USDA Forest Service Research and Development - Tribal Engagement Roadmap

The USDA Forest Service Research and Development - Tribal Engagement Roadmap is a national sectoral roadmap of the United States of America. Its main objective is to create expected beneficial outcomes for the agency and for American Indian and Alas¬ka Native tribal governments and communities.
More specifically, it aims to ensure the agency redeems its trust responsibility and protects American Indian and Alaska Native reserved rights as they pertain to Forest Service programs, projects, and policies; support Forest Service leaders’ understanding and application of their legal responsibilities for treaty rights, other reserved rights, and trust responsibilities, including obligations for government-to-government consultation; support Forest Service leaders’ engagement in substantive and meaningful consultation for agency policy, planning, and project decisions; evaluate—and modify if needed—policies in support of the agency’s trust responsibility, tribal reserved rights on National Forest System lands, and implementation of programs and policies established to benefit tribes; leverage partnerships to maximize mutual success; improve partnerships with American Indian and Alaska Native tribal governments, nongovern¬mental organizations, intertribal organizations, education institutions, and other entities; increase the ability of the agency and tribes to manage for sustainability on landscapes across administrative boundaries; encourage integration of American Indian and Alaska Native traditional knowledge, wisdom, and practices in agency land management decisions and implementation; collaborate with leadership and staff in Forest Service R&D to provide technical and educa¬tional assistance, pursue joint research projects, and transfer technology to American Indian and Alaska Native tribal governments and communities; promote integration and utility of the Tribal Relations Program throughout the agency; improve Forest Service leadership engagement in the Tribal Relations Program; implement an integrated and effective Tribal Relations Program; increase and advance American Indians and Alaska Natives within the Forest Service workforce; build new and enhance existing partnerships with tribes, indigenous and native groups, tribal colleges, tribal communities, and intertribal organizations; institutionalize trust responsibilities and tribal engagement within Forest Service R&D; increase and advance tribal and indigenous values, knowledge, and perspectives within Forest Service R&D, including both operational and research activities; network and coordinate within R&D and across deputy areas to increase agency and R&D program efficacy; through a collaborative and participatory approach with tribes and tribal organizations, advance research on topics of joint interest; and develop and deploy research and technologies to support tribal decision making on natural resources issues.