C&CS 2025: "Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Climate Programs"

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 third day of the Symposium, Morgan Schafer and Whitney Dorer with Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) Climate programs join us for review and discussion around state level greenhouse gas reduction programming and funding available to industries and communities within Oregon. 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