1 August 2017
Front Ecol Environ, 15 (6): 284
In the last year of the Obama administration, Native American tribes took on unprecedented new roles in developing and implementing management plans for resources and species on lands beyond their direct control. Beginning with the adoption of a proposed sage‐grouse management plan in September 2015, and continuing through the proclamation for the establishment of Bears Ears National Monument and the executive order on Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience in December 2016, regional‐ and ecosystem‐level federal management plans were being shaped in consultation with tribal nations and communities.
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