Day 1 - Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Time

Activity

7:30 - 9:00 AM

Breakfast/registration sign-in - Main Ballroom Entrance

9:00 - 9:30 AM

Welcome & Prayer - President Thora Padilla, Mescalero Apache Tribe 

9:30 - 10:00 AM

Plenary Speaker - - Serra Hoagland, PhD - USFS National Program Lead - Tribal Research  

Break

10:00 - 10:15 AM

Indigenous Guardians Network Presentation

10:15 - 12:00 PM

Lunch/Group Photo - Screen Fire Forest film (~18min) by Evan Barrientos; Cameron Peak Burn recovery; Northern Colorado

12:00 - 1:15 PM

New Mexico Tribal Forest & Fire Working Group (TFFWG) - Introduction to work sessions

1:15 - 1:30 PM

TFFWG Work Session

1:30 - 3:30 PM

Break

3:30 - 3:45 PM

TFFWG Report Out Session

3:45 - 4:45 PM

Day 1 Closing Remarks

4:45 - 5:00 PM

Adjourn Day 1

5:00 PM

Dinner (Provided)

5:30 - 6:30 PM

Resource Fair

6:30 - 8:00 PM


Day 2 - Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Time

Activity

Breakfast/registration sign-in

7:30 - 8:15 AM

Opening Remarks - Jason Freeman, Forest Supervisor, Lincoln National Forest

8:15 - 8:30 AM

Tribal Leadership Panel

8:30 - 9:30 AM

Learning to Live with Fire - Dr. Doug Cram, NMSU

9:30 - 10:00 AM

Break

10:00 - 10:15 AM

Targeted Prevention Approach & Tactical Risk Management - Mescalero Apache Division of Resource Management & Protection

10:15 - 11:15 AM

Mescalero Apache Emergency Operations Center - Response Presentation

11:15 - 11:45 PM

Lunch

12:15 - 1:15 PM

Trust-Based Philanthropy - In the Right Hands Film Screening and Panel

1:15 - 2:00 PM

Break Out Sessions
Main room - Intro to Low-Tech Process Based Restoration Strategies
Ballroom E - Cultural Resources and Fire: A Case Study and Guide to Cultural Resource Protection During Emergencies on the Carson National Forest
Ballroom F - Pinyon-Juniper Woodland Project: Toward a Conservation Strategy for the Biome

2:00 - 3:00 PM

Break

3:00 - 3:15 PM

Tribal Economic Development Panel - A conversation about Tribal-developed & owned enterprises

3:15 - 4:00 PM

NGO Lightning Presentations

4:00 - 5:00 PM

Adjourn Day 2

5:00 PM

Dinner (Provided) & Cultural Evening

6:00 - 8:00 PM


Day 3 - Thursday, March 6, 2025

Time

Activity

Breakfast/Sign in

7:30 - 8:30 AM

Opening Remarks

8:30 - 9:00 AM

Closing activities & session

9:00 - 9:30 AM

Transfer to buses

9:30 - 9:45 AM

Field trips 

  1. Lincoln National Forest Project Site

  2. Mescalero Apache Fish Hatchery 

  3. Mescalero Apache Project Site

10 AM - 1:30 PM

Lunch

1:30 - 2:30 PM

Closing activity and final remarks

2:30 - 3:00 PM

Summit Adjourns

3:00 PM