Native American Trust Services and Environmental Initiatives Overview
The Office of Trust Services, under the Bureau of Indian Affairs, is focused on various programs and initiatives to address critical issues affecting Native American lands and communities. This includes the creation of specialized teams like the FTT Strike Team and the Buy-Back Program. Additionally, efforts are underway to address land fractionation, improve dam safety, manage orphaned oil and gas wells, enhance wildland fire management, and support tribal climate resilience projects. These initiatives aim to strengthen environmental stewardship, resource management, and community well-being in Native American territories.
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Office of Trust Services Johnna Blackhair Deputy Bureau Director
Division of Real Estate Services Office of Trust Services BIA Nationwide FTT Strike Team Creation of Permanent Realty Strike Team to address high priority issues within 25 CFR 151 (FTT) Regulation Team Trainings (Procedural and TAAMS)
Land Buy-Back/Acquisition Center Office of Trust Services Buy-Back Program set to end in November 2022 FY 2022 funding requested to re-establish an Indian Land Consolidation Program to continue efforts to reduce fractionation
Dams and Water Projects At least $50 million must be used to address irrigation and power systems and ~$150 million will be used to address safety of dams. For irrigation and power systems, BIA is planning to prioritize funding of projects that reduce deferred maintenance and the risk of failure and align with Condition Assessments and Modernization Studies to rehabilitate aging infrastructure. BIA proposes to invest approximately $7M at Indian Irrigation Projects and $3M at BIA owned power utilities each year pending Consultation input For Safety of Dams projects, BIA will accelerate rehabilitation activities using the current prioritization methodology which is based on inspections and analysis of all high-hazard program dams to understand the risk each structure presents to downstream residents.
Indian Energy Service Center Office of Trust Services Orphaned oil and gas wells $150 million to inventory, plug, and restore Direct grants to Tribes, or Department to perform in-lieu-of direct grant
Forestry/Wildland Fire Wildland Fire Management Office of Trust Services $1.5B to DOI for Wildland Fire Management Building Resilience to Effects of Wildfires Proposed Plans
Tribal Climate Resilience Office of Trust Services The BIL provides $216M for Tribal climate resilience, adaptation, and community relocation planning, design, and implementation of projects, divided as follows: $130 million is provided for community relocation $86 million is provided for Tribal climate resilience and adaptation projects. Of the total amount available, $43.2 million is available to spend each year. Community Relocation awards could be used tosupport: risk assessment, (2) planning, (3) implementation, and (4) capacity building. Climate Adaptation awards could be used to support: training and workshops, adaptation planning, youth engagement, implementation, travel, and capacity building.
Tribal Climate Resilience Office of Trust Services Capacity Building Coordination support to build capacity is anticipated for those Tribes facing highest risks. This should support improved intersectoral and interagency efforts around community-led relocation, managed retreat, and protect-in-place efforts. Training, capacity for scoping efforts, travel to attend trainings and conferences, and youth and intergenerational efforts to address climate change will continue to be funded efforts within the awards program. A few pilot demonstration projects are anticipated in 2021 for community relocation funding. Tribes will be selected based on factors such as risk level, community-readiness, existing plans or designs, and potential to yield lessons-learned for other Tribes facing similar issues. 2021 Tribal Climate Listening Session: https://www.bia.gov/guide/tribal-climate-listening- sessions
Office of Trust Services Johnna Blackhair Deputy Bureau Director Johnna.blackhair@bia.gov Rachael Novak Tribal Climate Resilience Program Coordinator Rachael.novak@bia.gov
