Serra Hoagland, PhD, Co-chair Serra Hoagland (Laguna Pueblo) serves as the Tribal Relations Specialist for the USDA Rocky Mountain Research Station of the USDA Forest Service. She focuses on building partnerships with tribes and intertribal organizations, mentoring students
In 2020, Dr. Hoagland was nominated and selected as the most promising scientist by the American Indian Science & Engineering Society. To date, she has co-authored 2 dozen books and peer reviewed publications including co-editing the first contributed volume on Tribal Wildlife Stewardship. She served as a graduate student observer for IFMAT III and as co-chair of the ITC Research Sub-committee. Over the years, she has been actively involved with the Society of American Foresters, ITC, the Native American Fish & Wildlife Society as well as The Wildlife Society. involved nationally with ITC, as co-chair of the Research Sub-committee and member of the Education Committee, a member of the Forest Research Advisory Council (FRAC) and an executive Board Member of the National Association of University Forest Resource Programs (NAUFRP). Leighton was a member of the 3rd Indian Forest Management Assessment Team. He has a B.A. in Anthropology, an M.F. in Forestry, and a PhD in Forest Ecology and Silviculture. land acquisitions/exchanges, and forest policy. Vinny was honored with the Natural Resource Award for development of programs exemplifying integrated natural resource management from the University of Idaho, the ITC Northwest Regional Award, and the Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee special appreciation award for work conducted with the Nez Perce Tribe.
in natural resources, and conducting research that is relevant to Native
communities. As the first Native American to graduate from Northern Arizona University with a PhD in forestry, Serra studied Mexican spotted owl habitat on tribal and non- tribal lands in south-central New Mexico. Adrian Leighton, PhD, Co-chair Adrian Leighton is a professor of forestry and Director for the Center for Tribal Research and Education in Ecosystem Sciences (TREES) at Salish Kootenai College. He helped start the first Bachelors of Science in Forestry at SKC in 2003, the first and only such program at a tribal college. As well as teaching and developing curriculum, Leighton has served as Forestry Department Head, Dean of Natural Resources and most recently Dean of Sciences. He has been Vincent Corrao, BS, Program Manager Vincent Corrao (Vinny) is the Founder and CEO of Northwest Management, and he has worked with ITC and individual tribes for more than 40 years. He has participated in several regional and national forest products and wildfire management studies as well as the IFMAT III assessments. He has consulted in strategic planning, business development, all aspects of the forestry supply chain,
The IFMAT IV Core Team would like to express its appreciation to Laura Alvidrez , the Program Manager for ITC, for her support and assistance.
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