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Our mission, to pursue and promote the conservation and development of Indian forest resources for the benefit and advancement of Indian people. www.itcnet.org
We’re proud to share “A New Chapter: Cal Mukumoto Joins the Intertribal Timber Council," our latest blog that shares a powerful reflection from Cal Mukumoto as he steps into his role as ITC’s first-ever Executive Director. 👉 Read his full story here! medium.com/@intertri...
December 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“We need the forest, and the forest needs us.”—IFMAT IV Report. Invest in the next generation of stewardship by making a donation to Intertribal Timber Council this #GivingTuesday: www.itcnet.org/suppo...

Photo credit: Sean Gutierrez
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🚨 Increase your funding! Through the National Forest Foundation's Matching Awards Program, your non-federal project funds could be paired with federal funds provided through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Forest Service. Submit your proposal: www.nationalforests....
December 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🚨 The Denali Commission is accepting funding requests! The Denali Commission is inviting statements of interest for projects that support and further the goals of USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Learn more: denali.gov/funding-r...
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
📷 Check out these photos by Cal Mukumoto, ITC Exec. Dir., from last month's Northwest Innovative Forestry Summit. Through lectures, discussions, & field-based learning, participants were asked to investigate the ecological, cultural, & values-based aspects of forest stewardship.
November 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🚨Have you nominated someone yet?🚨ITC is seeking nominations for individuals to be published in a guide that is being developed by ITC & @sfiprogram, highlighting pathways into forestry jobs, promote Tribal schools, & educational programs.
Nominate someone by 12/1/25! http://bit.ly/43humUj
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Last fall, Calif. enacted legislation allowing federally recognized Native American tribes to conduct cultural burning, acknowledging their sovereignty and history with the land." 🔥Great article from Washington Post on the importance of cultural burning, ft. Bill Tripp! www.msn.com/en-us/ne...
November 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"A community forest is a place to gather. It's a place to harvest. It's a place to enjoy. It's a place to witness. It's a place to just be."

Hear from Tommy Cabe, Forest Resource Specialist, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, describe the Hall Mountain Community Forest and its importance. 🌲
November 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
"The ITC applauds the defeat of S.J.Res.69 and the upholding of the science-based management framework to allow tribes and federal land and wildlife management agencies to recover the NSO and wisely manage natural resources." 👉 Read more in our press release: www.prnewswire.com/n...
November 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Let us burn when the time is right. Let us manage our forests as we always have. Let us prevent the destruction we all fear, not only respond to it after the fact."—Cody Desautel, ITC president. Read more in our blog post: medium.com/@intertribal...
November 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
#NationalSTEMDay celebrated science, tech, engineering, & math. At ITC, we uplift Native students pursuing higher ed in Natural Resources w/ the Picard Scholarship:
👉Checklist: www.itcnet.org/file_downloa...
👉FAQs: www.itcnet.org/file_downloa...
🔹Ready to apply? app.ezfiledrop.com/546117/picar...
November 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
💡👉Learn about the Healthy American Forests Initiative Request for Proposals! Join a webinar about @NFWFnews's funding opportunity that supports watershed restoration & vegetation mgmt. on National Forest System lands. 📅 11/7/25, 11am-1pm MT. Register: us02web.zoom.us/webi...
November 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Hear from Cameron Macias, a PhD candidate at @UIdaho!
The #OlympicCougarProject is co-led by the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe & Panthera, in collaboration w/ Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, Skokomish Tribe, Quinault Indian Nation, & the Makah Tribe.
November 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
🌿Green Diamond has a new program designed for students to bridge the gap between academic learning and real-world career experience in the field of Natural Resources and Forestry Management while receiving meaningful financial support. Apply by 11/14: https://ow.ly/2ihu50Xgvr7
November 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
🌲 "Forests are much more than a source of timber. We look to them for medicine, food, ceremony, and stories." Learn more in the "A look at tribal forests" section of our award-winning StoryMap: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/c1f1ca11f6774341b70550e8b8cc1801
November 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"At its core, cultural burning is an act of self-determination. When we light fire on the land, we are exercising our inherent rights to manage our territories according to our laws, values, and relationships."—Bill Tripp 🔥✊ Read more on our blog: https://ow.ly/IVuH50X8G11
October 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"Tribes are the only ones who should have jurisdiction over cultural burning and cultural practices..." Hear from Colleen Rossier, Senior Research & Policy Advisor for the Karuk Tribe, about why laws should shift to supporting Indigenous land management.
October 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
🌲The Intertribal Timber Council is heading to Hartford, CT for the SAF National Convention happening October 22–25. We’re excited to connect—stop by our booth and say hi!
October 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
🛫Have you been to #PDX Airport yet? Read about how the 🪵was intentionally sourced from tribes. "As travelers pass through [PDX], they may notice the sweeping wood ceiling above them. But what they’re really moving beneath is a canopy of relationships…" https://ow.ly/Tb0C50X8FfP
October 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🔥 "If we're serious about preventing catastrophic wildfires and protecting our forests for future generations, we have to start by trusting tribes to lead." 👉Read the blog post from Cody Desautel about why it is time for tribes to lead wildfire mgmt: https://ow.ly/use250X8F47
October 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🎉 Coalitions & Collaboratives' AIM Grant supports a broad range of capacity-building activities—from staffing and planning to on-the-ground wildfire risk reduction on non-federal lands! Concept papers are due 10/24 at 5pm MT. Learn more: https://co-co.org/aim-grant/
October 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Accepting applications! The Truman D. Picard Scholarship is dedicated to empowering Native American students pursuing higher education in Natural Resources, particularly forest resources mgmt.
Deadline: 3/20/2026
Apply: app.ezfiledrop.com/546117/picar...
October 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
🌲"Forestry on tribal lands is about people and place, economy and ecology, past and future."—Steve Andringa. On our blog, learn more about Steve Andringa's 40-yr; career journey into tribal forestry that reshaped his view of stewardship & sovereignty: medium.com/@intertri...
October 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Repost: Ryan Reed, co-founder of FireGeneration Collaborative, talks about mobilizing young people around fire policy and advocating for Indigenous values. For his leadership, Ryan is receiving one of Ecotrust's Indigenous Leadership Awards this year! Congrats, Ryan!
October 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
We are proud to announce the appointment of Cal Mukumoto as its first Executive Director, effective October 1, 2025. Learn more about Cal Mukumoto’s qualifications and career with ITC in our press release: https://ow.ly/zmuP50X7VMr
October 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM