CTUIR C&CS 2025: "Soil Carbon in the Dryland Agricultural Systems"

The Carbon & Culture Symposium was hosted in Sept-Oct 2025 and invited Tribal Knowledge keepers, cultural practitioners, land managers, research groups, academics, and those who share CTUIR’s vision for the future to join us for a 3-day gathering at the Ascension School in Cove, Oregon. Carbon management strategies are being proposed for our Columbia Plateau region, however our First Foods and working lands are being left behind. This event offered lectures by scientists and systems thinkers, alongside Indigenous knowledge workshops hosted by Naknuwiłáma Tiičámna (Caretakers of the Land). On our second day of the Symposium, Dr. Francisco Caulderon with the Oregon State University (OSU) Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center (CBARC) joins us for a history of one of the longest running dryland cereal crops and soil conservation stations in the United States and some of the factors that impact soil carbon in these cropping systems. Thank you to Fungaia for their videography for our event and to Ermia Butler for editing! Please find lecture slides and additional information about our Carbon & Culture Symposium at our CTUIR First Foods Policy Program website here: https://ctuir.org/departments/natural... If you would like to connect with us about our carbon mitigation efforts or any other projects we have going, please email us at FirstFoods@CTUIR.org