Cultivating Partnerships: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Science in Land Stewardship

Spend an evening with Dr. Cristina Eisenberg, Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence and Maybelle Clark Macdonald Director of Tribal Initiatives in Natural Resources at Oregon State University, as part of Oregon Natural Desert Association’s 2024 High Desert Speaker Series. Dr. Eisenberg will share learnings from her research on ecocultural restoration and how she approaches land stewardship through a lens of Two-Eyed Seeing. This event will explore how a merging of Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Western Science can build cross-cultural partnerships and projects that conserve landscapes and elevate indigenous communities. ONDA’s Stewardship Director, Gena Goodman-Campbell, will delve into the current steps ONDA is taking to restore Oregon’s high desert in partnership with local tribes.