan. 19
Native American Fish and Wildlife Society Selected to Support the Alaska Regional Tribal Resilience Liaison Program
Informational Report: The Unmet Infrastructure Needs of Tribal Communities and Alaska Native Villages in Process of Relocating
Call for Public Comment - National Global Change Research Plan (2022-2031)

Funding Opportunity: Tribal Climate Resilience Liaisons at the CASCs
Interior Department Announces Next Steps for Indian Youth Service Corps Program
Host Sites Needed for Summer Internship Program
USDA Launches Resource Guide to Help Rural Communities Seeking Disaster Resiliency and Recovery Assistance
SUNY ESF’s Center for Native Peoples and the Environment and The Nature Conservancy Embark on Transformational Partnership
DOI Tribal Climate Listening Sessions
Department of the Treasury Requests Feedback on Strategic Plan
Tribal Input Needed: National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy
Chickasaw woman gets USDA post, one in a string of Indigenous nominees
Northeast CASC Contributes to NOAA’s Efforts to Support Right Whale Conservation
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2021 Report on Climate Change and Social Vulnerability in the United States
Update to the Tribal Climate Adaptation Guidebook
2021 Shifting Seasons Summit Event Site Now Open to the Public
In the Infrastructure Bill, a Recognition: Climate Change Is a Crisis
Hundreds gather to support environmental protections
USET Hosts its First-ever Virtual Tribal Climate Resilience Camp
Virtual National Adaptation Forum Announces Fall 2021 Series
Tribal Review of the Congressional Action Plan
How Returning Native Lands to Native Tribal Nations Is Helping Protect Nature
So You Want to Acknowledge the Land? – Some Notes on a Trend, and What Real Justice Could Look Like.
Coville et al., Identifying High-Impact Invasive Plants Likely to Shift into Northern New England with Climate Change
National Tribal Leadership Climate Change Summit Completed, Materials Available
More than One-Third of Heat Deaths Blamed on Climate Change
Dispossessed, Again: Climate Change Hits Native Americans Especially Hard
USET and Penobscot Nation to Host Virtual Tribal Climate Resilience Camp
FEMA Public Comment Period on Climate Change and Underserved Populations
ATNI and Partners to Host Session IV of the Virtual National Tribal Leadership Climate Change Summit: Traditional Knowledges and Tribal Sovereignty
Secretary Haaland Announces Funding for Six Tribal Youth Environmental and Economic Empowerment Projects
Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies and Partners Seek Nominations for the Climate Adaptation Leadership Awards
Maine’s Proposed Emerald Ash Borer Quarantine Updates Implicate a Cultural Resource of The Wabanaki People
Bureau of Indian Affairs Tribal Resilience Program Releases 2021 RFP Opportunity
2021 Shifting Seasons Summit
The National Tribal Leadership Climate Change Summit – Session III: Empowering Indigenous Youth Leadership in the Climate Movement
NCAI Commendation of President Biden’s Day One Executive Actions Addressing Climate Change
Hot off the press! Article of culturally based Adaptation framework: Tribal Nations in USET region, Sea Level Rise, and Water Security
APHIS Changes Approach to Fight Emerald Ash Borer (EAB)
Climate Change Negatively Impacting How Trees Produce New Seeds, Research Finds
The Seneca Nation is Building Food Sovereignty, One Bison at a Time
Including Indigenous Researchers and their Knowledge
Updated Tool: “Welcome to the New Drought.gov!”
2020 in Review: A Look Back at Drought Across the United States in 12 Maps
Coastal harm from invading saltwater ‘happening right now’
Restoring Longleaf Pines, Keystone of Once Vast Ecosystems
A record 6 Native Americans were elected to Congress. Here’s where they stand on climate.
NCAI Passes Climate-Related Resolutions at 77th Annual Convention and Marketplace
Climate Adaptation Integration Tool (CAIT) Incorporates Climate Information into Local Decision-Making Processes
South Central CASC Tribal Liaison Awarded Outstanding Tribal GIS Member Award

USDA Forest Service Appoints New Tribal Relations Director
Alarmed by scope of wildfires, officials turn to Native Americans for help
NE CASC Fellow’s Perspective: Our Place in This Place
Contribute to the Fifth National Climate Assessment
Tribal Climate Conference Addresses Environmental Issues in Indian Country
Preserving Our Place: Isle de Jean Charles
Declining Marine Health Threatens Traditional Subsistence Fishing for Tribal Nations
“Mask-to-Mask” Tribal Consultation in A New Era of Social Interaction
USET Awarded Outstanding Leadership in Climate Adaptation
Solving the Climate Crisis: The Congressional Action Plan for a Clean Energy Economy and a Healthy America
North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center Launches the Tribal Climate Leaders Program (TCLP)
The Indigenous Environmental Network: Offering Free, Virtual Carbon Pricing Training Workshops
The art of fire: reviving the Indigenous craft of cultural burning
Institute for Environmental Professionals (ITEP): Narrative Submissions for the Status of Tribes and Climate Change Report
GRID Alternatives: Tribal Solar Energy Training for Tribal Practitioners
New Study Finds That Focal Species in Similar Habitats will Respond Differently to Climate Change
Cherokee Elk Study shows importance to Appalachian community and economy
Climate Change Will Decrease Prescribed Fire Opportunities in the Southeastern U.S.
Internship and Engagement Program for Native College Students at the South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center
Traditional Cherokee Lands Placed in Conservation Easement
Solving the Climate Crisis: The Congressional Action Plan for a Clean Energy Economy and a Healthy and Just America
Prestigious Banting Postdoctoral Fellow to Study How Climate Change Affects Indigenous Water Justice
How is the Coronavirus Pandemic Affecting Climate Change?
Tribal Community in Louisiana Fights to remain in their Homelands Amid the Impacts of Sea Level Rise
A New Fish and Climate Change Database – Check out FiCli!
Analysis Identifies Most Worrisome Invasive Plants in the Northeast
The Tribal Adaptation Menu (TAM) continues to be utilized across the Midwest, Northeast, and Southeast
Seneca Nation of Indians Receives Award for Climate and Health Communication
New York Times Publishes Story on the Shinnecock Indian Nation and Resilience
Auburn University Ph.D. Student Studies Ancient Southeastern Climates to understand the Modern Climate Change Implications for the Future
Information need on Climate Change impacts to Tribal Infrastructure for a Report to Congress
Science Friday: How Native American Communities are addressing Climate Change
NOAA unveils an expanded and enhanced Climate Explorer
USET Holds Climate Adaptation Plan Writing Retreat at NOAA Fisheries
The College of the Menominee Nation Continues the Tribal Adaptation Menu Workshop Series
SE CASC Science Symposium in New Orleans hears Presentations from Tribal Nation Environmental Staff, Students and Community Representatives
Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Announces Cooperative Agreement for State-Tribal Environmental Collaboration
Kivalina joins Tribal Nations in Louisiana in a Formal Complaint to the United Nations about Coastal Erosion

Current and Archived News and Stories

Current Community Resilience News and Stories

Community Resilience Employment Opportunities

Tribal Forest Protection Act Projects in the Lake States – Story Map

USET Climate Resilience Program’s 2024 in Review

Archived Community Resilience News and Stories