<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">The NAA will host a virtual symposium on TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 2022, <i style=""><font color="#0b5394"><a href="https://www.naturalareas.org/virtual_symposium_-_shared_ste.php">Shared Stewardship: Collaborating to Effectively Co-manage the Chippewa National Forest.</a>,</font> 11:00 am - 3:00 pm EDT. </i><b><font color="#000000">This program is a unique case study in co-management between tribal and federal partners and includes examples from practitioners regarding ongoing projects.</font> </b>A recording of the program is provided to everyone who registers!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b><font color="#38761d"><br></font></b></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b><font size="4" color="#38761d"><a href="https://members.naturalareas.org/members/evr/reg_event.php?orgcode=AREA&evid=30862511">REGISTER</a> <a href="https://www.naturalareas.org/virtual_symposium_-_shared_ste.php"> LEARN MORE</a></font></b></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b><br></b></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">In September 2016, the Forest Service Chief committed the Chippewa National Forest (CNF) to enter into formal consultation with the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe (LLBO) to address desired vegetation-management conditions and develop a shared decision-making process for resource management on the CNF within the LLBO Reservation. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed between the LLBO and CNF in October 2019 that establishes a framework to allow the Band and the Forest to collaboratively advance shared priorities, coordinate investments, and implement projects on a landscape scale across shared boundaries. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">This unique overlap of boundaries and jurisdiction provides leadership and staff the opportunity to implement Shared Stewardship through this MOU, enhancing the partnership between the Forest Service and the Band. The symposium will consider this unique relationship and describe some collaborative projects.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">We hope you can join us!</span><br></p>
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