For the first time in decades, tribes in the Pacific Northwest will be able to forage for wild huckleberries in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest without competition from commercial companies. The development comes after decades of work by the Yakama Nation and other tribes in a contentious dispute, all while the culturally important wild berry abundance has dwindled.
Foraging is also important to the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe in southern Colorado. A collaboration between the tribe and a conservation nonprofit to facilitate foraging on nearby private land just got a significant boost.
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GUESTS
Bronsco Jim Jr., chief of the Ḱamíłpa Band of the Yakama Nation
Josephine Woolington, journalist in Portland
Treston Chee (Diné), Indigenous lands program field coordinator with Trees, Water & People
