Letter-to-the-Editor: Support Tribal inclusion in the Northwest Forest Plan

The inclusion of tribal co-stewardship and Indigenous knowledge represents a profound change that goes beyond undoing past wrongs to Indigenous peoples—it will help restore species, habitats and landscape diversity. But these benefits are under threat. The Trump administration now threatens to subvert the progressive prospects of the Northwest Forest amendment by its effort to banish the words “diversity” and “inclusion.” That is why it is essential that forest conservationists and social justice advocates speak up in favor of tribal co-stewardship. This once-in-a-generation opportunity should not be squandered.