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Program. The site contains a detailed 

list of frequently asked questions, 

outreach materials, instructions for 

completing the deed, cooperative 

agreement guidance and instructional 

documents, and Program presentations, 

among other items. 

The Program seeks comment on what, 

if any, additional information on the 

Program’s Web site would be helpful in 

assisting individual landowners to reach 

informed decisions about the 

disposition of their fractional interests. 

The Program also seeks comments on 

what additional steps can be taken to 

ensure landowners have sufficient 

information and answers to their 

questions. 

3. Public Domain or ‘‘OffReservation’’ Lands. Under the 

Settlement, fractional interests acquired 

by the Program are to be immediately 

held in trust or restricted status for the 

recognized tribe that exercises 

jurisdiction over the land. When 

identifying the locations with fractional 

interests that may be consolidated, the 

Program excludes land area names that 

include the term ‘‘public domain’’ or 

‘‘off reservation’’ because use of these 

terms indicate that there may be no 

recognized tribe that exercises 

jurisdiction over the land. The Program 

has encouraged feedback, however, on 

the list of locations in its 2012 and 2013 

implementation plans. Since then, the 

Program has received feedback from 

several tribes suggesting that certain 

land areas should be included. 

The Program is now seeking general 

feedback on whether the Program 

should incorporate public domain or off 

reservation land areas into the Program, 

and if so, what criteria should be 

applied. 

4. Purchase Estimates. Consultations 

between Departmental, Program, and 

tribal leaders led to the policy decision 

to express purchase ceiling amounts 

within the Initial Implementation Plan 

(2012 Plan) and Updated 

Implementation Plan (2013 Plan). The 

underlying concept behind such 

purchase estimates is to approximate 

the potential portion of the 

Consolidation Fund available to pay 

owners who choose to sell fractional 

interests at a given location, based on a 

formula that considers a location’s 

proportional share of fractionation 

across Indian Country. 

The Program’s November 2014 Status 

Report expounds on the purchase 

estimate approach. Among other things, 

it noted that the Program was 

implementing several steps to ‘‘make 

sure the Consolidation Fund is used 

before November 2022,’’ including the 

creation of opportunities for willing 

sellers, leveraging efficient mass 

appraisal results, making a single wave 

of offers, and continually learning from 

experience and data. Moreover, the 

Status Report described a number of 

factors the Program will consider to 

determine how to best expend funds, 

such as: 

a. Level of interested or documented 

willing sellers; 

b. availability of valuation relatedinformation; 

c. tribal readiness or interest; 

d. severity of fractionation; 

e. cost and time efficiency; 

f. promotion of tribal sovereignty and 

self-determination; 

g. economic and/or cultural value for 

the community, as evidenced by wellarticulated tribal priorities; and 

h. loss of historical reservation land as 

a result of allotment. 

Such steps are intended to help the 

Program address instances where sales 

fall below estimates to ensure full use of 

the Consolidation Fund by November 

2022. The Program seeks comment on 

these steps, including the most 

equitable, efficient, and cost effective 

way to utilize/repurpose purchase 

estimate amounts remaining following 

active implementation at each 

individual location. 

5. Purchase Offer Package. The 

Program strives to make the offer 

package documents as clear and user 

friendly as possible. Following the 

initial purchase offers to landowners, 

the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) made 

several changes to the Deed paperwork 

to reduce common errors by landowners 

and notaries and increase processing 

speed. The Program also clarified the 

Cover Letter and Instructions to address 

frequent questions and recurring errors. 

The Program seeks comment on what, 

if any, additional changes would assist 

in making offer package documents as 

clear and user friendly as possible. 

6. Reimbursement for Post-Settlement 

Purchases of Fractional Interests. The 

Buy-Back Program has received 

inquiries regarding, and requests from 

tribes for, reimbursement from the Land 

Consolidation Fund for tribal purchases 

of fractional interests. 

The Program seeks comment on what 

criteria it should apply in making 

reimbursement decisions. 

7. Structural Improvements. While the 

Program will not acquire structural 

improvements, which are non-trust 

property, the Program continues to work 

with its tribal and Federal partners to 

determine the feasibility of making 

offers on tracts with structures. 

