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National Wildlife Federation Tribal Lands Partnerships Brochure

Alexis Bonogofsky
Alexis Bonogofsky

The National Wildlife Federation works on several conservation projects with Native American tribes, including protecting the Powder River Basin, cultivating the next generation of conservation leaders through tribal education programs, and conserving the Colorado River. NWF also works to develop a natural resource strategy with the Our Natural Resources coalition of tribes to restore and protect tribal lands nationwide. Recent successes include the restoration of bison to tribal lands in Montana and partnering with the Cocopah Tribe to restore habitat along the Colorado River.

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SOME OF OUR CURRENT PROJECTS PROTECTING THE 13,500 SQUARE-MILE POWDER RIVER BASIN Home to peregrine falcons, sage grouse, swift fox, and bald and golden eagles. A rush to extract fossil fuels is sacri鍖cing this Montana-Wyoming watershed to irresponsible energy development. In response, NWF mobilized a coalition of tribes, ranchers, farmers, hunters and anglers that are fully engaged in stemming reckless coal development in the Basin. NWF also is expanding the 鍖ght beyond the Basin, linking the Basin Coalition with tribes and activists along the proposed coal export route - from Wyoming through to Paci鍖c Northwest ports. CULTIVATING THE NEXT GENERATION OF CONSERVATION LEADERS NWF empowers tribal educators and students to become the next generation of environmental stewards - engaging them to protect habitat and fostering leadership. In Arizona, New Mexico, Montana, and the Dakotas, NWF collaborates with tribal schools and colleges to implement NWFs Schoolyard Habitat速, Access Nature, and Eco-Schools USA programs. NWFs WHAT WE DO environmental curriculum is adapted to traditional tribal agricultural practices, native plant uses, tribal language and traditional relationships with the land and heightens Native MISSION: NWF partners with sovereign American student involvement in science and natural resources curricula. The initiative tribal nations to solve todays conservation broadens the diversity of, and cultural understanding between, conservationists. challenges for future generations. CONSERVING THE COLORADO RIVER The Lower Colorado River contains the best remaining native habitat on the river for NWF works nationwide with tribes migratory neotropical songbirds, waterfowl, and other wetland birds, including threatened and conserving species and habitat, endangered species. Essential to tribes, the Colorado River sustains tribal subsistence, cultural, safeguarding wildlife, advancing land economic, and recreation activities. The river is critically threatened by development, over-use, invasive species, and climate change. To help staunch the damage, NWF and the Cocopah stewardship, and protecting water Tribe have restored native riparian habitat, helping to revive the river for the wildlife and resources. people who depend on it. NWF gathered a tribal coalition to focus on the problem and craft a vision that would restore the river, engendering resilience to climate and human threats. NWF engages the next generation GALVANIZING A STRATEGY TO CONSERVE THE NATURAL RESOURCES OF ALL TRIBAL NATIONS of conservation leaders throughout With the tribal coalition Our Natural Resources (ONR) (pronounced Honor), NWF is its programs. With tribes, NWF developing, providing outreach, and implementing a natural resource strategy to restore conservation education sustains and and protect the environmental health and productivity of all tribal nations. Together we promotes tribal culture. are working to reshape relationships between tribes and other natural resource managers, to ensure consistent support and resources for tribal conservation efforts nationwide, and to safeguard wildlife. NWF is the only non-tribal member of this important coalition. PHOTO CREDITS:
RECENT SUCCESSES WHY NWFS TRIBAL PROGRAM? BISON RETURN TO MONTANAS FORT PECK & FORT The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) is the only BELKNAP TRIBAL LANDS national conservation organization that partners The recent move restores an iconic North American with tribes to protect wildlife, habitat, and cultural species to the landscape, a species emblematic of resources and to address energy and climate issues. Native American culture. The bison carry with them not only wildlife diversity, but also a renewed way NWF and Tribes are leading the way to new and of life. This is the fruition of more than 20 years of effective wildlife conservation. With 95 million Partnering NWF working with tribes and other partners. We acres 11 million acres more than the U.S. National are now working with the Shoshone and Arapahoe Park Service tribal lands present signi鍖cant Tribes to restore wild bison to the Wind River opportunities for conservation. Reservation in Wyoming. POWDER RIVER BASIN Tribal sovereignty affords tribes the freedom and authority to choose conservation over environmentally harmful activities. With deep cultural connections With NWF partnered with the Northern Cheyenne Environmental Protection Department (EPD) to make the Tribe one of the 鍖rst EPA-designated Climate Showcase Communities in the U.S. Activities and passion for the natural world, tribes are the pacesetters for wildlife conservation. Tribes included community trainings on energy ef鍖ciency, solar air heater construction and installation, straw bale construction and updating and renovating the EPD building to be energy ef鍖cient. HABITAT RESTORATION WITH COCOPAH TRIBE Partnered with the Cocopah Tribe to restore 150 acres of native, riparian habitat along the Colorado River on their reservation to protect endangered species and wildlife. LEARN MORE & CONNECTING NATURE, CULTURE & CURRICULUM: TRIBAL ECO-SCHOOLS SUPPORT OUR WORK The STAR School just west of Leupp, AZ (Navajo Your 鍖nancial support makes our tribal partnerships Nation) is the 鍖rst tribal Eco-School, a Green Ribbon possible. Visit our website at www.nwf.org/ School and also the 鍖rst solar-powered K-8 charter tribalprogram school in the U.S. No power lines come to the school; all of the buildings on campus are powered Or contact Garrit Voggesser, NWF Tribal Lands by an array of over 100 solar panels and two wind Program National Director, by email at generators. Students learn about solar and wind voggesser@nwf.org or phone at (303) 441-5161. power at all grade levels. NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION

