The Havasupai Tribe is set to receive $933,000 in federal grants and technical assistance to fund a flood warning system and siren.
It’s part of a Biden administration cost-sharing program to improve climate resilience projects in Indigenous communities and other historically underserved areas.
In all, more than 160 communities have received support through the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities grant program.
In recent years the Havasupai tribe has endured repeated flooding that in 2022 damaged several bridges and left downed trees across trails needed to access Supai Village.
And last year flooding forced dozens of backpackers to evacuate the campground at the tribe’s iconic waterfalls.
