U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Enlists Employees in Empowering Tribes, Alaska Native Corporations, Alaska Native Organizations and the Native Hawaiian Community in the Stewardship of Public Lands and Waters
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today affirmed its commitment to building strong relationships, knowledge sharing, and empowering Tribes, Alaska Native Corporations, Alaska Native Organizations and the Native Hawaiian Community in the stewardship of public lands and waters by fulfilling the Service’s trust responsibility at every level of the agency’s work.
The Service’s Director’s Order 227 establishes a consistent national framework for guiding the organization as it relates to the agency’s unique trust responsibilities to Tribes and the Native Hawaiian Community in the stewardship of federal lands and waters and where Tribes have subsistence or other rights or interests. This framework provides flexibility to respond to regional and local variations in history, knowledge systems, ways of knowing, applicable laws, treaties and Service-Tribal relationships.
“When the Service and Indigenous peoples work together on stewarding our lands and waters, along with the fish and wildlife that inhabit them, our longstanding relationships are strengthened, and resources are better stewarded,” said Service Director Martha Williams. “The Service recognizes the need for strong, healthy communication and relationships with Tribal governments and communities so we can work together...
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