Agenda
*Agenda subject to change
Day 1 - Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Time
Activity
8:00 - 9:00 AM
Registration & breakfast
9:00 - 9:15 AM
Invocation & Prayer
Plenary Speaker - Cabinet Secretary Josett D. Monette Esq.
New Mexico Indian Affairs Department
9:15 - 9:45 AM
Opening remarks - Trees, Water & People
9:45 - 10:00 AM
Carrying the Fire: Culture, Continuity, and Respect - Ryan Reed, Program Director and Co-Founder - FireGeneration Collaborative - (Karuk, Hupa,Yurok)
10:00 - 10:30 AM
Break
10:30 - 10:45 AM
Tribal-led Initiatives Breakout Sessions:
Manzano/Cimarron (main ballroom): Juniper Savannah
Restoration - Dan Ginter (Pueblo of Santa Ana Department of Natural Resources)
Sierra Blanca: Capulin Canyon Restoration Project - Michael Martinez (Trees, Water & People) & Jan-Willem Jansens (Ecotone Landscape Planning)
Sacramento W: Rooted Futures: Culturally informed riverscape restoration in Southwest Colorado - Wyatt Wilson & Austin Easter (Montezuma Land Conservancy)
Sacramento E: Taos Pueblo Conservation Corps - Youth Engagement - Dwayne Lefthand (Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, Taos Pueblo)
Tularosa: Burning Better Together - Phillip Daw & Samuel Youngbull (Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes)
Rotations:
Round 1: 10:45 - 11:15 AM
Transition: 11:15 - 11:20 AM
Round 2: 11:20 AM - 11:50 AM
10:45 - 11:50 AM
Break & Transition to ballroom
11:50 AM - 12:00 PM
A Case Study for Collaborative Forest Conservation: Woodbanks in the Southwest - Julia Nelson, Graduate Student & Research Assistant, New Mexico State University
12:00 - 12:30 PM
Lunch & transition to buses
12:30 - 1:00 PM
Drive to field trip
1:00 - 1:30 PM
Site Visit to Pueblo of Zia - Wood For Life Project
Gear Demonstration from MowerMax
1:30 - 3:30 PM
3:30 - 4:00 PM
Buses return to Casino
Break
4:00 - 5:30 PM
5:30 - 7:00 PM
Dinner
7:00 PM
Day 1 Adjourned
Day 2 - Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Time
Activity
8:00 - 9:00 AM
Registration & Breakfast
Opening Remarks - Governor John Galvan - Pueblo of Jemez
9:00 - 9:15 AM
From Story to Stewardship: Tribal Ways of Knowing - New Mexico Tribal Fire & Forestry Working Group
9:15-11:30 AM
Tribal Opportunities & Resources - Lightning Rounds
1. American Forests
2. Coalitions & Collaboratives
3. National Indian Carbon Coalition
4. Southwest Fire Science Consortium
5. Blue Forests
6. Tribal Funding Registry
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Lunch & Resource Fair
12:30 - 2:15 PM
2:15 - 2:30 PM
Transition & Raffle
Panel: Rooted in Responsibility: Indigenous Women Caring for the Land
Lindsay Riggs (moderator), Navajo Nation, Coalitions & Collaborative
Caitlyn Cruz, Ohkay Owingeh, Colorado State University alumni and early career professional
Dominique Chavez, Arawak Taíno, Colorado State University
Phoebe Suina, Pueblo of Cochiti, High Water Mark LLC
Serra Hoagland, Pueblo of Laguna, US Forest Service
2:30 - 3:30 PM
Break
3:30 - 5:30 PM
5:30 - 7:00 PM
Dinner & Dances - Santa Ana Pueblo Keres and Culture Program
7:00 PM
Day 2 Adjourned
Day 3 - Thursday, March 5, 2026
Time
Activity
Registration & breakfast
8:30 - 9:30 AM
Opening Remarks
9:30 - 9:45 AM
Transition to buses
9:45 10:15 AM
Drive to field trips
10:15 - 10:45 AM
Field trips
Pueblo of Santa Ana - Bosque Restoration Site
Pueblo of Jemez Walatowa Timber Industries
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Transportation to lunch
12:15 - 12:45 PM
Community Lunch at Tamaya Wellness Center
12:45 - 1:45 PM
Closing remarks
1:45 - 2:00 PM
Day 3 Adjourns
(Buses return to casino)
2:00 PM