Ensuring that our tribes have not only a seat at the table, but that their knowledge, practices, and priorities are really at the center of that work is so critically important.
Melanie Stansbury: “Ensuring that our tribes have not only a seat at the table, but that their knowledge, practices, and priorities are…”
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Stansbury emphasizes the importance of tribal involvement in environmental management.
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