Contacting the Office:

John Leonard, Native American Specialist
e-mail: John_Leonard@fws.gov

BHW Federal Building
One Federal Drive
Fort Snelling, MN 55111
Phone: 612-713-5108
Fax: 612-713-5280

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2009 Tribal Wildlife and Landowner Incentive Program Grants

Congress has not signed into law the budget for 2009 but, when authorization is available, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will administer the tribal grant programs in accordance with the direction provided by Congress. The Service issued a request for proposals from federally-recognized tribes under the Tribal Wildlife Grants (TWG) program, on Thursday, May 1, 2008, with all applications to be post marked by September 2, 2008.

The Service will award grants under the Tribal Wildlife Grants Program (TWG). To alert tribes to this grant opportunity, letters were sent to Federally recognized tribes with copies to Tribal natural resource partners in Region 3.

The web site address: http://www.fws.gov/nativeamerican/ contains notification that grant applications for TWG are now being accepted for 2009 funding and there is a 120-day deadline for the submission of applications. All applications must be postmarked on or before Tuesday, September 2, 2008.

The web site has reference to a link for an application kit that will provide details to assist you in developing a proposal.

Congress signed into law the budget for 2008 and made $6.2 million available for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to administer the tribal wildlife grant program. The Service issued a request for proposals from federally-recognized tribes under the Tribal Wildlife Grants (TWG) program, July 26, 2007, with all applications to be post marked by October 1, 2007.

Nationwide, tribes submitted 110 grant applications. After Regional and National reviews, a total of 33 tribal proposals were recommended for funding. Five tribes in Region 3 received awards totaling more than $983,000. Tribes contributed another $688,240 in match.

 

Tribal Wildlife Grants Awarded To Midwest Tribes In Region 3 for 2008

Iowa

Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi (Meskwaki Nation): Meskwaki Buffalo Herd and Prairie Restoration

Michael Demar
641-484-3511 Ext. 311

This is the first Tribal Grant award earned by the Meskwaki in the six years of the grant program. The tribe will use a grant of $195,195 and a match of $171,092 to study the bison herd and conduct prairie restoration.

Minnesota

Grand Portage Band of Chippewa Indians: Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS) Surveillance and Detection in Grand Portage Waters and Within the 1854 Ceded Territory

Seth Moore
218-475-2415 Ext. 22

The tribe will do survey work on the newly diagnosed VHS virus within the waters of the Great Lakes. The grant totals $325,037 -- $199,944 through the Tribal Wildlife Grant Program, and $125,073 in matching funds.

Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe: Assessment of Double-Crested Cormorant Predation Effects on Selected Fish Species and Colonial Waterbird Management on the Pelican Island Complex in Leech Lake

John Ringle
218-335-7421

This project includes the management of colonial waterbirds and is the second phase of an investigation by the tribe into double-crested cormorant predation on selected fish. The tribe will match the $200,000 federal grant with $118,166.

Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians: Gray Wolf Inventory, Monitoring, and Management Plan Development

Jay Huseby
218-679-3959 Ext. 1307

Using a $196,015 Tribal Wildlife Grant and $72,670 in matching funds, the tribe will identify baseline data on the recently delisted gray wolf in northern Minnesota.

Wisconsin

Stockbridge Munsee Community: Stockbridge Munsee Fish and Wildlife Project

Bob Frank
715-793-4044

A $192,690 federal grant and $201,239 in matching money will fund the second phase of a trout restoration project as well as reservation studies involving bobcat, otter and deer.

Forms for download:

Section 7 Consultation

Intra-Service Section 7 Consultation Form

Revised Form
Revised Form in Table format

Tribal Wildlife Grants Awarded To Tribes In Region 3 for 2007

Michigan Tribes

Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (MI)
NATIVE FISH SPECIES PROJECTS ON THE L'ANSE INDIAN RESERVATION AND ADJACENT WATERS - PHASE II
Todd Warner, Ph.# 906-524-5757

Little River Band of Ottawa Indians (MI)
OPERATION AND EVALUATION OF A LAKE STURGEON STREAM-SIDE REARING FACILITY FOR REHABILITATION
Marty Holtgren, Ph.# 231-398-2191

Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi (MI)
WILDLIFE HABITAT ASSESSMENT AND RESTORATION PLAN (WHARP) IMPLEMENTATION TACTICS (IT)
David B. Jones, Ph.# 269-729-5151

Minnesota Tribes

Fond du Lac (Lake Superior) Band of Chippewa (MN)
MOOSE POPULATION DYNAMICS RESEARCH - PHASE 2
Michael W. Schrage, Ph.# 218-878-8003

Wisconsin Tribes

Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin (WI)
MENOMINEE TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANT PROJECT
Donald J. Reiter or Jeremy Weso, Ph.# 715-799-5154

 

Tribal Landowner Incentive Grants Awarded To Tribes in Region 3 for 2007

Minnesota Tribes

Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe (MN)
ROAD DECOMMISSIONING AND WETLAND RESTORATION FOR THE ENHANCEMENT AND PROTECTION OF HABITAT FOR TRIBALLY IMPORTANT SENSITIVE SPECIES
John Ringle, Ph.# 218-335-7421

Wisconsin Tribes

Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (WI)
COLDWATER HABITAT RESTORATION PROJECT
Paul Christel, Ph.# 715-634-0102

Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (WI)
POWELL MARSH BIO-DIVERSITY INVENTORY AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGY PROJECT
Larry Wawronowicz, Ph.# 715-588-3303

Stockbridge-Munsee Community (WI)
SPRING HOLE RESTORATION
Luke Hennigan, Ph.# 715-793-4818

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Tribal Wildlife and Landowner Incentive Program Grants – 2006

Region 3 received 22 tribal grant applications for FY2006. This includes 17 TWG and 5 TLIP. The Department of Interior Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2006 included tribal landowner incentive grant (nearly $2.4 million) and tribal wildlife grant (nearly $6 million) opportunities nationwide.

Tribal Wildlife Grants awarded to tribes in Region 3 for 2006

Grand Portage Band of Chippewa Indians (MN)
$249,750
Using Pack Size, Territory Size and Interstitial Area of Gray Wolf (MA'IINGAN) – to Estimate Wolf Density and Determine Predator/Prey Relationships with Moose (MOOZ) – and White-Tailed Deer (WAWASHKESHSHI)
Seth Moore – 218-475-2415 ext.22

Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (MI)
$27,975
Lac Vieux Desert Walleye Conservation Program
George Beck – 906 -358- 4577 ext. 124

Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
$196,782
Menominee Tribal Wildlife Grant Program
Don Reiter – 715-799-5116

Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians (MN)
$159,152
Lake Sturgeon (ACIPENSER FULVESCENS) Reintroduction into the Headwaters of the Largest Tributary to the Red River of the North in the United States
Pat Brown – 218-679-3959

Tribal Landowner Incentive Grant awarded to a tribe in Region 3 for 2006

Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (WI)
$148,088
Increasing the Red Cliff Natural Resources Department Capacity through the Procurement and Operation of a Research Vessel
Matt Symbal – 715-799-3750

 

Downloads:

2007 Service grant application kits

Tribal Wildlife Grants application kit

SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance

Click here to download (82k pdf format)
NOTE: For Block 10 on your SF-424, enter 15.639 as the CFDA number for Tribal Wildlife Grants
or 15.638 as the CFDA number for Tribal Landowner Incentive Program Grants