In honor of Indigenous Peoples' Day, we want to take a minute to highlight Indigenous-led organizations that The Conservation Alliance is proud to be supporting through grants. Each one of these groups is actively working to protect outdoor spaces while centering the authority and honor of Native communities and cultures. Learn a little more about them below and at https://lnkd.in/gXdK4t8W. The dena kayeh institute is working to protect the Dene K’éh Kusān landscape which consists of more than 40,000 square kilometers which are home to more than 18,000 cultural sites. The Native American Rights Fund (NARF) has played a fundamental role in protecting the 28 million acres of D-1 lands in Alaska. The Northern Chumash Tribal Council is developing the first tribally led scientific marine sanctuary collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). People of Red Mountain (Atsa Koodakuh wyh Nuwu) are actively advocating for the protection of sacred and environmentally sensitive landscapes in the McDermitt Caldera region spanning Nevada and Oregon. Largely thanks to Ridges to Riffles Indigenous Conservation Group, three dams have now been removed from the Klamath River, opening up fish passage to more than 400 miles of potential habitat. The TEXAS TRIBAL BUFFALO PROJECT currently stewards and is working to expand protections on 77 acres of land with a growing cultural herd of 22 bison. In Wyoming, the Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative is working to acquire and maintain fee lands and to enact land use changes on Tribal land for buffalo conservation which would ensure buffalo are protected as wildlife under Tribal law. Please help us celebrate these organizations and all they are doing to better both our planet and our communities.
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