The Program seeks comment on a 

recommended policy regarding 

acquiring interests in tracts with 

structural improvements, including 

instances in which the Program might 

choose to acquire interests. 

8. Whereabouts Unknown. 

Whereabouts unknown (WAU) is the 

term used to describe Individual Indian 

Money (IIM) account holders without 

current address information on file with 

the Office of the Special Trustee for 

American Indians (OST). The 

Settlement provides for an outreach 

effort to locate landowners whose 

whereabouts are unknown as of the date 

of final approval of the Settlement. If 

those owners are not located after the 

Department undertakes the outreach 

effort and the passage of five years, the 

landowners shall be deemed to have 

consented to the conveyance of their 

fractional interest [Cobell Settlement 

Agreement at F (6); Claims Resolution 

Act of 2010 101(e) (5)]. Since the 

Program’s inception, the focus has been 

locating WAU through outreach efforts 

so the individuals can receive and 

consider an offer. 

The Program has not exercised WAU 

purchases thus far and is seeking input 

from tribes and individuals on whether 

and how it should implement the 

provision. 

IV. Additional Resources 

The Land Buy-Back Program for 

Tribal Nations 2014 Status Report and 

additional information about the BuyBack Program is available at: http://

www.doi.gov/buybackprogram. In 

addition, landowners can contact their 

local Fiduciary Trust Officer or call 

Interior’s Trust Beneficiary Call Center 

at (888) 678–6836. 

Dated: February 23, 2015. 

Michael L. Connor, 

Deputy Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R8–ES–2015–N254; FXES11120000– 

156–FF08E00000] 

Supplemental Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Proposed 

South Coast Resource Management 

Plan Amendment; for the Proposed 

Upper Santa Ana River Habitat 

Conservation Plan and Land Exchange 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior; Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

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ACTION: Notice of intent and notice of 

public meeting; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service) and Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM), intend to 

prepare a Supplemental Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(SDEIS) under the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969, as amended, for the proposed 

Upper Santa Ana River Wash Habitat 

Conservation Plan (HCP), and a related 

land exchange. The SDEIS will be a 

joint Environmental Impact Statement/

Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR), 

for which the Service, the BLM, and the 

San Bernardino Valley Water 

Conservation District (District) intend to 

gather information necessary for 

preparation. The proposed HCP has 

been drafted to meet the requirements of 

the Federal Endangered Species Act 

(ESA) of 1973, as amended, and the 

State of California’s Endangered Species 

Act and Natural Communities 

Conservation Planning Act. The BLM, in 

compliance with the Federal Land 

Policy and Management Act, as 

amended, will consider this NEPA 

process and the resulting HCP 

documents in its analysis toward 

possible amendment of the BLM South 

Coast Resource Management Plan 

(SCRMP) to support the land exchange. 

DATES: Please send written comments 

on or before May 4, 2015. 

We will hold two public scoping 

meetings on March 18, 2015, from 2 to 

4 p.m. and 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the San 

Bernardino Valley Water Conservation 

District office located at 1630 West 

Redlands Avenue, Redlands, CA 92373. 

In addition to this notice, we will 

announce the public scoping meetings 

in local news media and on the Internet 

at the BLM Web site (http://

www.ca.blm.gov/palmsprings) and the 

Service Web site (http://www.fws.gov/

carlsbad) at least 15 days prior to the 

event. For more information, see Public 

Comments and Reasonable 

Accommodation in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: Comments or requests for 

more information specific to the 

proposed land exchange and 

amendment to the SCRMP should be 

sent via any one of the following 

methods: 

U.S. Mail: Brandon Anderson, Santa 

Ana River Wash Project, Bureau of Land 

Management, 1201 Bird Center Drive, 

Palm Springs, CA 92262. 

Email: bganderson@blm.gov. Subject 

line should include ‘‘Scoping 

Comments for the Upper Santa Ana 

River Wash Project.’’ 

Comments or requests for more 

information specific to the issuance of 

an incidental take permit and the HCP 

should be sent to the following: 

U.S. Mail: Kennon Corey, Santa Ana 

River Wash Project, Palm Springs Fish 

and Wildlife Service Office, 777 E. 

