Quarterly Webinars
Join us each quarter for a free webinar that explores what is happening in the landscape of Indigenous agroforestry—our next webinar is September 17, 2025 11am-12pm PT.
Scroll down to watch recordings of past webinars — March 2025 and June 2025 are now live.
On June 11, 2025, the featured speakers Patricia Green (Squaxin Island Tribe) of Squaxin Island Tribe Community Garden and Nick Schneider, Margaret Kreder, and Sabina Ahmed of Mason Mason Conservation District discussed the partnership between the two organizations.
Links shared by June webinar participants
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Black Folkways Marketplace | Eureka, CA
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Salish Roots Agroforestry
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Cultural Foods Ways Network | Arcata, CA | July 12 - Sept. 13 (Every Saturday), 10am-5pm
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The Whitener Group
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The Whitener Group (Training)
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Tribal Trust Responsibility (USDA)
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History of Federal Tribal Relationships (USDA)
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Tend, Gather & Grow Curriculum
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Sustainable Agriculture Lands | Conservation (SALC) | Grant Program
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Funding resource: Tribal Producer or Program Needs | Grant/Tech Support | naomie@indianag.org
March Webinar
On March 25, 2025, Stephanie Gutierrez (San Carlos Apache), Forest and Community Program Director at Ecotrust, led a webinar, “Indigenous Agroforestry in the Northwest,” that explored key findings from the Indigenous Agroforestry Survey Report. This is the first in a series of quarterly webinars from the Indigenous Agroforestry Network.
Links shared by March webinar participants
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Bill Tripp Video Interview on Yale Forest Forums
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Forest History Today Magazine with article about Harold Weaver; photos of fire on reservation in 1930 and 1940
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Savanna Institute Agroforestry Resources
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Portland region community stewardship and community science opportunities & ways to stay in touch with your elected officials
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Interested in selling big leaf maple? Patrick Shults can provide technical assistance
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USDA National Agroforestry Center (NAC) is a collection of agroforestry-related tools and information sources. NAC hosts a vast library of publications, photos, and other media that can be browsed and downloaded.
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Center for Environmental Rights
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NRCS - Indigenous Stewardship Evaluations- CEMA 222, provides Tribes and tribal organizations financial assistance to develop written plans (i.e. cultural burns, food sovereignty plan, community garden plan, etc.)
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USDA & NRCS hosted a webinar to provide an introduction to using Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and use of CEMA 222, Indigenous Stewardship Methods and Evaluation to accomplish effective conservation on tribal lands.
NRCS funding resources
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Natural Resources Conservation Services (NRCS) provides free technical assistances and financial assistance through cost-share incentive payments
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NRCS’s most popular program is the Environmental Quality Incentives Program | Natural Resources Conservation Service (EQIP)
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NRCS offers “CSP Enhancements, Bundles and Supplemental Payments | Natural Resources Conservation Service through the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), which is a program that typically follows after completing an EQIP project
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Indigenous Agroforestry related NRCS CSP enhancement activities: facilitating oak forest regeneration (E666J)
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Indigenous Agroforestry related NRCS CSP enhancement activities: crop tree management for mast production (E666I)
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Indigenous Agroforestry related NRCS CSP enhancement activities: sequential patch burning (E338C)
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Indigenous Agroforestry related NRCS CSP enhancement activities: cultural plantings (E612E)