Intertribal Timber Council

New on our blog 📝🌿
We're sharing the story behind Braided Canopy — ITC's new platform helping Tribes access NRCS funding, technical support, and real success stories from Tribes across the country.

The article dives into the three braids that make it all work:
🤝 Relationships
🌲 Technical Support
💰 Funding

Head to the link in our bio to read the full piece 👆

🌲 What would the next 50 years look like for Tribal forestry? 🌲

Imagine a world 50 years from now — one where Tribal forestry has more funding, more agency over its own land, and more resources to manage and steward the forest. What would that forest look like?

We want to hear from you: what do you want to see happen in the next 50 years? 👇

🌲 New on our From Roots To Canopy blog: Forests of the First Stewards: Menominee Nation
"Start with the rising sun, and work toward the setting sun... and the trees will last forever." — Chief Oshkosh

We're proud to have supported this free educational film and curriculum, now bringing Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Menominee forest stewardship into classrooms from kindergarten through higher ed.

Read the blog to learn about:
🌳 150+ years of Menominee forest management, blending TEK with modern science
🎬 The film series and how it follows timber from forest floor to mill
🍁 How forest health connects to Native wellness, arts, and traditions like basket weaving and maple sugaring
📚 The K-12 and higher-ed curriculum bundles now available, free

Link in bio 📖

🌳 Stay rooted with us.

Sign up for our newsletter to hear about upcoming workshops, webinars, and news from Braided Canopy. Let's keep branching out together. 🍃

👉 Link in bio

📺 It's here! Workshops, Panels, and Speaker Events from the Symposium are now live on our YouTube page.

Missed a session or want to revisit your favorite moment? Catch it all — on demand, anytime.
🔗Link in bio to start watching now.

Working with NRCS doesn't have to feel like a maze. Here's the roadmap — swipe through.
Find your local NRCS office and everything else you need to get started — link in bio. 🌱

There's history behind why trust with federal agencies doesn't come easy for Tribes. We know that, and we're not here to rush past it.

Building trust comes first — however long that takes. This isn't a one-time transaction. It's a long-term relationship, the same way Indigenous stewardship has always thought generations ahead.

We're here to listen. You know your land best — we're here to help you build a plan around what you actually need.

🌱 Braided Canopy – link in bio 🌱

NRCS has two main programs most Tribes will run into: EQIP and CSP. Here's the difference, simply.
EQIP is for starting something new: thinning a stand, restoring habitat, bringing back fire.
NRCS pays you once the work is done.

CSP is for Tribes already doing good land stewardship who want to keep building on it. It pays yearly, for up to five years, for the conservation work you're already doing and expands it.
Not sure which fits your land? That's exactly what a conversation with NRCS is for. No need to figure it out alone.

More on Braided Canopy. Link in bio. 🌲

Job opportunity: The University of Alberta is hiring an Endowed Chair (Assistant/Associate Professor) in Indigenous Forestry within the Alberta School of Forest Science and Management.

This tenure-track role leads a new $6.5M chair — funded by Canfor, West Fraser, Weyerhaeuser, and FRIAA — integrating Indigenous knowledge systems and Western forest science. The Chair will develop experiential, field-based courses, lead community-driven research, and build reciprocal partnerships with Indigenous communities across Alberta's forestry sector. This competition is restricted to applicants who identify as First Nations, Métis, or Inuit.

📍 Edmonton, AB, Canada (on-site)
🗓️ Open until filled — expected appointment fall 2026

Full posting and how to apply: iaejup.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com (University of Alberta Careers, Job #3840)

Request for Proposals: Sustainable Northwest is seeking a Tribal Wood Markets Development Contractor to lead and expand its Tribal Wood Markets program across the Pacific Northwest.

The role builds on successful pilots and market studies — engaging builders on Tribal wood sourcing, developing a Tribal wood markets directory, and growing value and visibility for Tribal communities and wood producers. The contractor will work closely with SNW's Wood Markets Director, Tribal Partnership & Resource Stewardship Manager, and a five-person program team.

📍 Portland, OR preferred; remote considered for OR/WA
💰 $239,000 over two years
🗓️ First batch of proposals reviewed Sept 14 — final deadline Oct 1, 2026

Submit via email to Dassi Owens ([email protected]), subject line "Tribal Wood Markets Development Contractor."

Link here for details:https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eab584a296dca09a66e85a6/t/6a8752155472904a6cad4442/1787253269726/Pacific+Northwest+Tribal+Wood+Markets+Development.pdf