Tahquitz Canyon Way, Suite 208, Palm 

Springs, CA 92262. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information and/or to have your 

name added to our mailing list, contact 

Brandon Anderson, Santa Ana River 

Wash Project, Bureau of Land 

Management, Palm Springs South Coast 

Field Office, by telephone at 760–833– 

7117, or by email at bganderson@

blm.gov, or Kennon Corey, Santa Ana 

River Wash Project, by mail at Palm 

Springs Fish and Wildlife Office, 777 

East Tahquitz Canyon Way, Suite 208, 

Palm Springs, CA 92262 or by email at 

fw8cfwocomments@fws.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In 1993, representatives of numerous 

agencies, including water, mining, flood 

control, wildlife, and municipal 

interests, formed a Wash Committee to 

address mining issues that were local to 

the upper Santa Ana River wash area. 

The role of the Committee was 

subsequently expanded, and it began 

meeting in 1997 to determine how this 

area might accommodate the ongoing 

and contemplated future activities of the 

participating entities. To achieve this 

goal, the Wash Committee worked with 

the California Department of Fish and 

Wildlife (CDFW) and the Service to 

develop a Habitat Conservation Plan 

(HCP), which would establish a 

structure to integrate ongoing operations 

and planned projects with biological 

resource conservation within the Plan 

area. The District prepared a draft HCP 

on behalf of the Wash Committee in 

November 2008 and subsequently 

revised it in January 2010. The District 

and the Wash Committee subsequently 

worked with the Service and CDFW to 

revise the HCP, which now provides 

additional conservation. The District 

and the Wash Committee have also been 

working with the BLM to facilitate a 

land exchange to accommodate the HCP 

conservation strategy. 

The Supplemental Draft EIR/EIS 

(SDEIS) will provide an updated 

analysis to the 2009 Draft EIS issued by 

the BLM in April 2009 for the Proposed 

Santa Ana River Wash Land Use Plan 

Amendment and Land Exchange and 

the Final EIR issued by the District for 

the HCP. The SDEIS will consider the 

environmental effects associated with 

the proposed land exchange, the 

proposed amendment to the SCRMP, 

and the proposed HCP, as well as those 

of several alternatives. 

The SDEIS will evaluate the direct, 

indirect, and cumulative impacts of 

several alternatives related to the 

proposed land exchange and to the 

proposed issuance of Endangered 

Species Act permits to permit 

applicants in San Bernardino County, 

California. The permit applicants intend 

to apply for a 30-year permit from the 

Service that would authorize the 

incidental take of species resulting from 

implementation or approval of covered 

activities, including aggregate mining, 

the construction of ground water 

recharge basins, road improvements, 

trail construction, and other kinds of 

projects. 

Pursuant to 43 CFR 1610.2(c), notice 

is hereby given that the BLM is 

considering a proposal to amend the 

1994 SCRMP and exchange lands with 

the District. Additionally, the Service is 

considering the issuance of an 

incidental take permit consistent with 

the Upper Santa Ana River Wash HCP. 

The SDEIS will describe and analyze 

alternatives to the proposed land use 

plan amendment, and HCP. The lands 

proposed for exchange in the 2009 Draft 

EIS have been revised to incorporate the 

activities and conservation strategy to be 

carried out consistent with the terms of 

the HCP and the refinement of exchange 

parcels to allow water conservation, 

mining, flood control, and other public 

actions within the study area while 

protecting and consolidating the natural 

resources, especially the threatened and 

endangered species in the area. This 

analysis will also review reasonably 

foreseeable activities currently 

undergoing initial feasibility review for 

an additional flood control activity, 

potentially resulting in a new Area of 

Critical Environmental Concern 

designation. Covered activities will also 

be reviewed for potential impacts to 

land designated as an Area of Critical 

Environmental Concern and Research 

Natural Area for protection of two 

plants federally listed as endangered, 

Eriastrum densifolium subsp. 

