Every year the Friends of Malheur NWR welcome the Tribal Stewards program to the Refuge and sponsor the program.
“This stewardship program is bringing Native youth into the conservation field, giving them professional experience that is relevant to caring for their own homelands,” said Richard Hamilton of Lomakatsi Restoration Project. “It was really cool to see these youth interested and engaged throughout the six-week program. It’s also really cool to see staff within government agencies so enthusiastic about working with Tribes, incorporating Indigenous traditional ecological knowledge (ITEK) to care for resources on public lands.” Read a related article from Lomakatsi.
This year the crew will participate in a wide variety of field science management activities with resource professionals like Refuge Supervisory Biologist Travis Miller and Bird Alliance of Oregon Biologist Teresa ‘Bird’ Wicks.
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