Register today to attend the panel discussion “How do we regenerate a forest? Thinking with the Harrisons” taking place at the San Diego Central Library Gallery on November 12, 2024, from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm. Three partners of CNNCTS—Fire Chief Wesley Ruise, Jr., Joelene Tamm, and Dr. Megan Jennings—will join fellow panelists to reflect on the current crisis in our forest, with art as a central focus to advance these important conversations. Learn more on today's blog!
Joining the panel discussion, "How do We Regenerate a Forest? Thinking with the Harrisons" are three partners working towards collaborative co-stewardship of forested lands in southern California: Fire Chief Wesley Ruise, Jr., Joelene Tamm, and Dr. Megan Jennings.
They are part of the Collaborative of Native Nations for Climate Transformation and Stewardship (CNNCTS), an eighteen-entity network of Tribal governments, universities, Tribal-serving non-profit organizations, and federal agency partners working across southern California. Building upon many years of partnerships and long-standing relationships, the Climate Science Alliance and San Diego State University (SDSU) formed this collaboration to leverage local networks and project successes to expand support for Indigenous stewardship through cultural and prescribed fire, climate-informed restoration, and land rematriation efforts that center community priorities and relationships with the land.
Chief Ruise and Tamm support the La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians community and the southern California region through multiple efforts that address fire danger in historically excluded communities and advance resilient and adaptive pathways for conserving the land, convening a cadre of interagency fire and fuels partners and leading an Indigenous fire, forestry, and fuels crew. Dr. Jennings co-leads CNNCTS as a conservation ecologist and co-director of the Institute of Ecological Monitoring and Management at SDSU, working closely with partners like Chief Ruise, Tamm, and the Climate Science Alliance team and network to advance applied research to address management and conservation issues.
CNNCTS represents a paradigm shift in how climate action is visioned, led, and implemented. Chief Ruise, Tamm, and Jennings look forward to joining fellow panelists in reflection of the current crisis in our forests, with art as a central focus to advance these important conversations.
Event details
When:
November 12, 2024, 5:30PM - 8:00PM
Where:
Kumeyaay Land
San Diego Central Library, Shirley Special Events Suite (330 Park Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92101)
Registration:
Registration for this event will close on November 11, 2024 at 5:30pm. Link here.
Learn more about the Collaborative for Native Nations for Climate Transformation and Stewardship (CNNCTS) at cnncts.org.