Thirty-Eighth Annual National Indian Timber Symposium:
"Managing Trust Land Amongst Non-Trust Neighbors:
Working Together for the Greater Good"
June 23-26, 2014

Hosted by:
Coeur d'Alene Tribe
At the Coeur d'Alene Casino Resort and Hotel; Worley, Idaho

( 2014 ITC Timber Symposium Logo; by Torpey)

Symposium Video Presentation Navigation
Welcome	Overview of the goals for the symposium
Host Tribe	Host Tribe Regional Presentations: Coeur d'Alene Tribe
Luncheon	ITC Leadership Lecture Series Luncheon
Panel 1	IFMAT-III – Responding to Recommendations
Panel 2	Cobell Settlement, Land Buy-Back, and Involvement of Forestry Programs
Panel 3	Student Research
Info Updates	ITC President's Report, Bureau of Indian Affairs, National Association of State Foresters, Legislative Update, and US Forest Service Office of Tribal Relations.
Workshop 1	The Challenges of Managing on a Checkerboarded Reservation
Workshop 2	Restoring Fire on the Landscape in Indian Country
Workshop 3	Forest Economics & Managing Resources in a Rising Market
Sponsors	Contributing Tribes and Organizations

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Video Presentations: Welcome
Welcome to the 38th Annual National Indian Timber Symposium (1:30) Kurt Mettler - Forest Manager, Coeur d'Alene Tribe, Plummer, ID
Welcome from the Coeur d'Alene Tribe (2:12) Chief Allan - Chairman, Coeur d'Alene Tribe, Plummer, ID
ITC President Welcome (4:12) Phil Rigdon - President, Intertribal Timber Council; Yakama Nation, Toppenish, WA
Welcome from the Coeur d'Alene Tribe (4:34) Stanley Speaks - NW Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs
Keynote (34:40) Ernie Stensgar - Vice Chairman, Coeur d'Alene Tribe, Plummer, ID

Video Presentations: Host Tribe
Coeur d'Alene Lake Presentation (23:35) Phillip Cernera - Lake Management Director, Coeur d'Alene Tribe, Plummer, ID
Host Tribe Presentation (21:37) Alfred Nomee - Natural Resources Director, Coeur d'Alene Tribe, Plummer, ID
Video Presentations: Panel 1 IFMAT-III - Responding to Recommendations
Introduction to Panel 1 (6:27) Don Motanic - Technical Specialist, Intertribal Timber Council, Portland, OR
Climate Change – On the Ground Impacts and Opportunities (26:08) John Mankowski - Coordinator, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Lacey, WA
"Aren't You Supposed to be Retired?" Providing Mentoring for the New Workforce (21:36) Ted Hensold - Retired, Silviculturist, Spokane Tribal Forestry
Education for the Future – Engaging Youth with Traditional Knowledge and Game Development (27:21) Elizabeth LaPensée - Ph.D., Portland State University, Portland, OR

ITC Leadership Lecture Series Luncheon Student Research - Poster Presentations
Moderated by Laurel James Shawn DeFrance (Poster) Hannah Funke (Poster) Serra Hoagland (Poster) Joe James (Poster) Cody Sifford (Poster) Clarence Smith (Poster) Spus Wilder (Poster) Jaime Yazzie (Poster) (combined total time - 18:31)

Video Presentations: Panel 2 Cobell Settlement, Land Buy-Back, and Involvement of Forestry Programs
Introduction to Panel 2 (7:42) John DeGroot, Forestry & Fire Management Director, Nez Perce Tribe, Lapwai, ID
Overview of the Land Buy-Back Program (20:12) Andrea Kadish - Policy Analyst, Indian Health Service Office of Tribal Self-Governance, US DOI
The Role of BIA BOFRP in Providing Timber Inventory Data Needed for Timber Valuations (9:08) Mike Benedict - Branch Chief, BIA Bureau of Forest Resource Planning (BOFRP), Lakewood, CO
The Role of BIA BOFRP in Providing Timber Inventory Data Needed for Timber Valuations () Bill Yemma - Senior Forester, BIA, Branch of Forest Resource Planning (BOFRP), Lakewood, CO
Timber Inventory Methodology used in Mass Appraisals for Tribes in the Rocky Mountain Region (17:01) Caleb Cain, Regional Forester, BIA Rocky Mountain Region, Billings, MT
Strategies and Systems for Managing Timber Inventory and Land Resource Data Needed for Streamlining Forest Land Appraisals (13:02) David New, President, Growing Excellence Inc., Boise, ID
Video Presentations: Panel 3 Student Research
Moderator Adrian Leighton - Chair, Natural Resources Dept., Salish Kootenai College, Pablo, MT
A Regional Assessment: Tribal Biomass Operations Leveraging Sovereignty to Meet Tribal Needs Breanna Gervais - NARA Tribal Partnerships Projects/Undergraduate Student, Portland State University, Portland, OR
Estimating Tribal Biomass Availability Using FVS Burdette Birdinground - MS Student, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Landscape-Level Reference Conditions for Ponderosa Pine and Mixed Conifer Forests of Eastern Oregon Keala Hagmann, Ph.D. Student., University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Video Presentations: Informational Updates
ITC President's Report (16:54) Phil Rigdon - President, Intertribal Timber Council; Yakama Nation, Toppenish, WA
Bureau of Indian Affairs (19:58) Faline Haven - Acting Deputy Director, Office of Trust Services, BIA Washington, DC
National Association of State Foresters (16:53) David Groeschel - State Forester, State of Idaho, Coeur d'Alene, ID
Legislative Update (14:29) Mark Phillips -ITC Information & Research Specialist, Edwards Associates; Portland, OR
Legislative Update (6:30) Matt Hill -ITC Lobbyist; Washington, DC
US Forest Service Office of Tribal Relations (16:35) Estelle Bowman - Assistant Director, Office of Tribal Relations, USDA Forest Service; Washington, DC

