Why Indian Forestry Matters and What It Means to SAF
Speaker(s): Phil Rigdon, Intertribal Timber Council
Description: ITC will provide an important grounding in Indian forestry and showcase the innovation and multi-generational knowledge that Indian Forestry brings to meet the ongoing challenges and opportunities that all foresters and natural resource professionals face. Tribal forests are integral to informing the profession's past, present, and future.

The 4th Indian Forest Management Assessment Team Report: What it Means for Tribes, Foresters and Forests Nationwide
Speaker(s): Adrian Leighton, Salish Kootenai College
Description: ITC will present the major findings of the 4th Indian Forest Management Assessment Team Report. This presentation will highlight major findings over 40 years of Indian Forestry. Presenter will highlight major findings, while outline the innovations and successes of Tribal Foresters despite persisting barriers in funding.

Cross-Boundary and Shared Stewardship Considerations as Experienced by Yakama Nation
Speaker(s): Phil Rigdon, Intertribal Timber Council
Description: Case Studies from Yakama Nation on developing and implementing stewardship and restoration projects across tribal, federal and non-federal lands in Central Washington. Mr. Rigdon will discuss holistic approaches to watershed and forestry management utilized by the Yakama Nation.

Overview of Lands Back Approaches and Their Relation to Indian Forest Management
Speaker(s): Rebecca Hunt, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
Description: Co-stewardship and co-management authorities are giving Tribes a greater role in the management of federal lands within their ancestral territories. The presenter will share how Tribes are using these authorities, and various mechanisms for returning ancestral forest lands back to Indigenous authority and stewardship.

Indigenous Traditional Knowledge and Relationships to Fire in Forestry
Speaker(s): Jim Durglo, Intertribal Timber Council
Description: Presenters will share the unique tribal cultural perspective to fire and its role in tribal forestry. This perspective and long-term relationship with fire guides Tribes in opportunities and innovation to address modern forestry challenges.

SAF CFE: 1.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.375