USFS Community Wildfire Defense Grant Opportunity and Indigenous Tourism
February 11, 2025; 10 a.m. (Mountain)
AIANTA will host an informational webinar regarding the Request for Proposals for the Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) for Tribes, currently open through February 28, 2025. Join our discussion and learn how this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) might assist your community’s tourism, recreation and land use strategies. AIANTA will introduce how your tourism program can be strengthened when potential impacts on land usage are at risk. The goals of the CWDG grant are to follow the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy, which are: 1) restore and maintain landscapes, 2) create fire-adapted communities, and 3) improve wildfire response. The webinar will include a question and answer session specific to types of projects, timelines, the application process, and implementation.
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Find more information about the funding opportunities at Community Wildfire Defense Grant Program and Community Wildfire Defense Grant 2024 (FY25) Tribes.
Hannah Peterson – Program Development Director, American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association (AIANTA)
Hannah Peterson is the Program Development Director for AIANTA, bringing to the role extensive experience in fundraising and program development. In her role as Program Development Director, Hannah works to advance the mission of AIANTA through strategic fundraising and program development. Hannah spent more than five years with J Murphy & Associates working as a consultant and grant writer and two years as grants manager for Urban Homeworks, Inc. For more than nine years, she worked as a paralegal working on business litigation, intellectual properties, worker’s compensation and insurance. She was raised in Anchorage, Alaska, and received a degree in English from the University of Washington, Seattle and a Master of Public Administration from Hamline University, Minnesota.