Tribal Relations

The Forest Service has partnered with the Tulalip Tribes' in the first ever 638 agreement. The 638 authority allows for the agency to work in collaboration with Tribes on common priorities. Read more…

Staff on the Santa Fe National Forest coordinated socially distanced Tribal consultation meetings with the Pueblos of Tesuque and Jemez in New Mexico. Read more about "mask-to-mask" consultation…

The Forest Service has awarded the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians funding for the expansion and enhancement of Hall Mountain Community Forest, a landscape of cultural significance to the Cherokee people. Read more…

The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians has earned a Forest Service citizen science grant to map river cane using the iNaturalist app on the Ozark- St. Francis National Forest. Read more…

Arizona-based Tribal Governments were awarded a Forest Service Citizen Science Grant to develop a comprehensive guide that will assist Forest Service units in carrying out citizen science initiatives. Read more about the project…

The Hoonah Indian Association has been awarded a 2020 Forest Service Wood Innovations Grant to design a biomass heating system that will increase the community's energy independence. Read more about the project…

NEW! Rangeland Management Proposed Directives Updates

Forest Service staff will present a webinar to:

• Provide an overview of the proposed updates to the Rangeland Management Directives
• Discuss how to submit comments
• Discuss how to engage in Tribal consultation

Webinar Details:
Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Time: 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET
Entry Link: Microsoft Teams Meeting

For more details and schedule information, see the webinar flyer.

Cave Management Proposed Directive

Forest Service staff will present a webinar to:

• Provide an overview about the directive
• Discuss how to submit comments
• Discuss how to engage in Tribal consultation

Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Time: 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM ET
Dial-In: 888-844-9904
Access Code: 2426354
Entry Link: Microsoft Teams Meeting

For more details and schedule information, see the webinar flyer.

Public Land Corps and Resource Assistants Program Proposed Directive

Forest Service staff presented a webinar on October 5, 2020 to:

• Provide an overview about the directive
• Discuss how to submit comments
• Discuss how to engage in Tribal consultation

Watch the webinar recording.

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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.