Stewardship

This project will improve Mooretown’s forest stewardship through purchasing high-pressure water pumps and Compressed Air Foam Systems (CAFS) for our existing equipment, which will allow for safer operations during forestry activities throughout the year.

The purpose of all CHIRP activities is to preserve, protect, and perpetuate Nisenan culture. This project supports the purchase of essential forestry equipment for CHIRP's recently formed Tribally-led Land Stewardship Crew, which is designed to return beneficial fire to our Tribal landscapes.

Our project will kickstart ecological monitoring on both privately owned buffalo habitat and expand onto Tribal land through the Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative. Our project will also support WRTBI operations tied to the Science Department.

Our project will provide quality buffalo meat to support community health while advancing buffalo restoration. Through education and outreach, we will engage future generations, strengthen cultural and spiritual connections, support ecological restoration, and create employment opportunities.

This project will support the development of Rocky Boy Buffalo Project's community-based visitor center where people can learn about the Rocky Boy Buffalo Project and the cultural, ecological, and economic importance of buffalo restoration.

The purpose of all CHIRP activities is to preserve, protect, and perpetuate Nisenan culture. To these ends, CHIRP has formed a Tribally-led Land Stewardship Crew to return beneficial fire to our Tribal landscapes. This project serves to increase the capacity of the Crew through staffing support.

Establish a sustainable, tribally owned firewood program on under-managed fee and trust lands to improve local forest health, support Tribal members, and create new self-sustaining economic opportunities. Develop partnerships with the Forest Service, National Forest Foundation, and Wood for Life.