Collaboration & Public Involvement - Tribal Relations
At the historic White House Tribal Nations Conference, President Obama signed a Memorandum on Tribal Consultation, pronouncing tribal consultation "a critical ingredient of a sound and productive Federal-tribal relationship." In keeping with this directive, and with our agency’s policies, we invited Tribes to participate in the collaborative process for the development of a new National Forest…
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Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program Dashboard
The Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) was first authorized by Congress in 2009 to advance collaborative, landscape-scale approaches to restoration for multiple outcomes – reducing wildfire risk, enhancing forest and watershed health, and providing benefits to local communities. CFLRP Project Landscapes are selected by the Secretary of Agriculture through a competitive…
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New story map highlights Forest Service, tribal collaboration
The USDA Forest Service Eastern Region story map highlights Tribal Forest Protection Act Projects in the Lake States. (Story map screenshot)
WISCONSIN—The USDA Forest Service Eastern Region has published a new story map to showcase the collaborative work done to protect tribal and Forest…
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Seeing, listening, collaborating: What it takes to revise Alaska forest plan
Deputy Forest Supervisor Barb Miranda, Tongass National Forest, is overseeing the revision of the Tongass Forest Plan. (Photo courtesy Bethany Goodrich, Sustainable Southeast Partnership)
ALASKA—What has changed in southeast Alaska and Tongass National Forest over more than 25 years? That is the driving…
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Webinar: Sifting through selective science, misinformation for collaborative forest management
COLORADO—Join Rocky Mountain Research Station and Southwest Ecological Restoration Institutes for an upcoming land manager-focused panel webinar about selective science use, impacts to land management, and methods for reducing misinformation in collaborative forest management.Hear from subject matter experts who have effectively…
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Common ground in the Rio Chama
The essence of the Southwest may be summarized in one word – Querencia. A sense of place where one feels safe, at home; where they can draw strength from communities tied to a landscape that provides resources for livelihoods and connections to the land that may not be understood well in other parts of the US…