All IFKF Projects – Northeastern States Research Cooperative

The Indigenous Forest Knowledge Fund (IFKF) aims to (1) acknowledge and address structural inequities in opportunities for Indigenous youth to participate in forest research and (2) invest in the cultural and intellectual sovereignty of Tribal forest traditions alongside other forms of applied forest research. The IFKF funds projects that support:

The education, mentorship, and training of Indigenous youth in applied forest research and/or Traditional Ecological Knowledge about forest systems;
New applied forest research that advances Tribal priorities; and
The synthesis and translation of forest research and/or Traditional Ecological Knowledge to advancecommunications, outreach, and economic programs for Tribal Nations and Indigenous communities.

Ecosystem Responses to the Interacting Forces of Bridge Improvements and Beavers

Principal Investigator: Benjamin Simpson, Penobscot Nation, [email protected] Co-Principal Investigators: Kyle Hubbard, University of Maine Joseph Zydlewski, USGS Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Unit Christina Murphy, USGS Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Unit

Forest Stewards Apprenticeship: Bridging Indigenous Knowledge, Research, and Forest Stewardship with the Penobscot Nation.

Principal Investigator: Rachel Swanwick, Forest Stewards Guild

Haudenosaunee Forest Principles

Principal Investigator: Robin Kimmerer, SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry

Integrating Advanced Geospatial Analysis and Indigenous Forest Knowledge for Protecting Ash Species

Principal Investigator: Parinaz Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, University of Maine, [email protected]

Managing for Tomorrow’s Panawahpskek Forests Today: An Integrative Approach to Submerchantable Competition Control

Principal Investigator: Carolyn Ziegra, Appalachian Mountain Club, [email protected]

Monitoring Moose and Other Wildlife on Penobscot Indian Nation Lands

Principal Investigator: Benjamin Simpson, Penobscot Nation Department of Natural Resources, [email protected] Co-Principal Investigators: Nina Kappel, University of Maine Sabrina Morena, University of Maine Therese Donovan, University of Vermont Alexej Sirén, University of Vermont Laurance Clarfeld, University of Vermont

NEBI (Water): Connecting N’dakinna (Land), Bilowagizegad (Climate), and Alnobak (People).

Principal Investigator: Adam Wymore, University of New Hampshire

Partnership with Abenaki for Conservation and Restoration of the Threatened, Declining Butternut Tree, an Ecologically and Culturally Important Hardwood

Principal Investigator: Sean Hoban, Morton Arboretum, [email protected]

Protecting the Brown Ash of the Northern Forest With Indigenous Communities

Principal Investigator: John Daigle, University of Maine, [email protected] Co-Principal Investigators: Tyler Everett, University of Maine Emily Francis, University of Maine Anthony D'Amato, University of Vermont Suzanne Greenlaw, University of Maine Amanda Mahaffey, US Fish and Wildlife Service Darren Ranco, University of Maine Nathan W. Siegert, US Forest Service

Restoration of Culturally and Ecologically Significant Forest Understory Vascular Plants in Haudenosaunee Homelands: Building a Model for Broader Forest Resiliency in the Northeast

Principal Investigator: Gregory McGee, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry