Natural Resources & Land Committee – Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians

Natural Resources & Land

Committee Chairs

Committee Co-chair:

Lisa Wilson | lisaw@lummi-nsn.gov

Lummi Nation

Committee Co-chair:

Paul Ward | warp@critfc.org

Yakama Tribe

Natural Resources & Land Mission Statement

ATNI has elevated the communication and policy coordination capabilities of ATNI and the member Tribes significantly. ATNI has also been able to support the administrative needs of the Natural Resource/Land Committee by drafting resolutions, organizing and coordinating topics and agendas, and assisting in the follow up and implementation of resolution policy directives.

Committee Reports

Committee Report MY24

Committee Resources

Resolutions Passed 2024:

Resolution #24-07: Statement Regarding the United States Forest Services (USFS) Notice of Intent (NOI) to Amend the Northwest Forest Plan

Resolution #24-08: Support for the Water and Energy Program for 2024

Resolution #24-09: Supporting and Thanking all the Leaders who Heard the ATNI Tribes’ Voices, and especially the Biden-Harris Administration and Senator Murray and Governor Inslee for Steps they are taking toward Salmon and River Restoration in the Pacific Northwest and toward Long-ignored Tribal Justice for our Peoples and Homelands

Resolution #24-19: Endorsement of Opposition to I-2117

Resolution #24-20: Urging the United States Congress and the U.S. Department of the Interior to Address Chronic Underfunding of Tribal Forest Management

Resolution #24-21: Calling on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to Deny Preliminary Project Applications for the Proposed Pump Storage Development at Pushpum, Adjacent to the Columbia River

Resolution #24-22: Enhancing Tribal Engagement and Co-Stewardship in Bureau of Land Management (BLM) as it Implements the Final Rule on Conservation and Landscape Health

Resolution#24-23: Establishing an ATNI Task Force on Offshore Wind Projects

Resolution #24-24: Immediate Action to Extend Comment Period Timelines From 30-Days to 90-Days