Introduction
Created in 2017, the USET Community Resilience Program assists Tribal Nations with community resilience planning. Through the OERM staff, this program also connects Tribal Nations with resources at regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers and other partners to support Tribal adaptation planning and resiliency.
Events, Webinars, and Trainings
Events, Webinars, and Trainings
See all upcoming Community Resilience events.
Funding Opportunities
Funding Opportunities
Find information about the latest funding announcements, opportunities, and RFPs in the natural resources and Community Resilience arena.
Student and Youth Opportunities
Student and Youth Opportunities
Find information about the latest scholarships, internships, fellowships, and other opportunities for Native students in the areas of natural resources and Community Resilience.
Resolutions, Comments, and Testimony
Resolutions, Comments, and Testimony
Access USET’s official resolutions, comments, and testimonies related to Community Resilience.
Community Resilience 101
Community Resilience 101
Learn about the basics of Community Resilience planning.
Community Resilience Employment Opportunities
Community Resilience Employment Opportunities
ITEP’s STACC Report
ITEP’s STACC Report
Tribal Community Resilience Planning Documents and Publications
Tribal Community Resilience Planning Documents and Publications
Find a collection of Climate Adaptation Plans and vulnerability assessments that are publicly available and produced by Tribal Nations or organizations.
This Month's Top News and Stories
Join USET for monthly Community Resilience Virtual Roundtables
USET’s Community Resilience Team is thrilled to present our Community Resilience Virtual Roundtables series. On the third Wednesday of each month, join other Tribal staff and citizens to learn from each other about strategies and challenges in community resilience.
Resource Highlight: Tribal Funding Registry
The Hozhonigo Institute, a Native-led nonprofit organization, hosts the Tribal Funding Registry, a comprehensive and frequently updated grants database for Tribal Nations and Native-led nonprofits.
Partner Highlight: Northeast Regional Ocean Council (NROC)
The Northeast Regional Ocean Council, or NROC, is one of four currently established Regional Ocean Partnerships authorized by the U.S. Congress in 2023. NROC serves to facilitate dialogue and collaboration around three priority areas: ocean and coastal ecosystem health, costal hazards resilience, and ocean planning.
Virginia Invasive Species Management Plan 2011
The scope of the Plan covers all invasive species, both terrestrial and aquatic, from microbe to mammals, in Virginia. The purpose of the Plan is to provide a framework for state agency action to minimize economic, environmental, and human harm from invasive species by acting on the seven goals…
Virginia Department of Forestry: Forest Health Review 2020
This report is put together by the Virginia Department of Forestry and highlights the most recent happenings in forest health throughout the state. Access the Resource
USGS Invasive Species Habitat Tool (INHABIT)
Before we can project range shifts with climate change, it’s important that we understand invasive species’ current distributions and potential to spread, given today’s climate. While distribution maps for individual invasive plants exist, they tend to be inconsistent in the sources of occurrence data, modeling processes, spatial resolution, and…
USGS Earth Explorer
The EarthExplorer (EE) user interface is an online search, discovery, and ordering tool developed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). EE supports the searching of satellite, aircraft, and other remote sensing inventories through interactive and textual-based query capabilities. Registered users of EE have access to more features than…
USFS/NIACS Adaptation Menu
The second edition of Forest Adaptation Resources: Climate Change Tools and Approaches for Land Managers, like its predecessor, is intended to provide perspective, information, and tools to land managers considering how to adapt forest ecosystems to a changing climate. Adaptation strategy concepts and information can be found on page…
USFS Forest Vegetation Simulator Online
Modeling the Forest: The Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS) is a forest growth simulation model. It simulates forest vegetation change in response to natural succession, disturbances, and management. It recognizes all major tree species and can simulate nearly any type of management or disturbance at any time during the simulation.…
USET Webinar: Saltwater Intrusion – Concerns and Solutions
On December 9, 2021, USET hosted a webinar on the impacts and potential resiliency solutions to saltwater intrusion in coastal landscapes. Two presenters shared information during the webinar: Stacy Myers, Senior Scientist and Liaison, Heritage and Environment Resources Office, Seminole Tribe of FloridaChristopher Miller, Cape May Plant Materials Center…
