Agenda
*Agenda subject to change
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
Lincoln National Forest Project Site
Mescalero Apache Fish Hatchery
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