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.
Community Resilience 101
Community Resilience 101
Learn about the basics of Community Resilience planning.
Events, Webinars, and Trainings
Events, Webinars, and Trainings
See all upcoming Community Resilience events.
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.
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.
Funding Opportunities
Funding Opportunities
Find information about the latest funding announcements, opportunities, and RFPs in the natural resources and Community Resilience arena.
Community Resilience Employment Opportunities
Community Resilience Employment Opportunities
Resolutions, Comments, and Testimony
Resolutions, Comments, and Testimony
Access USET’s official resolutions, comments, and testimonies related to Community Resilience.
ITEP’s STACC Report
ITEP’s STACC Report
This Month's Top News and Stories
Join us for the USET Resilience Writing Retreat!
Tribal Nation leaders, staff, and citizens are invited to work on adaptation plans, vulnerability assessments, hazard mitigation plans, and other resilience documents. Join us for three days of structured writing time, support from facilitators and subject experts, and peer review and co-learning.
Tribal Nation staff lead and learn at SE CASC Symposium
In September of 2025, the Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center (SE CASC) held their 3rd Regional Science Symposium in Asheville, NC.
Resource highlight: NatureServe Ecosystem Maps
NatureServe, a non-profit focused on understanding and protecting biodiversity, has released a new set of maps and datasets displaying plant communities and ecosystems of central Turtle Island.
Gulf of Mexico Alliance – Governors’ Action Plan III: For Healthy and Resilient Coasts
We, the Governors of the five U.S. Gulf States, recognize that the quality of life for citizens and visitors is culturally bound to the benefits provided by our natural resources. As the most productive body of water in the United States, the Gulf of Mexico has natural resources like…
Guide to the Natural Communities of Florida: 2010 edition
In 2007, with funding from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP), Division of State Lands, the Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI) began a process of updating the “Guide to the Natural Communities of Florida” (the Guide), which had been only slightly modified since it was first published in…
GLIFWC Tribal Adaptation Menu
The Tribal Adaptation Menu provides a framework to integrate indigenous and traditional knowledge, culture, language and history into the climate adaptation planning process. The menu is an extensive collection of climate change adaptation actions for natural resource management, organized into tiers of general and more specific ideas. Created through…
Georgetown Climate Center – Preparing for Climate Change in Texas
Texas has not developed a statewide adaptation plan. Other resources from the Adaptation Clearinghouse, which have been developed by the state and localities to help communities prepare for climate change. These resources have been assembled in one convenient place by the Georgetown Climate Center, along with links to climate adaptation…
Georgetown Climate Center – Preparing for Climate Change in South Carolina
South Carolina has not developed a statewide adaptation plan. The Georgetown Climate Center has assembled the resources from the Adaptation Clearinghouse, which have been developed by the state and localities to help communities prepare for climate change. Access the Resource
Georgetown Climate Center – Preparing for Climate Change in North Carolina
Since North Carolina just released the North Carolina Resilience Plan in June 2020, the Georgetown Climate Center has indicated that this linked webpage will be updated in the future with the progress the state is making in implementing the adaptation actions and goals set forth in the plan. Access other…
Georgetown Climate Center – Preparing for Climate Change in Florida
This page, put together by the Georgetown Climate Center, highlights the progress Florida is making to implement its statewide adaptation plan. Other resources from the Adaptation Clearinghouse, which have been developed and adopted to help Florida prepare for the impacts of climate change, are featured in the chart toward the…