05/28/2025
🌿The Yurok Tribe in California has successfully collaborated with federal and state agencies to reintroduce controlled burns—a traditional practice—to restore forest health and reduce wildfire risk. Their leadership helped influence policies allowing cultural burns, blending tribal knowledge with modern fire science to care for the land more effectively. This collaboration is now seen as a model for tribal-federal partnerships in land stewardship.
🚨Webinar Alert🚨
🎥Tribal Collaborative Land Management
🗓Date: Monday, June 9, 2025
🕒Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm CT
🔗Register Now:https://buff.ly/ozmXcQQ
🎤Lawson Fite, Erica Costa, Sara Van Norman, Jeffrey Holth, Douglas Thompson, Laura Matson, and Arielle Wagner
HalfMoon Education Inc. presents a live interactive webinar for professional growth presented by Lawson Fite, Shareholder with Schwabe, Erica Costa, senior Associate with Berkey Williams LLP, Sara Van Norman, founder of Van Norman Law, PLLC, Jeffrey Holth, shareholder with The Jacobson Law Group, Douglas Thompson, founder of the Law Office of Douglas P. Thompson, PLLC, Laura Matson, attorney with Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP, and Arielle Wagner, attorney with Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP. If you are unable to attend the live webinar, check out the On Demand option!
Here's some highlights:
🔸Explore the distinctions between collaboration and consultation with federal agencies through real-world case examples involving the Grand Portage, Bois Forte, and Fond du Lac Bands and the Superior National Forest.
🔸Learn how to build effective partnerships through collaborative processes and cooperative arrangements with attention to best practices and unique tribal considerations.
🔸Examine key elements of successful and equitable land return efforts beyond the movement, with a focus on real-world strategies.
🔸Understand the development, scope, and unique aspects of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Grand Portage, Bois Forte, and Fond du Lac Bands and the Superior National Forest.
🔸Delve into the roles of the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and other federal agencies in land management, with an overview of relevant laws and agreements.
🔸Gain insight into tools like the Tribal Forest Protection Act, Good Neighbor Agreements, and Shared Stewardship approaches.
🔸Explore the legal foundations and treaties securing tribal rights to manage natural and energy resources.
🔸Learn how tribes exercise sovereignty through resource management practices including water, forest, and conservation efforts.
🔸Examine tribal energy sovereignty initiatives, including renewable energy projects and the environmental and cultural importance of tribal-led resource management.
