Southeast programs receive federal grants for Indigenous knowledge of fisheries

Two Southeast Alaska Native organizations are among seven entities that will share in $1 million in federal grant funds to support multi-year projects through the Alaska Fisheries Science Center Indigenous Engagement Program.

Sealaska Heritage Institute was awarded $110,000 to use Indigenous knowledge to document changes in the ocean and marine ecosystems from human and climate-related impacts, to better understand their effects on subsistence resource systems in Native communities.

The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska was awarded $67,000 for a relationship-building and knowledge-sharing component to their Southeast Tribal Environmental Forum and to address common barriers faced by tribal environmental professionals across Southeast.

Other recipients of the grant funds include the University of Alaska Fairbanks for support of the Alaska Arctic Observatory and Knowledge Hub; to elevate Indigenous knowledge and perspectives from underserved Alaska Native communities in ice seal co-management and recovery planning for ringed and bearded seals; and to work with Indigenous partners to build their use of environmental DNA as a resource management tool.

The Yukon-Delta Fisheries Development Association received funds to build a network of river water monitoring stations along the Lower Yukon River to collect data important to salmon management and for the health and well-being of people in river communities.

 

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