Day 3 of #ITC2026 took us into the forest. 🌲 A full-day Tribal Tour across Menominee and Stockbridge-Munsee lands, followed by the ITC General Membership Meeting. Tomorrow: workshops, elections, and the Awards Banquet. Final day. 👇 #TribalForestry
Day 2 of #ITC2026 opened with ceremony and closed with community. 🌲 Keynotes, general sessions, and a welcome dinner hosted by the Menominee Indian Tribe. Tomorrow we head into the forest. 👇 #TribalForestry #IntertribalTimberCouncil
That's a wrap on #ITC2026. 🌲 Four days of forestry, sovereignty, and community on the homelands of the Menominee & Stockbridge-Munsee people. See you in 2027 with the San Carlos Apache Tribe. Thank you to everyone who showed up. #TribalForestry
Day 1 of #ITC2026 is underway on the homelands of the Menominee & Stockbridge-Munsee people. 🌲 From USDA workshops to basket weaving to Legend Lake — plus the opening of ITC's 50-year Storytelling Booth.
Reese Kerbow, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and Chief of Wildland Fire for the BIA Eastern Region, says “Fire was a natural occurrence, and full suppression only hinders that natural cycle.”Join the Building Partnerships in Fire Management workshop at the 49thTimberSymposium
🔥 Speaker Spotlight: Kendra White (Menominee Nation/Oneida descendant), Forest Health Forester at Menominee Tribal Enterprises, brings together science + cultural stewardship in Tribal forestry. Join us June 9 at #ITC2026 for sessions on Tribal adaptation & sustainable management. 🌲
REPOSTING WITH CORRECTION
Tribal Nations manage 19.4M acres of forest land, yet receive only ~40¢ for every $1 spent on U.S. fed forests. A new Congressional Research Service report shows growing wildfire risk, reforestation backlogs, and chronic underfunding in Tribal forestry
🔥Speaker Spotlight: Ben Stevens
Passamaquoddy Tribe & Tobique First Nation member Ben Stevens brings nearly 20 years of forestry experience to the #NITimberSymposium workshop Biomass and Carbon.
Exploring carbon management, biomass utilization & Tribal land stewardship.
June 11
Tomorrow we gather. 🌲 The 49th National Indian Timber Symposium kicks off in Keshena, WI — on thel homelands of the Menominee & Stockbridge-Munsee people. Forestry in a Changing Environment starts now. Tag who's joining you 👇
#TribalForestry
ITC, Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin and Stockbridge-Munsee Community will host the 2026 ITC Symposium. Leaders from the Menominee Nation share their connection to the forest and invite Tribal forestry and partners to gather in 2026.
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