Forest Health Is Human Health: Indigenous Forestry & Place-Based Solutions by Dawn Blake.

Decolonizing Sustainability Speaker Series (Fall 2022)
Forest Health Is Human Health: Indigenous Forestry & Place-Based Solutions by Dawn Blake.
Dawn is an enrolled Hoopa Tribal member and Yurok descendant with a Master of Science degree in natural resources. Dawn is well-versed in all aspects of modern forest management. As the Yurok Forestry Director, she manages more than 70,000 acres of Yurok-owned forest to benefit current and future generations of Yurok people. She oversees the Tribe's 15,000-acre Old-Growth Forest and Salmon Sanctuary on Blue Creek, a critically important tributary of the Klamath River. She also administers sustainable and selective timber harvest and thinning operations.