Tribal Work Group
Our mission: Protect tribal natural and cultural resources through mutual understanding.
This multi-tribal, multi-agency work group aims to increase communication between tribes, researchers and governments concerning invasive pests that negatively impact our natural resources. Many forest pests damage resources that are culturally relevant to tribes, resources that are a vital component of culture and way of life – foods, medicines and materials for baskets or ceremonies. Protecting these resources and ensuring their perpetuation is vital to the cultural integrity of our tribal communities. As government entities work to protect these resources from invasive pests, so do tribes on their tribal lands – invasive pests do not recognize boundary lines. We must work cooperatively to adequately understand how these pests move, find management solutions that minimize impacts, and ultimately preserve native natural resources.
See links below for meeting reports and other outreach products. For more information, contact Principal Investigator Keir Johnson, Intertribal Agriculture Council.
Documents
Tribal Pest Field Guide Cards (draft) 
Meetings and Presentations (Join the Mailing List)
Creating Successful Partnerships with Native American Tribes Workshop – March 22, 2017, Lockeford Plant Materials Center, Lockeford, California
Tribal IPM Session at the Second Annual Southwest IAC Conference - September 21, 2016, Twin Arrows Resort, Flagstaff, Arizona
- Agenda
- NRCS Web Soil Survey screenshot
- NRCS soil survey handouts
- NRCS Soil Report
- NRCS Ecological Site Description
- NRCS Ecological Sites Rangeland
- Technical & Financial Assistance from USDA Forest Service
- Western Spruce Budworm handout
- Mountain Pine Beetle handout
- Arizona Fivespined Ips handout
- Southern Pine Beetle handout
- Managing Invasive Species on Rangelands of the Southwest
- Landscape Approach Managing Invasive Species, Clover Leaf Ranch, Yavapai Apache Nation
Susanville Forest and Wildland Pest Workshop – August 4, 2016, Susanville Indian Rancheria, Susanville, California
Southern California Forest Pest Workshop – July 30, 2015, Sycuan Resort, El Cajon, California
- Agenda and online resources
- Final meeting summary
- GSOB brochure
- GSOB online resources
- GSOB: A threat to oak trees and you>
- GSOB Pest Note
- GSOB Community Preparedness Plan
- PSHB symptoms and lookalikes
- PSHB symptoms on landscape trees
- APHIS feral pig eradication project
- Viejas feral pig photos
- Forest pest quiz
- Weed management handout
- How to prune trees
- Bark beetles in California conifers
Northern California Tribal "SOD Blitz" – June 6, 2015, Stewarts Point Rancheria, California
Western Plant Board – May 12, 2015, Denver, Colorado
Traditional Ecological Knowledge Workshop – November 19, 2014, Hopland, California
- Agenda
- Summary Notes and Photos
- Soils, Climate and Traditional Ecological Knowledge
- Soap Root Demonstration
Work Group Meeting - October 29, 2014, Reno, Nevada
- Agenda
- Summary and Action Items
- Plant Diseases in Nevada's Wildlands
- Invasive and Other Insects in Nevada's Wildlands
- Weeds of Nevada's Wildlands
- Insects and Diseases of Willow and Fremont Cottonwood
- Future Threats to Wildlands
- National Plant Diagnostic Network
- Forest Service Funding Opportunities
- Needs Assessment Recap
Work Group Meeting - August 19, 2014 Pala, Calif.
- Agenda
- Summary and Action Items
- Gold Spotted Oak Borer and Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer
- Vegetation Management
- Feral Swine in Southern California
- Forest Service Health Protection Funding for Tribal Lands
- Future Forest Health Concerns for Southern California
- Introduction: Native American Environmental Protection Coalition
- Needs Assessment Recap
Work Group Meeting - Feb. 25, 2014, Klamath, Calif.
- Meeting Summary
- Invasive Species in California
- Cooperative Research and Management
- Current Forest Pests
- Historical Tribal Use of Fire (draft)
- Fire Use on the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation
- Forest Service Funding Overview
- The Future of North Coast Forests
- North Coast Resource Partnership (handout)
- Establishing Tribal Representation with the North Coast Resource Partnership
- An Overview Of Non-Chemical Strategies To Sustain Forests
- Needs Assessment Results
Work Group Meeting - Nov. 15, 2013, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Work Group Meeting - Sept. 12, 2013, Lakeport, Calif.