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California tribes get $1.5 million from feds for conservation

Posted by: Maven on March 11, 2010 at 5:31 am

From Capitol Weekly:

“Seven California tribes have been awarded over $1.5 million in federal funds for habitat conservation. The group includes some casino-gaming tribes with at least one matching the federal money with their own funds.

The money from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) is part of $7 million in awards the agency is distributing nationally as part of an 8-year-old program that pays tribes for removing invasive species, environmental restoration and other projects. FWS does not take the financial resources of a tribe when awarding the grants, but officials with the agency’s Pacific Regional Office say they have been holding workshops to help tribes with fewer resources get access to that money.

“The ranking criteria pretty much looking at the resource benefit,” said David Wooten, a tribal partnerships specialist with FWS’s Habitat Restoration Division. “A lot of tribes, even though they have casino, may not have an environmental program or a program to restore wetlands. It’s way for all tribes to build capacity.” … “

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March 11, 2010 · Filed Under Wildlife & Endangered Species

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