The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), through the TAP, provides financial and technical assistance to federally recognized Indian Tribes.
Donor Name: Bureau of Reclamation
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/27/2025
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The TAP establishes cooperative working relationships, through partnerships with Indian Tribes, to assist Tribes as they develop, manage, and protect their water and related resources.
The objective of this NOFO is to invite federally recognized Indian Tribes to submit proposals for financial assistance for projects and activities that develop, manage, and protect tribal water and related resources.
Funding Information
Estimated Total Program Funding: $10,000,000.
Grant Period
June 06, 2025 – June 06, 2027.
Eligible Activities
Eligible activities may include, but are not limited to:
- Water need and water infrastructure assessments.
- Water management plans and studies.
- Short-term water quality or water measurement data collection and assessment to inform new management approaches.
- Training for tribal staff and managers in areas of water resources’ development, management, and protection.
- Minor repair, rehabilitation, or replacement of existing tribally owned, water-related structures and facilities to restore original capability.
- Minor infrastructure installation projects such as:
- Efficient landscape irrigation.
- Drilling domestic or stock watering wells.
- On-the-ground activities related to riparian and aquatic habitat with the goal to maintain or improve water quantity or water quality:
- Restoring wetlands.
- Controlling erosion.
- Stabilizing stream banks.
- Constructing ponds.
- Developing water basin plans.
- Distinct, stand-alone water-related activities that are part of a larger project. Please note, if the work for which you are requesting funding is a phase of a larger project, please only describe the work that is reflected in the budget and exclude description of other activities or components of the overall project.
Eligibility Criteria
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments).
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