Native American Affairs: Technical Assistance to Tribes for Fiscal Year 2025

To be considered for this program, applicants will meet all the following eligibility requirements:The Tribe must be a federally recognized Indian Tribe, as defined in 25 U.S.C. Section 5304, andThe Tribe must be located in one or more of the 17 western states identified in the Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, as amended and supplemented: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.Any applicant with an enacted Indian Water Rights Settlement, should identify the settlement in their application and might not be eligible for an award under this NOFO due to the uniqueness of each settlement.Eligible activities may include, but are not limited to:Water need and water infrastructure assessments.Water management plans and studies.Short-term water quality or water measurement data collection and assessment to inform new management approaches.Training for Tribal staff and managers in areas of water resources" development, management and protection.Drilling domestic or stock watering wells.On-the-ground activities related to riparian and aquatic habitat with the goal to maintain or improve water quantity or water quality:Restoring wetlands.Controlling erosion.Stabilizing streambanks.Constructing ponds.Developing water basin plans.Distinct, stand-alone water related activities that are part of a larger project. Please note, if the work for which you are requesting funding is a phase of a larger project, please only describe the work that is reflected in the budget and exclude description of other activities or components of the overall projectProject activities not eligible for funding under this NOFO include, but are not limited to:Feasibility studies (as defined under Reclamation law, which require express congressional authorization).Activities that lack definable products or deliverables.Specific employment positions within an Indian Tribe.Activities with a duration of more than 2 years from date of execution of a grant/cooperative agreement.Activities that generate data or analyses that have the potential to compromise any study or activities of a U.S. Department of the Interior (Department) Indian water rights negotiation or the Department of Justice in its pursuit of related Indian water rights claims.Activities related to non-Federal or non-tribal dams and associated structures.Activities providing funding for the administration of contracts or agreements under P.L. 93-638 that are unrelated to the NAA/TAP.Purchase of equipment as the sole purpose of the activity.Water purchases including the purchase or leasing of water rights or water shares.Activities in direct support of litigation of any kind.Activities that will obligate Reclamation to provide, or are not sustainable unless Reclamation does provide, on-going funding, such as an obligation to provide future funding for operation, maintenance, or replacement.Biological activities such as:fisheries work (including collection, analysis and evaluation of background data);habitat restoration unless directly related to water quality and quantity; andecosystem based activities such as biological surveys, air quality monitoring, and watershed-scale management.