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Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson (Haida), attorney, author, activist, artist, and musician

An interview with Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson, 2023 Indigenous Leadership Awardee

Sgaahl Siid Xyáahl Jaad, Marina Anderson (Haida/Lingít), Director of Sustainable Southeast Partnership

PARTNER VOICES | An interview with Sg̱aahl Siid Xyáahl Jaad, Marina Anderson, 2023 Indigenous Leadership Awardee

Kh’asheechtlaa, Louise Brady (Lingít), Herring Protectors

PARTNER VOICES | An interview with Kh’asheechtlaa, Louise Brady, 2023 Indigenous Leadership Awardee

Gabe Sheoships (Cayuse/Walla Walla), Executive Director of Friends of Tryon Creek

PARTNER VOICES | An interview with Gabe Sheoships, 2023 Indigenous Leadership Awardee

USDA funding supports urban agriculture in Portland Metro

ECOTRUST UPDATES | A $1.5M cooperative agreement will support utilization of USDA programs among farmers historically underserved or discriminated against by the agency.

Corine Pearce, Master Weaver, Pomo

PARTNER VOICES | Learn more about Corine Pearce, who is honored with a 2023 Indigenous Leadership Award as a master artist in basketry.

Frances Charles, Chair, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe

PARTNER VOICES | Learn more about Frances Charles (Lower Elwha), 2023 Indigenous Leadership Awardee

Alyssa Macy, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs

PARTNER VOICES | A conversation with Alyssa Macy (Wasco/Navajo/Hopi), a recipient of the 2023 Indigenous Leadership Awards

Na’Ha’Met (Ours to Protect): Salmon Crisis in the Salish Sea

FEATURE | Recordings and resources from the fourth and final event in the 2023 Indigenous Leadership Briefing series with Lisa Wilson and Althea Wilson.

An Uneasy Conundrum: Green Energy & Tribes

FEATURE | Recordings and resources from the third event in the 2023 Indigenous Leadership Briefing series with Jeremy Takala, Maia Bellon, and Lauren Goldberg.

Before Jordan Cove, q’alya, kuunatich, kukwis shichdii me

FEATURE | Recordings and resources from the second event in the 2023 Indigenous Leadership Briefing series with Margaret Corvi and Courtney Krossman.

Pushing Back: Pebble Mine & the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

FEATURE | Recordings and resources from the first event in the 2023 Indigenous Leadership Briefing series with Alannah Hurley, Charlene Stern, and Matthew N. Newman.

Welcoming our new Executive Director, Ronda Rutledge

ANNOUNCEMENTS | After an extensive nationwide search, Ecotrust is pleased to announce Ronda Rutledge as our new Executive Director

Uplifting Farmers in Southeast Alaska

STAFF VOICES | Southeast Alaska’s Juneau staff supported the Southeast Alaska Farmers Summit with a pre-summit marketing workshop

Celebrating community and traditional foods in Keex’ Kwaan

PHOTO ESSAY | A look back at the Keex’ Kwaan Traditional Food Fair

Soil Health Workshop Series

Workshops on soil health for Black, Indigenous and People of Color

A loving critique of the Ag of the Middle Accelerator

PROGRAM UPDATE | As we sunset one of our cornerstone programs, we reflect on the successes, challenges, and new opportunities

Field notes from Ntx^we: The Pend Oreille River

FEATURE | Indigenous storytelling fellow, Jessica Douglas, reflects on a visit with Ecotrust partners at the Kalispel Tribe.

Exploring the abundance of Indigenous homelands

FEATURE | With the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw lndians, we produced an interactive StoryMap that provides educators throughout Oregon with a contemporary presentation on the tribes’ unique history, culture, and homelands

Leadership in transition

ECOTRUST UPDATE | Reflecting on the lessons learned from leadership transitions.

A growing network of food systems leaders

PROGRAM UPDATE | We celebrate the successes of the inaugural cohort and look to the future of the Viviane Barnett Fellowship for Food System Leaders

Ag of the Middle Accelerator

Our business development program designed for small to mid-size food producers

Forest Bank

We explore how community-centered management, operationalized by a unique financial model, can lead the way toward climate resilience.

Supporting farm to school programming in Oregon

Working with partners across Oregon to champion farm to school legislation

Maps that Matter

Maps have always been at the heart of Ecotrust’s work to better connect people to the places they live.

The Bullitt Center

Cities are an integral part of nature. The Bullitt Center demonstrates this principle by blurring the lines between buildings and nature, and giving back more of nature’s benefits than it consumes.

Forestry Tech

Tools and technology to help forest and land managers make decisions

General operating support

Indigenous Forestry Mentorship Program

Matching Yakama Nation Tribal School and Heritage University students throughout an Indigenous Forestry online course

Tribal Forestry Workforce Development

Bringing together partners with from economic, natural resource management, research, and education backgrounds to address urban and community tribal forestry workforce needs

Ecotrust CDE & New Markets Tax Credit

Mobilizing New Markets Tax Credits for projects that strengthen climate resilience, intergenerational wealth-building, and lands and waters stewardship.

Exploring climate-smart forestry with the Hoopa Valley Tribe

PROGRAM UPDATE | A look inside a growing body of work in partnership with the Hoopa Valley Tribe

Embodied Carbon

Actionable data to facilitate market connections for climate-smart wood producers

Green Workforce Academy

A paid opportunity for Black, Native, and people of color in Portland who want to learn more about jobs in the green economy.

Systemic Barriers to Land Access

Supporting American Farmland Trust in providing training for agricultural service providers on systemic barriers to land access and tools for choosing creative land access models