sanctorum (Santa Ana River woollystar) and Dodecahema leptoceras 

(slender-horned spineflower); as well as 

the federally endangered San 

Bernardino kangaroo rat (Dipodomys 

merriami parvus); the federally 

threatened coastal California 

gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica 

californica); and the cactus wren 

(Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus). In 

order to respond to comments received 

on the 2009 Draft EIS, extensive 

biological fieldwork was conducted to 

identify the areas in which the species 

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are found in both a quantitative and 

qualitative manner. The Supplemental 

EIS will address the Federal actions in 

approving and implementing the 

project, including the proposed land 

exchange between the BLM and the 

District, the proposed amendment to the 

SCRMP by the BLM to accommodate the 

land exchange and the overall Wash 

Plan, and the proposed issuance of an 

incidental take permit consistent with 

the HCP. The BLM and the Service will 

be co-lead Agencies for the 

Supplemental EIS. The District will be 

the Lead Agency for the Supplemental 

EIR, under the California Environmental 

Quality Act. 

The Service and BLM are publishing 

this notice to announce the initiation of 

a public scoping period, during which 

we invite other agencies (local, State, 

and Federal), Tribes, nongovernmental 

organizations, and the public to submit 

written comments providing suggestions 

and information on the scope of issues 

and alternatives to be addressed in the 

SDEIS. Concurrently with this notice, 

the District has publicly released a 

California Environmental Quality Act 

Notice of Preparation for its EIR via 

State and local media. 

Project Area 

The project area lies within San 

Bernardino County, California, 

primarily in the cities of Highland and 

Redlands, as well as within the 

unincorporated County area. The project 

area encompasses approximately 4,467 

acres within the area bounded by 

Greenspot Road to the north and east, 

Alabama Street to the west, and the 

Santa Ana River Wash to the south. 

Potential Applicants 

The Upper Santa Ana River Wash 

Plan is being prepared through a 

collaboration of Federal, State, and local 

agencies as the basis for the BLM to 

amend the SCRMP and exchange lands 

for the HCP, for the HCP approval and 

potential issuance of incidental take 

permits for the implementation of the 

Upper Santa Ana River Wash Plan by 

the District, City of Highland, City of 

Redlands, San Bernardino County, San 

Bernardino Valley Municipal Water 

District, and others. The incidental take 

permits would be issued pursuant to 

section 10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA and 

section 2081 (CESA) of the California 

Fish and Game Code. Only the 

applicants listed in the applications and 

HCP could receive incidental take 

permits for the covered activities and 

the covered species. 

Covered Activities 

The HCP is intended to cover two 

types of activities in the Upper Santa 

Ana River Wash Plan project area: 

(1) Activities related to the operations 

and maintenance of existing facilities or 

land uses already in operation in the 

Wash, covering an area totaling 166.9 

acres; and 

(2) Expansion or enhancement of 

facilities planned for the Wash area, 

totaling 634.1 acres. 

It should be noted that activities 

related to all utilities belonging to 

Southern California Edison within the 

project footprint, and the EBX Foothill 

Pipeline, also located within the project 

footprint, are excluded from the covered 

activities described in the HCP. 

All listed project activities can be 

subdivided into the following 

categories: 

(1) Flood Control—activities related to 

the operation and maintenance of 

existing flood control facilities; 

(2) Mining—activities that support 

continued aggregate mining activities in 

the Wash; 

(3) Trails—the development of trails 

and open space opportunities; activities 

that support the restoration and 

maintenance of habitat values in the 

Wash; 

(4) Transportation—activities related 

to the construction and maintenance of 

planned transportation facilities; 

(5) Water Conservation—activities 

related to water management for 

conservation purposes, as well as 

habitat restoration activities, and the 

continued operations and maintenance 

of certain miscellaneous activities 

present on the site such as citrus 

production; and 

(6) Wells—activities related to the 

recharge or extraction of potable water 

from groundwater basins as part of the 

regional water supply. 

Covered Species 

Covered Species are those species 

addressed in the proposed Upper Santa 

Ana River Wash Plan for which 

conservation actions will be 

implemented and for which the 

applicants will seek incidental take 

authorizations for a period of up to 30 

years. Proposed Covered Species are 

expected to include threatened and 

endangered species listed under the 

ESA, species listed under CESA, and 

unlisted species of Federal and State 

conservation concern. 

