October 21, 2024

Sovereign-to-Sovereign Cooperative Agreements

Cooperative agreements can establish collaborative intergovernmental relationships for the purpose of managing public lands. This webpage from the University of Washington's School of Law outlines key mechanisms available to Tribal Nations and federal agencies to create or maintain such relationships. These tools differ in terms of purpose and scope, including the distinction between co-management and co-stewardship, which is not always clear. DOI and USDA’s reaffirmed commitment to co-stewardship presents opportunities for the meaningful integration of Tribal and federal interests in public lands management. Accordingly, this section adopts a distinction between two categories of agreements: 1) those that establish decision making and management protocols and governing arrangements and 2) those that focus more on funding and project-level activities.

October 21, 2024

Tribal Forest Protection Act (TFPA) Projects in the Lake States

ArcGIS StoryMap of current TFPA project examples in the Great Lakes area in Eastern Region of the Forest Service.

October 21, 2024

Tribal Forest Protection Act (TFPA): Reports & resources from the Intertribal Timber Council

The Tribal Forest Protection Act (TFPA) was passed in 2004. The purpose of the TFPA is to protect tribal trust lands at risk and restore lands administrated by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management such as catastrophic fires, insects, and disease. The passage of the 2018 Farm Bill provided, for the first time, authority for the Forest Service to execute "638" agreements to undertake TFPA work under the Indian Self-Determination Education and Assistance Act (Public Law 93-638). Forest Service 638 authority was initiated as a demonstration effort. Forest Service, ITC and various Tribes are working to expand the use and availability of this and other authorities. Find resources and reports around the TFPA here.

October 21, 2024

General Partnering in Research about Land Management with Tribal Nations: Insights from the Pacific West

Steen-Adams, Michelle M.; Lake, Frank K.; Jones, Chas E. Jr.; Kruger, Linda E. 2023. Multiple aspects of forest land management present research partnership opportunities for the USDA Forest Service and Tribal Nations. These aspects include forests, fuels, and ecocultural resources that often are appropriate to manage at the landscape scale. The main topics of this report are partnership benefits and challenges, effective practices, partnership models, and the partnership-building process.

October 1, 2024

Tribal Partnership Comparison Matrix

This Tribal Partnership Comparison Matrix from the US Forest Service serves to aid in the decision-making and implementation of Shared Stewardship and partnership strategies between Tribal Nations, the Forest Service, and other partners. This Matrix explores several ways in which Tribes can engage in work with the Forest Service and delineates factors that uniquely impact Tribal Nations as sovereign entities. Project type, partner requests, trust land adjacency, and other criteria will all affect the decision to pursue any given agreement tool.

October 1, 2024

Cultural Landscape Training Path

This series of trainings from the US Forest Service is for anyone who is working in land management that is interested in learning more about Indigenous perspectives. Click the link to explore the collection of videos and resources.

October 1, 2024

Indian Country 101: An online Tribal engagement training series

The development of the Indian Country (IC) Tribal engagement series from The Nature Conservancy and the Whitener Group was grounded in the understanding that you can’t work with Tribes in the United States without first outlining the long and complicated history of Tribes and Tribal governments. The mantra became “effective Tribal engagement starts with knowledge and context.” IC was developed as two courses; 101 lays out the history and context for Tribal engagement across the country, while course 102 builds upon the fundamentals, focusing specifically on Tribes located in Washington State.

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October 1, 2024

Toolkit for Meaningful Engagement with Indigenous Peoples in Conservation

This Toolkit from the Center for Collaborative Conservation is intended to support students, faculty, and conservation practitioners who desire to work towards meaningful and sustained engagement with Indigenous Peoples in conservation. We hope that this Toolkit provides an entry point for engaging in this process and creating positive change within each person’s sphere of influence. The audience that will most benefit from this Toolkit are those that desire to maximize their impact through a truly collaborative approach that includes shared learning, reciprocity, accountability, and a commitment to relationships.

October 1, 2024

Tribal Relations and Enhancing Co-Stewardship

This US Forest Service ArcGIS StoryMap provides a Tribal Partnerships map, a link to the Tribal Relations Action Plan, and other resources for strengthening relationships and collaboration with American Indian Tribes that have lived in the Pacific Northwest since time immemorial.

August 28, 2024

CFLRP: Sunset Project Reporting Workshop (August 27, 2024)

Peer Learning Session Objectives: - Bring the Sunset CFLRP projects (projects funded in 2010) and partners together to learn about the 15-year monitoring report requirements and guidance. - Learn about long term monitoring and best practices over 10+ years of collaborative forest landscape restoration implementation. - Share how CFLRP participation has changed the way you do work. Suggested Audience: This peer learning session is focused on projects sunsetting in 2024 (those first funded in 2010). The suggested audience for this meeting is participants in the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program projects funded in 2010, from both the Forest Service and partner organizations.

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Sovereign-to-Sovereign Cooperative Agreements

Tribal Forest Protection Act (TFPA) Projects in the Lake States

Tribal Forest Protection Act (TFPA): Reports & resources from the Intertribal Timber Council

General Partnering in Research about Land Management with Tribal Nations: Insights from the Pacific West

Tribal Partnership Comparison Matrix

Cultural Landscape Training Path

Indian Country 101: An online Tribal engagement training series

Toolkit for Meaningful Engagement with Indigenous Peoples in Conservation

Tribal Relations and Enhancing Co-Stewardship

CFLRP: Sunset Project Reporting Workshop (August 27, 2024)