Dept. of Defense: REPI Resilience Project Funding Guide
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The REPI Resilience Project Funding Guide serves as a one-stop shop for military installations and county partners to learn about more than 25 federal and non-federal resilience and conservation programs that can support existing or new REPI installation resilience projects. Every program includes a summary of funding opportunities, eligibility requirements and application information for developing nature-based solutions near installations and ranges that preserve military missions, enhance habitats, increase climate resilience and ensure military readiness.
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Military Communities Initiative
The U.S. Department of Defense Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative Program helps manage encroachment and incompatible development near military installations. The program forms partnerships that protect military operations from restrictive development and strengthens long-term relationships between the Department of Defense and counties.
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