October 29, 2026 3:20 a.m. 

A program on Application of Indigenous Knowledge on Tribal Forests is happening next week at Umpqua Community College.

Sponsored by the UCC Forestry Program, UCC Healthy Forests Advisory Board, and the Umpqua Chapter Society of American Foresters, the event will be held on Thursday, November 5th at 7:00 p.m. in the Lang Teaching, Learning and Event Center

The speakers will be former Oregon State Forester Calvin Mukumoto, now the executive director of the Intertribal Timber Council, and Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians Director of Forest Management, Tim Vredenburg. They will address the meaning of Indigenous Knowledge with respect to forest management and will talk about how tribes are applying that knowledge to the management of their tribal forests.

For more information about the event, call 580-2227.