In the window of time while ash ecosystems in Waponahkik (Wabanaki homelands, including Maine) are still healthy, Wabanaki community members and basketmakers are seeking ways to sustain traditions of brown ash basketry in the face of emerald ash borer (EAB). Basketmakers and Wabanaki community members express urgent interest in learning about and developing local technologies for harvesting ash and storing ash splint materials in the long-term. These adaptation strategies will provide direct material supply for Wabanaki communities and in particular Wabanaki youth, thus creating possibilities for basketry traditions to flourish now and into the future through intergenerational mentorship. This work has been Wabanaki-led from the initiation of our research questions, and its methodologies and outcomes will continue to be driven by Wabanaki community members. Though the community leading this project is rooted in Maine, it will involve travel opportunities to Indigenous communities outside of Maine to learn about harvesting technologies and storage projects across the region in order to inform our local approach. These visits will create and strengthen Wabanaki basketmaker connections with other Indigenous communities in the Northeast Forest Region. Possible outcomes include the creation of intertribal governance protocols for cultural access to non-Tribal lands and a mobile pounding machine, community-driven plans for a Wabanaki brown ash storage center, and an emerging example of storing biocultural data according to Indigenous cultural and intellectual property protocols. Building upon previous research collaborations between UMaine and other Indigenous communities, we aim to accomplish these outcomes within a three-year timeline, but this effort will continue past the end of this funding period.