Who We Are
In response to climate change and trends in forest decline, President Biden signed Executive Order 14072, “Strengthening the Nation’s Forests, Communities, and Local Economies,” which calls for conserving and safeguarding old and mature forests and recommendations for incorporating Indigenous Knowledge and practice in public land management.
The executive order called for an analysis of climate-smart management and conservation strategies. In response, we formed an intercultural, interdisciplinary team of Indigenous and Western scholars and practitioners to create a compilation of recommendations for forest conservation and stewardship.
Writing Team
Lead Authors
Cristina Eisenberg
Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence and Maybelle Clark Macdonald Director of Tribal Initiatives in Natural Resources, Oregon State University
Susan Prichard
Research Scientist, University of Washington School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
Paul Francis Hessburg
Senior Research Ecologist, USDA-FS, PNW Research Station and Oregon State University
Michael Paul Nelson
Professor of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy, Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University
Core Writing Team Members
- Allison Monroe, Oregon State University
- Amy Cardinal Christianson, Parks Canada
- Andrew Merschel, USFS Pacific Northwest Research Station and Oregon State University
- Ashley Russell, Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians
- Caden Chamberlain, University of Washington
- Colin Beck, Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians
- Cody Desautel, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
- Diego Pérez-Salicrup, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
- Don Falk, University of Arizona
- Don Hankins, California State University, Chico
- Eliane Grant, Forest Research Institute, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
- Ellen Whitman, Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service
- Gina Cova, University of Washington
- Guillaume Proulx, School of Indigenous Studies, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
- Hugo Asselin, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
- Jonathan Long, USFS Pacific Southwest Research Station
- Jonathan Thompson, Harvard University
- John-Pascal Berrill, Cal Poly Humboldt
- Kurt Kipfmueller, University of Minnesota
- Kellen Nelson, USFS Pacific Northwest Research Station
- Leda Kobziar, University of Idaho
- Lenya Quinn-Davidson, University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Marc André Parisien, Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service
- Michael Stambaugh, University of Missouri
- Morgan Varner, Tall Timbers Research Station
- Nicole Zampieri, Tall Timbers Research Station/The Jones Center at Ichauway
- Robert Gray, RW Gray Consulting
- Robert Scheller, North Carolina State University
- Serra Hoagland, USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station
- Susan Jane Brown, Silvix Resources
- Tessa Chesonis, Oregon State University
- Thomas H. DeLuca, Oregon State University
- Tim Vredenburg, Cow Creek Band of the Umpqua Tribe of Indians
- Zachary Steel, USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station
Stewardship Map Development
- Caden Chamberlain, University of Washington
- Gina Cova, University of Washington
Funders
We thank our funders for not only their generous support of this work but also the conversations and invaluable feedback that helped generate this report.
- 444S Foundation
- Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Resource Legacy Fund
- Wilburforce Foundation