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Interior Bureaus Released Guidance on Supporting Tribal Co-Stewardship

Last updated:

September 13, 2022

Statute

FLPMA, Other

Agencies

DOI

Actions

Guidance/Policy

DOI released new guidance from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), National Park Service (NPS), and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) on steps each bureau will take to facilitate and support agreements with Tribes to promote co-stewardship of lands and waters managed by the federal government. The BLM memo requires the bureau’s 12 state directors to, within six months, create “state-specific plans for outreach” to identify co-stewardship opportunities.