Modoc Nation

Award Purpose: the Modoc Nation (MN) Were Selected to Receive Funding for Their Proposed Shapash Landscape Restoration Project. MN Personnel Have Successfully Managed Several Restoration Projects, Including Conducting Landscape-scale Nepa Planning in Coordination With the Us Forest Service, BLM, and Usfws, Building Sage-steppe and Wetlands Restoration Capacities, Initiating Regenerative Grazing Practices as Current Capacity Allows, and Restoring Infrastructure on the Old Ranch and Surrounding Costewardship Landscape. Activities to Be Performed: Grant Funds Are Being Sought to Support Extra-regulatory Heritage and Botanical Surveys to Complete Nepa Planning Currently Managed by the Modoc Nations Nfwf-funded Interdisciplinary Planning Team Conducting Nepa Compliance as the First Step Toward Restoring the 39,000-ACRE Shapash Area in Modoc National Forest. Modoc Nation Plans to Continue Working Closely With the Forest Service Project Lead and Contracted Nepa Specialists to Complete the Required Environmental Planning. the Increased Presence of Juniper Within This Area Has Led to a Higher Risk of Wildfires While Simultaneously Depleting Water Quality and Quantity, and This Impact Directly Correlates With Ongoing Drought in the Klamath Basin and the Klamath Basin Project Water Supply and Deliveries. Projected Deliverables or Outcomes: 1. Project Management, Oversight, and Reporting. 2. Cultural Resources Inventory of Project Area. Intended Beneficiaries: This Project Will Help Advance the Ecological and Cultural Restoration of Modoc Ancestral Lands, Promoting Resilience and Sustainability for Future Generations, While Also Supporting Larger Collaborative Lower Klamath Lake Restoration Efforts. These Enhancements Include Ecosystem Resilience, Reduced Wildfire Risks, Increased Water Quality and Quantity to Lower Klamath Lake, and Restored Native Habitats Across Our Ancestral Homelands.subrecipient Activities (if Known or Specified at Time of Award): N a