Outreach and Technical Assistance

Assisting Landowners & Tribal Partners

TTCD provides expertise and technical assistance to District landowners planning conservation projects on their property. TTCD staff assist landowners as they apply for and manage funding from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) or help identify applicable funding from other state and federal sources.

Statewide Tribal Conservation District Networking

Tribal Conservation Districts best meet their conservation goals when working in close partnership with one another. TTCD provides direct, in-person outreach to Alaska’s other Tribal Conservation Districts—connecting TCDs with conservation resources and demonstrating how these practices can be applied most effectively to small, rural, and tribal projects.

TTCD has deep experience partnering with federal and state agencies, universities, and non-profits to leverage technical expertise and funding to make tribally-led conservation projects a success. TTCD is dedicated to co-creating a sustainable statewide network with other tribal conservation districts to pursue collaborative, high-impact regional initiatives.

TTCD Watershed-Scale Coastal Resilience Planning

The Tyonek Tribal Conservation District has been funded by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s (NFWF) National Coastal Resilience Fund to create a comprehensive, watershed-scale Coastal Resilience Plan in partnership with the Native Village of Tyonek, Tyonek Native Corporation, Tebughna Foundation, and other district stakeholders.

Goals of the Coastal Resilience Plan:

• To understand and assess threats and opportunities posed to the watershed by climate-driven ecosystem change and industrial incursion.
• To develop community-driven and culturally relevant strategies to build resilience to change, incorporating the multi-sector needs of Tyonek residents.

Core Objectives:

• Comprehensive Impact Assessment: Assess both positive and negative impacts to the community of Tyonek and interconnected subsistence species resulting from climate change and coastal erosion.
• Culturally Appropriate Prioritization: Develop a reflexive, culturally grounded process for identifying and prioritizing community conservation activities.
• Multi-Generational Community Action Plan: Integrate prioritized activities into a rolling scope of work structured around 5-year, 10-year, 20-year, and “seven generations” planning horizons.