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Oregon State University researchers have recently teamed with the Karuk Tribe to create a novel computer simulation model that showcases Indigenous fire stewardship’s role in forest ecosystem health.

Initial phase focuses on listening, informing, and gathering feedback.

The Nature Conservancy, a global nonprofit environmental organization, announced the appointment of Fawn Sharp this week to its global board of directors. Sharp— the former president of the National Congress of the American Indian and former president and vice president of her tribe, the Quinault Indian Nation in Washington State—will join two dozen other board members. The Board of Directors are responsible for determining TNC’s policy, according to the nonprofit’s...

CORVALLIS, Oregon – Oregon State University researchers have teamed with the Karuk Tribe to create a novel computer simulation model that showcases Indigenous fire stewardship’s role in forest ecosystem health. Western scientists and land managers have become increasingly cognizant of cultural burning

Alaska has suffered from more environmental meddling from Washington bureaucrats than any other state in the country.

Citing what they characterized as unacceptable risks to wildlife habitat, water quality and the Native communities that depend on natural resources, the Biden administration on Friday rejected the controversial plan to put a 211-mile industrial road through largely wild areas of the Brooks Range foothills. The decision came in a supplemental environmental impact statement released […] The post Biden administration rejection of Ambler road project both panned and celebrated in Alaska appea...

Today, April 19, the Department of the Interior announced a finalized strategy to guide its management of public lands. The Public Lands Rule emphasizes the use of science and data, including Indigenous Knowledge, to guide balanced decision-making, according to the Department of the Interior. The rule applies the existing fundamentals of land health across BLM programs, establishes restoration and mitigation leases, and clarifies practices to designate and protect areas of critical concern.

The Interior Department released a new regulation Friday that will affect 13 million acres in Alaska from being drilled for oil.

The Biden administration recommended rejecting permits for a 211-mile gravel industrial haul road to the Ambler Mining District on Friday, citing extensive environmental concerns and overwhelming public objection by environmental

The decisions underscore the Biden administration’s attempt to curb mining and drilling on public lands.