On August 8th, the Department of the Interior announced over $44 million from the Administration's “Investing in America” agenda to meet critical ecosystem resilience, restoration and environmental planning needs for the National Park Service in fiscal year 2023. These investments from the Inflation Reduction Act will be guided by the Department’s Restoration and Resilience Framework to support coordination across agency programs and ensure collaborative, strategic and measurable landscape-scale benefits that advance climate resilience.
The $44 million investment announced today will support 43 projects across 39 states, including a project in California to restore redwood forests and watersheds in the Prairie Creek watershed of Redwood National and State Parks. This project, under management by Redwoods Rising and in collaboration with California State Parks and Save the Redwoods League, will engage Tribes, youth, local university students, and agency partners to implement the project through fiscal year 2026. This partnership effort will allow redwoods to return and recover in areas damaged by previous logging.
The full list of fiscal year 2023 projects is available on the National Park Service’s website.