Under the ESA, there is no take of 

federally listed plant species, and 

authorization under an ESA section 10 

permit is not required. Section 9 of ESA 

does, however, prohibit certain actions 

related to plants including the removal 

of federally listed plants from areas 

under Federal jurisdiction and the 

removal or destruction of endangered 

plants in knowing violation of State law. 

In addition, section 7(a)(2) of the ESA 

prohibits Federal agencies from 

jeopardizing the continued existence of 

any listed plant or animal species, or 

destroying or adversely modifying the 

critical habitat of such species. The 

species that may be affected by the 

proposed actions include two plants 

federally listed as endangered, 

Eriastrum densiflorum subsp. 

sanctorum and Dodecahema leptoceras, 

the federally endangered San 

Bernardino kangaroo rat and federally 

threatened coastal California 

gnatcatcher, and the cactus wren (not 

currently listed under the ESA). 

The species noted above will be 

evaluated for inclusion in the Upper 

Santa Ana River Wash Plan as proposed 

Covered Species. However, the list of 

Covered Species may change as the 

planning process progresses; species 

may be added or removed as more is 

learned about the nature of Covered 

Activities and their impact on native 

species within the Plan area. 

Environmental Impact Statement 

Before deciding whether to issue the 

requested Federal incidental take 

permit, the land exchange and the 

SCRMP, the Service and BLM will 

prepare a SDEIS, and a final EIS as part 

of the joint EIS/EIR, in order to analyze 

the environmental impacts associated 

with potential adoption and 

implementation of the proposed Upper 

Santa Ana River Wash Plan as a HCP, 

land exchange, and SCRMP amendment. 

In the EIS component of the joint EIS/ 

EIR, the Service and BLM intend to 

consider the following alternatives: 

(1) The proposed action, which 

includes the Service issuance of 

incidental take Permit consistent with 

the proposed Upper Santa Ana River 

Wash Plan HCP under section 

10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA to the applicants, 

and BLM’s approval of a land exchange 

and SCRMP amendment; 

(2) No action (no Federal ESA permit 

issuance, no land exchange, and no 

SCRMP amendment); and 

(3) A reasonable range of alternatives 

that address different scenarios of 

development and species conservation 

on both Federal and non-Federal land. 

The SDEIS will include a detailed 

analysis of the impacts of the proposed 

action and alternatives. The range of 

alternatives to be considered and 

analyzed will represent varying levels of 

conservation and impacts, and may 

include variations in the scope of 

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Covered Activities; variations in the 

locations, amount, and type of 

conservation and land exchange; 

variations in permit duration; or a 

combination of these elements. The 

BLM may address other considerations 

in the SDEIS. In compliance with NEPA, 

the Service and BLM will be responsible 

for the scope and preparation of the EIS 

component of the joint EIS/EIR. 

The SDEIS will identify and analyze 

potentially significant direct, indirect, 

and cumulative impacts of the Service’s 

authorization of incidental take (permit 

issuance) and the implementation of the 

proposed Upper Santa Ana River Wash 

Plan on biological resources, land uses, 

utilities, air quality, water resources 

(including surface and groundwater 

supply and water quality), cultural 

resources, socioeconomics and 

environmental justice, outdoor 

recreation, visual resources, induced 

growth, climate change and greenhouse 

gases, and other environmental issues 

that could occur with implementation of 

the proposed action and alternatives. 

The Service and the BLM will use all 

practicable means, consistent with 

NEPA and other essential 

considerations of national policy, to 

avoid or minimize significant effects of 

their actions upon the quality of the 

human environment. 

The CDFW has requested and agreed 

to be a State cooperating agency. The 

Service, BLM, and CDFW agree that 

establishing a cooperating agency 

relationship will create a more 

streamlined and coordinated approach 

in developing this joint EIS/EIR. 

