Tribal Relations
“This work is important in many ways such as bringing our youth and elders together to promote teaching and understanding; cultural identity and survival; preserving our environment encompassing land, air and water; strong partnerships and sharing of resources between the entities involved; education and employment pathway for our youth; and, understating better the importance of the spiritual value surrounding all these things.” –Everett Gomez, Hopi Tribe.
Our Partners
Tribal Connections
Tribal Connections is an interactive map that shows the connection between national forests and grasslands, tribal trust lands and tribal lands ceded as part of a treaty. The map is used by the Forest Service as one tool of many to better inform land management decisions.
Collaborative Efforts
The Kaibab National Forest (KNF) has a long standing commitment to establishing collaborative partnerships with within native communities. Tribal partnerships are built through government-to-government consultation, youth outreach, implementing projects on national forest and tribal lands, exchange of goods and services, and open and transparent communication. Our focus is on developing partnerships that provide benefits to tribes while helping to achieve critical restoration work on national forests. Partnerships like these are the key to our future success as resource managers.
Collection Policy
The Kaibab National Forest has a collection policy which provides forest products to Native Americans for traditional and cultural use at no charge. Learn more on the Kaibab NF collection policy of forest products for traditional and cultural purposes. Read more information about firewood permits available on the Kaibab National Forest.
Alamo Navajo
Alamo Navajo School Board Inc. (ANSBI) has thinned 100 acres of ponderosa pine within the 4FRI footprint. The KNF and the 4FRI team are exploring the option of expanding on the agreement with ANSBI. This expansion could include more crews and larger acres of treatment.
Since 2012, ANSBI has accomplished:
- 930 acres have been thinned
- 38 acres have been piled
- 280 cords of fuelwood provided to local communities of the Navajo Nation