Forest Landowner Support Funded Projects
A view of a forested landscape in Maine, where more than 90% of forests are privately owned and managed. (USDA Forest Service photo)
Private forest landowners manage more than 60% of forests in the United States. Through the Forest Landowner Support initiative, the Forest Service…
#ForestLandownerSupport, #Grants, #StatePrivateTribalForestry, #Tribes
Indian Youth Service Corp making a difference in Oregon
Inter-tribal crew members in Lomakatsi’s Tribal Youth Ecological Forestry Training Program conduct ecological thinning within the Ashland Forest Resiliency Stewardship Project, near Ashland, Oregon. (USDA Forest Service video by Preston Keres) At sunrise in the beautiful lands of the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest in Ashland, Oregon, a group of tribal youth gather to begin a busy day…
#TribalRelations, #TribalYouth, #Careers, #Tribes
Update your lexicon: Indigenous Knowledge replaces Native Knowledge
Indigenous Knowledge is an important element of land management planning. Thora Padilla, president of the Mescalero Apache Tribe in New Mexico, invites federal employees to discuss forest thinning on an area of the reservation. (USDA Forest Service photo by Preston Keres)
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The…
#Tribes, #TribalActionPlan, #IndigenousKnowledge, #Directives
Avian ambassadors and tribal perspectives
Acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorous) perches on the branch of a California live oak (Quercus agrifolia). (U.S. Fish and Wildlife photo by Cal Robinson).
Birds are our melodic neighbors. They soar above skyscrapers in New York City and nest in coastal redwoods in…
#Birds, #NativeAmericans, #PrescribedFire, #CulturalBurning, #Tribes, tribal, #IndigenousKnowledge
Working with Tribes to sustain a cherished plant
A canebrake. River cane still grows along rivers and streams, where it protects water quality. However, the vast canebrakes that once flourished in southern flood plains have been destroyed. (Courtesy photo by Roger Cain)
River cane might be unfamiliar to some, but for many Indigenous people, it is part of…
river cane, #NativePlants, #Indigenous, #IndigenousKnowledge, #TribalRelations, #TribalActionPlan, #Cherokee, United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, #ChoctawNation, Chitimacha Tribe, #SouthernResearchStation, #Tribes, cultural, #NativeAmericans
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…