Reasonable Accommodation 

The Service and BLM are committed 

to providing access to these scoping 

meetings for all participants. Please 

direct all requests for sign language 

interpreting services, closed captioning, 

or other accommodation needs to 

Kennon Corey at 760–322–2070 

(telephone), ken_corey@fws.gov (email), 

or 800–877–8339 (TTY), as soon as 

possible. To allow sufficient time to 

process requests, please call no later 

than 1 week before the public meeting. 

Information regarding this proposed 

action is available in alternative formats 

upon request. 

Public Comments 

We invite other government agencies, 

Native American Tribes, the scientific 

community, industry, nongovernmental 

organizations, and all other interested 

parties to participate in this scoping 

process and provide comments and 

information. Comments on issues and 

potential impacts, or suggestions for 

additional or different alternatives, may 

be submitted in writing at any public 

scoping meeting or through one of the 

methods listed in the ADDRESSES section 

of this notice. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Authority 

We provide this notice under section 

10 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) 

and by NEPA regulations (40 CFR 

1501.7, 1506.6, and 1508.22). 

Dated: February 23, 2015. 

Alexandra Pitts, 

Deputy Regional Director, Pacific Southwest 

Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Sacramento, California. 

Dated: February 23, 2015. 

Tom Pogacnik, 

Deputy State Director, Natural Resources, 

California State Office, Bureau of Land 

Management, Sacramento, California. 

[FR Doc. 2015–04341 Filed 3–2–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[145D0102DR DS5A300000 

DR.5A311.IA000514] 

Availability of Funds for Climate 

Change Adaptation and Coastal 

Management to Federally Recognized 

Indian Tribes 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs 

(BIA) has funding available for support 

of tribal climate change adaptation and 

ocean and coastal management 

planning. Any federally recognized tribe 

(or tribal organization whose 

application is supported by a tribal 

resolution) may submit an application 

for these funds. The BIA is mailing 

application packets to each tribal leader. 

Funds will be awarded under the Indian 

Self-Determination and Education 

Assistance Act (ISDEAA). 

DATES: Applications must be submitted 

by April 24, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: An application packet has 

been mailed to tribal leaders. Submit 

your ISDEAA contract proposal in 

accordance with the directions in the 

application packet to climate.funding@

bia.gov or Ms. Helen Riggs, Deputy 

Bureau Director, Office of Trust 

Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1849 

C St. NW., MS–4620, Washington, DC 

20240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you do not receive an application packet 

or if you would like additional 

information on how to apply, please 

contact Helen Riggs, BIA Office of Trust 

Services, at helen.riggs@bia.gov or (202) 

208–5770. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BIA 

has up to $8 million in funding 

available for federally recognized tribes 

for climate change adaptation and for 

ocean and coastal management 

planning. Because limited funding is 

available, no more than $250,000 is 

available for any one proposal. The 

funds are awarded pursuant to ISDEAA, 

25 U.S.C. 450 et seq., and are subject to 

25 CFR part 900 (for self-determination 

contracts) or 25 CFR part 1000 (for selfgovernance funding agreements). Tribes 

that seek for BIA to perform a project via 

direct service should contact their BIA 

Regional Director for additional 

information. Applicants may request 

funding for the following: 

Climate Adaptation Planning 

• Category 1. Trainings & Workshops. 

Design and host tribal training(s) or 

workshop(s) to support tribal leaders, 

climate change coordinators, planners, 

and program managers to build skills 

and gather information needed to 

coordinate the tribal adaptation 

planning process. 

• Category 2. Climate Adaptation 

Planning. Develop tribal government 

climate adaptation plans, vulnerability 

assessments, or data analysis. 

• Category 3. Travel. Provide travel 

support for tribal leaders and staff to 

attend training(s) or workshop(s) or to 

participate in cooperative climate 

change adaptation efforts (including 

Landscape Conservation Cooperatives, 

Climate Science Centers, and other 

adaptation management forums). 

Ocean and Coastal Management 

Planning 

• Category 4. Ocean and Coastal 

Management Planning. Develop ocean 

and coastal management planning; build 

tribal capacity; implement a pilot 

project for restoration and resilience of 

coastal resources; perform inventories or 

vulnerability assessments; identify 

monitoring protocols and critical 

indicator species; marine spatial 

planning; coast climate adaptation 

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