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  • 1. SOME OF OUR CURRENT PROJECTS PROTECTING THE 13,500 SQUARE-MILE POWDER RIVER BASIN Home to peregrine falcons, sage grouse, swift fox, and bald and golden eagles. A rush to extract fossil fuels is sacri鍖cing this Montana-Wyoming watershed to irresponsible energy development. In response, NWF mobilized a coalition of tribes, ranchers, farmers, hunters and anglers that are fully engaged in stemming reckless coal development in the Basin. NWF also is expanding the 鍖ght beyond the Basin, linking the Basin Coalition with tribes and activists along the proposed coal export route - from Wyoming through to Paci鍖c Northwest ports. CULTIVATING THE NEXT GENERATION OF CONSERVATION LEADERS NWF empowers tribal educators and students to become the next generation of environmental stewards - engaging them to protect habitat and fostering leadership. In Arizona, New Mexico, Montana, and the Dakotas, NWF collaborates with tribal schools and colleges to implement NWFs Schoolyard Habitat速, Access Nature, and Eco-Schools USA programs. NWFs WHAT WE DO environmental curriculum is adapted to traditional tribal agricultural practices, native plant uses, tribal language and traditional relationships with the land and heightens Native MISSION: NWF partners with sovereign American student involvement in science and natural resources curricula. The initiative tribal nations to solve todays conservation broadens the diversity of, and cultural understanding between, conservationists. challenges for future generations. CONSERVING THE COLORADO RIVER The Lower Colorado River contains the best remaining native habitat on the river for NWF works nationwide with tribes migratory neotropical songbirds, waterfowl, and other wetland birds, including threatened and conserving species and habitat, endangered species. Essential to tribes, the Colorado River sustains tribal subsistence, cultural, safeguarding wildlife, advancing land economic, and recreation activities. The river is critically threatened by development, over-use, invasive species, and climate change. To help staunch the damage, NWF and the Cocopah stewardship, and protecting water Tribe have restored native riparian habitat, helping to revive the river for the wildlife and resources. people who depend on it. NWF gathered a tribal coalition to focus on the problem and craft a vision that would restore the river, engendering resilience to climate and human threats. NWF engages the next generation GALVANIZING A STRATEGY TO CONSERVE THE NATURAL RESOURCES OF ALL TRIBAL NATIONS of conservation leaders throughout With the tribal coalition Our Natural Resources (ONR) (pronounced Honor), NWF is its programs. With tribes, NWF developing, providing outreach, and implementing a natural resource strategy to restore conservation education sustains and and protect the environmental health and productivity of all tribal nations. Together we promotes tribal culture. are working to reshape relationships between tribes and other natural resource managers, to ensure consistent support and resources for tribal conservation efforts nationwide, and to safeguard wildlife. NWF is the only non-tribal member of this important coalition. PHOTO CREDITS:
  • 2. RECENT SUCCESSES WHY NWFS TRIBAL PROGRAM? BISON RETURN TO MONTANAS FORT PECK & FORT The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) is the only BELKNAP TRIBAL LANDS national conservation organization that partners The recent move restores an iconic North American with tribes to protect wildlife, habitat, and cultural species to the landscape, a species emblematic of resources and to address energy and climate issues. Native American culture. The bison carry with them not only wildlife diversity, but also a renewed way NWF and Tribes are leading the way to new and of life. This is the fruition of more than 20 years of effective wildlife conservation. With 95 million Partnering NWF working with tribes and other partners. We acres 11 million acres more than the U.S. National are now working with the Shoshone and Arapahoe Park Service tribal lands present signi鍖cant Tribes to restore wild bison to the Wind River opportunities for conservation. Reservation in Wyoming. POWDER RIVER BASIN Tribal sovereignty affords tribes the freedom and authority to choose conservation over environmentally harmful activities. With deep cultural connections With NWF partnered with the Northern Cheyenne Environmental Protection Department (EPD) to make the Tribe one of the 鍖rst EPA-designated Climate Showcase Communities in the U.S. Activities and passion for the natural world, tribes are the pacesetters for wildlife conservation. Tribes included community trainings on energy ef鍖ciency, solar air heater construction and installation, straw bale construction and updating and renovating the EPD building to be energy ef鍖cient. HABITAT RESTORATION WITH COCOPAH TRIBE Partnered with the Cocopah Tribe to restore 150 acres of native, riparian habitat along the Colorado River on their reservation to protect endangered species and wildlife. LEARN MORE & CONNECTING NATURE, CULTURE & CURRICULUM: TRIBAL ECO-SCHOOLS SUPPORT OUR WORK The STAR School just west of Leupp, AZ (Navajo Your 鍖nancial support makes our tribal partnerships Nation) is the 鍖rst tribal Eco-School, a Green Ribbon possible. Visit our website at www.nwf.org/ School and also the 鍖rst solar-powered K-8 charter tribalprogram school in the U.S. No power lines come to the school; all of the buildings on campus are powered Or contact Garrit Voggesser, NWF Tribal Lands by an array of over 100 solar panels and two wind Program National Director, by email at generators. Students learn about solar and wind voggesser@nwf.org or phone at (303) 441-5161. power at all grade levels. NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION