Lomakatsi’s tribally led Tribal Ecosystem Restoration Partnership Program and the Inter-Tribal Ecosystem Restoration Partnership (ITERP) support partnerships with Native American Tribes and tribal communities throughout Oregon and northern California to build sustainable ecosystem restoration programs.
Lomakatsi’s tribal staff, representing tribal members from seven tribal nations, work closely with tribal and agency partners to incorporate Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge into ecosystem restoration projects. Tribal Partnership initiatives assist in building a tribal workforce with managerial and administrative capacity to implement ecological restoration and work on their time immemorial ancestral land bases, as the first best stewards. ITERP members represent regional tribes; tribal community leaders; Native American- owned forestry, wildland fire, and natural resource contracting businesses; and tribal-led nonprofit restoration and behavioral health organizations and programs throughout Oregon and northern California.
Elevating tribal partnerships in collaborative forest and watershed restoration
Lomakatsi was honored to host the Inter-Tribal Ecosystem Restoration Partnership Peer-to-Peer Learning Summit November 14-16, 2023, in Sunriver, Oregon. This historic event brought together tribal leaders, elders, and cultural practitioners from within and around Oregon with regional and national state and federal agency and nonprofit leadership—nearly 300 participants in total—for two-and-a-half days to share and discuss how to elevate tribal partnerships in collaborative forest and watershed restoration initiatives. A complete proceedings of the event is under development.
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• Form tribal and agency partnerships
• Work across federal, private, and tribal trust lands
• Incorporate Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge
• Support forest-related businesses with restoration by-products
• Provide peer-to-peer worker training and long-term employment, including for young adults through the Tribal Youth Ecological Forestry Training Program
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allayana2026-10-09 15:57:472026-10-09 15:57:47Lomakatsi Inter-Tribal Crews Rebuilding Umma at North Mountain Park
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allayana2026-09-16 20:43:412026-09-16 20:43:41From Wildfire Response to Reducing Future Fire Risk and Restoring Habitat
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allayana2026-09-09 16:14:422026-09-09 16:14:42Advancing Forest Health and Tribal Workforce Development at Taktokeewa
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allayana2026-08-18 16:04:012026-08-19 16:10:09Hammawi Band, Lomakatsi, and Symbiotic Restoration Join Forces to Build Beaver Dam Analogs and Restore Stream Habitat
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allayana2026-08-04 17:53:452026-08-06 21:43:352026 Tribal Stewards in Action: Another Year Caring for Land and Community
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allayana2026-06-20 15:40:422026-06-22 15:49:28Strengthening Connections to Culture, Community, and Land Through Stewardship
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allayana2026-06-12 19:43:202026-06-12 19:43:20Celebrating National Service and Conservation Corps Day
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allayana2026-06-09 20:29:282026-06-09 20:29:404th Annual Surprise Valley ITEK Field Day ~ Cultivating First Foods, Community, and Co-Stewardship
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allayana2026-06-08 18:30:402026-06-09 19:20:11Powerful Community Conversation with the Northern Paiute Gidutikad Band Fort Bidwell Paiute Reservation ~ Indigenous Fire Stewardship • First Foods • Land Tending • Ecocultural Restoration
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allayana2026-05-29 17:00:182026-05-29 17:00:18Inter‑Tribal Indian Youth Service Corps Trains in Fuel‑Hazard Reduction to Enhance Wildfire Response Safety and Create Prescribed Fire Anchor OpportunitiesTribal partnership initiatives assist in building tribal capacity for the implementation of ecological restoration across thousands of acres of ancestral lands.
Klamath County, Oregon
Community wildfire protection and ecocultural restoration
Objectives. Employ a tribal workforce; Reduce hazardous forest fuels; Enhance wildlife habitat; Improve forest health; Promote culturally beneficial subsistence plant species; Reduce the risk of severe wildfire
Partners. Klamath, Modoc, and Yahooskin tribal communities, U.S. Forest Service Fremont-Winema National Forest, Lomakatsi Restoration Project
Reach. An initial 41 acres within the 580-acre Chiloquin Trust Lands, and adjacent tribally-owned and other private lands.
Funding. Oregon Conservation Corps, Gray Family Foundation, The Roundhouse Foundation, Center for Disaster Philanthropy
Siskiyou County, California
Fuels reduction for the reintroduction of fire
Objectives. Thin focal areas for reintroduction of cultural burning to improve conditions of certain sites, objects, features, or properties; Demonstrate the reintroduction of fire as a cultural environmental management practice project
Partners. Karuk Tribe, U.S. Forest Service Six Rivers National Forest, The Mid-Klamath Watershed Council, Lomakatsi Restoration Project
Reach. Approximately 10,000 acres
Funding. CAL FIRE California Forest Improvement Program, U.S. Forest Service, MillsDavis Foundation
Jackson County, Oregon
Post-fire riparian and ecocultural restoration
Objectives. Restore the ecological function of Ashland Creek and Bear Creek riparian corridors after the 2020 Almeda Fire; Promote culturally beneficial subsistence plant species; Reduce the risk of severe wildfire; Continue restoration efforts underway since 2005 to protect native wildlife population and preserve community recreational attributes
Partners. Lomakatsi Restoration Project, The Freshwater Trust, in coordination with the Shasta community, The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, and Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians
Reach. 13 acres of streamside habitat
Funding. City of Ashland, The Freshwater Trust, Jonas Philanthropies, community donations
Modoc County, California
Fuels reduction for wildlife habitat restoration
Objectives. Complete ecologically based commercial thinning; Incorporate cultural resource management; Develop and implement multi-party monitoring; Develop and implement long-term tribal workforce and employment through peer to peer training
Partners. Kosealekte Band of the Ajumawi-Atsuge Nation, U.S. Forest Service Modoc National Forest, Lomakatsi Restoration Project
Reach. Initial 3,000 acres, approximately 20,000 acres over 10 years
Funding. U.S. Forest Service, Center for Disaster Philanthropy, MillsDavis Foundation
Polk County, Oregon
Oak habitat ecocultural restoration
Objectives. Remove encroaching conifers and non-native invasive species; Develop tribal workforce capacity to conduct habitat restoration and long-term ecocultural stewardship within ancestral lands; Promote oak cultural uses and tribal food sovereignty; Collect pre-treatment and post treatment ecological monitoring data
Partners. The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, The Nature Conservancy of Oregon, Lomakatsi Restoration Project
Reach. 372 acres at Colburg Ridge and Noble Oaks
Funding. Oregon Watershed Engagement Board, MillsDavis Foundation
Shasta County, California
Trail improvement and ecocultural enhancement
Objectives. Reduce fuel hazards to restore 20 acres of oak woodland; Improve trails for low-impact recreational use; Install educational signs; Design and implement tribal workforce training and employment
Partners. Ajumawi Band of the Ajumawi-Atsuge Nation, Fall River Valley Community Services District, Lomakatsi Restoration Project
Reach. 20 acres of oak woodland, 2 miles of trails
Funding. Pacific Forest and Watershed Lands Stewardship Council