Natural Resources

Tribal Youth Initiative Program

Topic

The purpose of the Youth Initiative Program is to engage and employ Native youth (ages up to and including 25 years of age), and to introduce them to unique internships and job opportunities which encourage protecting and improving the trust assets of Native Americans, Tribes, and Alaska Natives, preserving and maintaining natural and cultural resources, and the conservation stewardship of the land, water, and earth. This program promotes the education of its participants through hands-on experiences while developing the necessary skills of our future scientists.

Invasive Species Program

Topic

The invasive species program enhances the protection of important Tribal trust resources (grazing, timber, fisheries, subsistence, cultural use) from the impacts of invasive species. The noxious weed component of this program provides on-the-ground management and treatment of noxious weeds on trust rangelands, and provides financial and technical assistance to Bureau Agencies, Tribes, and Tribal entities to implement weed control projects on trust rangelands. The program also provides and supports weed awareness training and research into biological control.

Fish Hatchery Operations and Maintenance Programs

Topic

Program operations and fishery production are critical components to comprehensive landscape conservation with close considerations to environmental health and safety, water quality, economic benefits, rights protection, and habitat enhancement. Activities conducted are determined by Tribes, and cover a broad array of diverse fisheries, wildlife, conservation enforcement, public use, habitat management, and related programs.

Water Resources Program

Topic

The Central California Agency supports the Department of the Interior and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) strategic goals for the protection of tribal water rights through effective water resources management and planning.

Branch of Wildland Fire

Topic

The Pacific Region’s Branch of Forestry and Wildland Fire Management is responsible for providing coordination, management, planning, oversight and monitoring for all activities related to development and protection of Indian trust natural resources on over 500 thousand acres of Indian trust lands in California. The Region is made up of four agency offices: Northern California, Central California, Southern California and Palm Springs. The Region has 17 forestry/fire staff members to provide services to the 104 federally recognized tribes in California.

Forestry Resources Program

Topic

The forestry resources program goal is to protect and enhance forest resources guided by Tribal values. The Central California Agency is responsible for providing coordination, management, planning, oversight, and monitoring for all activities related to development and protection of Indian trust forest resources on Indian trust lands for the Tribes in Central California Agency’s service area.