Partner with Indian Tribes and Forest Collaboratives to implement and monitor fuels and wildfire risk reduction projects with forest restoration and wildlife habitat enhancement on three Pacific Northwest landscapes. Project will improve rural and Indigenous community protection against fire and restore forests, resulting in more than 430,000 acres managed for strategic fuel reductions and long-term conservation outcomes in Oregon and Washington.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Wells Fargo Environmental Solutions for Communities
Project Title: Pacific Northwest Forest Collaboratives and Indian Tribes Restoration Initiative (OR, WA)
Organization:
Sustainable Northwest
Project ID:
1302.20.068136
Description:
Award Amount:
$349470.19
Location:
Colville, Washington; John Day, Oregon; and Chiloquin, Oregon across three National Forests (Colville, Malheur and Fremont-Winema) that are encompassed by the treaty rights and ancestral lands of many Indian Tribes (Colville, Kalispel, Warm Springs, Burns Paiute and Klamath Tribes)