forestry and fuels management units (B3). ■ Woodland forests are in need of restoration (J12) and are increasingly being treated for fuels hazard reduction, range/ forage improvement, fuelwood gathering, food security, and carbon sequestration; however, those goals are not well articulated, and funding is often done outside the BIA. The carbon status of woodlands and woodlands research is limited. BIA guidance for woodland planning and management needs to be strengthened and better integrated into the forest management plan (B8). ■ There is thirty years of documented dissatisfaction with grazing, protection from trespass and poaching and other underserved values (such as access to culturally important plants) (V2). ■ Wild horses and burro (WHB) populations continue to damage forests and watersheds in Indian Country, particularly in the West. Funding for wild horse control remains far below those provided to other federal agencies. Tribal participation in federal programs to control wild horse and burro populations is not occurring. Funding appropriated for WHB issues is not being shared across the Department of the Interior (A8). ■ There is a lack of forest insect, disease, and invasive plant staff positions in tribal programs and the BIA to be fully engaged in addressing these threats (B9).
Redwood trees located on the Yurok’s ancestral lands, California. PHOTO CREDIT: ADRIAN LEIGHTON
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