Seven Alaska Tribal Nations have turned shared conservation priorities into a regional partnership built to last.
I’m Bennett Blackwood.
The Chugach Region Tribal Conservation District was established in twenty twenty-one. On June seventeenth, twenty twenty-six, leaders from seven Nations joined the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Seward to celebrate and formalize the mutual agreement guiding their work together.
Through the Chugach Regional Resources Commission, they set goals that include healthy fisheries, habitat restoration, food sovereignty, and long-term sustainability. The structure matters because the work begins with Tribal priorities and traditional knowledge, while federal specialists can add technical and financial support. At the ceremony, Chairman Boyd Selanoff explained what that means.
Boyd Selanoff, original recorded remarks: Establishing a Tribal Conservation District is an important step for our region and for our Tribes. A role in protecting and managing our lands, our waters, fisheries, and natural resources. It creates opportunities for Tribes to lead conservation work based on our priorities, our traditional knowledge, and the needs of our communities.
Seven sovereign Nations now have one regional table for conservation decisions, with their own knowledge and community needs at the center. It is a practical promise: local leadership directs the work, and partnership helps carry it farther.
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