Intertribal Timber News Today

Over two days of hearings, the House Committee on Appropriations heard from dozens of Indian Country leaders who testified about their funding needs.

A new report says forests managed by tribal communities are extremely underfunded. And that’s affecting lands that tribes in the Mountain West and beyond rely on for economic, social and cultural resources.

/PRNewswire/ -- The Intertribal Timber Council (ITC) announces the fourth independent report on the status of Indian forests and forestry, which found that...

The Menominee tribe has sustainably logged its forest in Wisconsin for 160 years. But that careful balance faces a crisis: too many trees and too few loggers.

Amazing article, it's long, excerpts here. New York Times: MENOMINEE COUNTY, Wis. — Amid the sprawling farmlands of northeast Wisconsin, the Menominee forest feels like an elixir, and a marvel. Its trees press in, towering and close, softening the air, a dense emerald wilderness that’s home to wolves, bears, otters, warblers and hawks, and that…

The 2023 Farm Bill presents a new opportunity to expand the Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (ISDEAA) (P.L. 93-638) authority to many more federal funding sources and tribal governments.

The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) announced today that it has released the finalized 2020 revision of the Montana Forest Action Plan. DNRC delivered the completed plan to Governor Bullock yesterday and also submitted the final version to the USDA Forest Service. The Montana Forest Action Plan is Montana’s all lands, all hands plan for addressing forest health and wildfire risk and will help guide forest restoration and management efforts across the state f...