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Indigenous Peoples Burning Network: The Indigenous Peoples Burning Network (IPBN) is a support network among Native American communities that are revitalizing their traditional fire practices in a contemporary context.

Intertribal Agriculture Council: The Intertribal Agriculture Council was founded in 1987 to pursue and promote the conservation, development and use of our agricultural resources for the betterment of our people.

First Nations Development Institute: First Nations Development Institute improves economic conditions for Native Americans through direct financial grants, technical assistance & training, and advocacy & policy.

Adelante Mujeres - Regenerative Agriculture Program: Adelante Mujeres provides holistic education and empowerment opportunities to marginalized Latina women and families to ensure full participation and active leadership in the community. The Regenerative Agriculture Program provides aspiring and existing Latino immigrant farmers and gardeners with the training and skills necessary to grow produce using regenerative methods and to successfully market their products.

The Southwest Georgia Project: Southwest Georgia Project is on a mission to educate, engage, and empower communities using a variety of programs and strategies to advance real social change in Southwest Georgia and beyond. They aim to develop a more accessible and community-oriented food system; increase opportunities to family and historically underserved farms; and build sustainable and just movements to shift social norms.

New Mexico Acequia Association: The mission of the New Mexico Acequia Association is to protect water and our acequias, grow healthy food for our families and communities, and to honor our cultural heritage in New Mexico. Through involvement in NMAA, families and youth are inspired to cultivate the land, care for our acequias, and heal past injustices. Communities have an abundance of healthy, locally-grown food because we recognize agriculture as a respected and dignified livelihood and way of life.

Collaborative initiatives: Explore initiatives that successfully bring together conservation and working lands professionals with community-based stakeholders.

Rural Training and Research Center: The collective membership of the Federation of Southern Cooperatives owns the Rural Training and Research Center (RTRC), located between the towns of Epes and Gainesville in Sumter County, Alabama. The RTRC is also the base of operations for the Alabama State Association of Cooperatives (ASAC) outreach and technical assistance staff. RTRC staff work on projects with USDA, the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, and the Democratizing Rural Electric Cooperatives Campaign.

Intertribal Timber Council: The ITC is a nonprofit, nationwide consortium of Indian Tribes, Alaska Native Corporations, and individuals dedicated to improving the management of natural resources of importance to Native American communities. The ITC works cooperatively with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), private industry, and academia to explore issues and identify practical strategies and initiatives to promote social, economic and ecological values while protecting and utilizing forests, soil, water, and wildlife.

Sustainable Forestry and African American Land Retention: SFLR exists to create a sustainable system of support for African American forest owners that significantly increases the value of African American owned forests, land retention, and asset development for Black families in the U.S. South. Since its inception, SFLR has improved forest management and forest retention by connecting African American landowners to established networks of forestry support, including federal and state government programs, businesses, and non-profit conservation, legal, community development, and Black social justice organizations.

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition: An alliance of grassroots organizations that advocates for federal policy reform to advance the sustainability of agriculture, food systems, natural resources, and rural communities. NSAC’s vision of agriculture is one where a safe, nutritious, ample, and affordable food supply is produced by a legion of family farmers who make a decent living pursuing their trade, while protecting the environment, and contributing to the strength and stability of their communities.

Professional development programs: Explore professional development groups related to equity and inclusion in conservation. These groups include professional networks for diverse employees and groups that offer diversity, equity, and inclusion training for conservation professionals.

Field Inclusive, Inc.: Field Inclusive amplifies and supports Black-identifying and historically excluded individuals who professionally work outdoors in any natural resources field. We strive to be more than a social media movement by offering tangible and actionable improvements in field research issues related to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI).

Mosaics in Science Diversity Internship Program: The Mosaics in Science (MIS) Diversity Internship Program provides college students and recent graduates 18-35 years old that are under-represented in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) career fields with on-the-ground, natural resource science-based, work experience in the National Park System.

Latino Heritage Internship Program: The Latino Heritage Internship Program (LHIP), created by the National Park Service (NPS) and administered in partnership with Environment for the Americas(EFTA), is designed to provide internship opportunities to young adults in diverse professional fields in the National Park Service.

Diversity Joint Venture for Careers in Conservation: A partnership of federal and state agencies, universities, non-governmental organizations, foundations, and professional societies that work together to increase the number of women and people of color in the conservation workforce.

Acoma Pueblo: Gilbert Louis Jr. and his son, Beginning Rancher Gilbert Louis III raise cattle on their ranch Acoma Number 8 Ranch. The four-generation ranch is located on the Acoma Pueblo, NM. (USDA/FPAC photos by Preston Keres)

iStock-1283449654.jpg: Young Hispanic farmer with digital tablet smiling in the fields. Japanese senior man working behind.

Oklahoma stomp dancers: School children dance with Oklahoma Creek Stomp Dancers, during the Poarch Band of Creek Indians Southeastern Indian Festival on Thursday, April 3, 2014, near Atmore, Alabama. The women dancers, left, wear tin can shakers that substitute for antique Box Turtle shells. The river pebbles inside them, to create instrumental rhythmic shakers for the dances. For more information about the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, please see the Flickr photo album at flic.kr/s/aHsmPdtuU2 and the website usda.gov USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.

Native woman with plant: Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA)1994 Land-Grant Tribal College and University (TCU) Land-Grant program Gardner Teresa Kaulaity Quintana (Kiowa) leads the gardening team, operations, instruction and outreach for all things related the campus demonstration garden and greenhouse, in Santa Fe, NM, on Sept. 11, 2019. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/usdagov/49240394018/in/gallery-72814607@N02-72157721076517284/

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