Video Presentations: Workshop 1 Challenges of Managing on a Checkerboarded Reservation
Tribal Forestry Operations in a Patchwork World (52:21) Barbara Scaroni - Timber Sales Forester, Coeur d'Alene Tribe, Plummer, ID
Managing an Allotted Landscape (42:36) Dave Bingaman - Natural Resources Director, Quinault Indian Nation, Taholah, WA
Midwest Checkerboard Challenges (44:54) Steve Olson - Forest Manager, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Cloquet, MN
Managing Fire Across Multi-Jurisdictional Boundaries (41:09) Ron Swaney - Fire Management Officer, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Ronan, MT
National Enforcement and Prosecution of Laws and Regulations (27:57) D. Fred Matt - Executive Director, Native American Fish & Wildlife Society, Denver, CO
Open Discussion (15:26)

Video Presentations: Workshop 2 Restoring Fire on the Landscape in Indian Country
Workshop 2 Overview (6:39) Jim Erickson - Fire Technical Specialist, Erickson & Associates, Coulee Dam, WA
Historic Fire Perspective (19:34)) Tony Harwood - Division Manager, Forest Inventory and Planning, Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes
"A Return to Tradition"(9:56) Sheldon Sankey - Fuels Specialist, BIA Eastern Oklahoma Regional Office, Muskogee, OK *The following two videos were part of Sheldon Sankey's presentation. “Return to Tradition" (13:36) “Traditional Uses of Fire” (3:29)
Tribal Perspectives on Restoring Fire to the Landscape: Southwest (30:26) Dee Randall - Forest Manager, San Carlos Apache Tribe, San Carlos, AZ
Tribal Perspectives on Restoring Fire to the Landscape: Midwest; Ponemah Pines Restoration Project (17:22) Greg Peterson - Fire Management Officer, BIA Minnesota Agency, Bemidji, MN
Tribal Perspectives on Restoring Fire to the Landscape: Northwest (25:39) Vernon Stearns, Jr. - Fuels Manager, Spokane Tribe of Indians, Wellpinit, WA
Let’s Talk:  Challenges & Solutions to Managing Fire and Fuels on Trust and Non-Trust Lands (23:23) Vita Wright - Northern Rockies Fire Science Network, USFS / NPS
Cost Effective Burning; New Technology & Strategic Thinking (24:38) John Erixson - Northwest Management Inc.
Cooperative Burning: Restoring Fire to People and Places (25:47) Jeremy Bailey - Fire Learning Network, The Nature Conservancy
Open Discussion (6:38)

Video Presentations: Workshop 3 Forest Economics & Managing Resources in a Rising Market
Workshop 3 Overview (6:07) Ken Borchert, Regional Timber Sales Forester/Forest Development Officer, BIA Northwest Regional Office, Division of Forestry and Fire Management, Portland, OR
Changing Markets, Timber Economics, and Indian Forestry: What Have We Learned (34:51) Larry Mason, Forestry Consultant, Alternate Dimensions Inc., Seattle, WA
Anchor Forest Concept and Tribal Choices (49:00) Vincent P. Corrao, President, Northwest Management, Inc. Moscow, ID
National Forest Health Restoration: An Economic Assessment of Forest Restoration on Oregon's Eastside National Forest (44:50) Charles McKetta, Consultant, Forest Econ Inc., Moscow, ID
Tribal Forest Enterprise Case Study, Emerging Markets in the West and Impacts to Domestic Markets When Exports are at an All-Time High (29:56) Craig Rawlings, Forestry Consultant, Forest Business Network, Missoula, MT
Open Discussion (1hr 5 mins)

Contributing Tribes and Organizations
	Coeur d'Alene Tribe
	The Division of Forestry and Wildland Fire Management; United Stated Department of the Interior; Bureau of Indian Affairs
	Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation
	Coquille Indian Tribe
	The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
	Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs of Oregon
	The Grand Portage Chippewa
	The Hoopa Valley Tribe
	The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
	Spokane Tribe of Indians
	Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation