The National Parks Conservation Association acknowledges that all national park lands are on native land. NPCA will present through a tribal lens the importance of bringing forth the voices of the original stewards and the vital need to incorporate traditional ecological knowledge in our management decisions within the National Park Service. Kira Davis, Great Lakes Senior Program Manager will discuss supporting executive orders, successes and lessons learned with specific case studies and what can be done support the process.
Monday, January 29th, 2024
2:20 pm - 3:20 pm
Presenters
Kira Davis
National Parks Conservation Association
National Parks Conservation Association
Kira joined the National Parks Conservation Association in 2022, a national bipartisan non-profit formed over 100 years ago to protect our National Parks. Kira brings over two decades of experience in conservation with an emphasis on water quality, wetlands, wildlife protection, tribal and federal policy work within the Great Lakes Region. Among her accomplishments, she helped create and manage a Surface Water Quality Protection Program for Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, directed multiple river and wildlife restoration projects at Conservation Resource Alliance and now finds herself taking those skills and experiences to advocate and protect our national parks in perpetuity. Kira is a tribal citizen of Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians and part of the Grand Traverse Band’s Natural Resource and Environmental Committee, currently one of the fiscal co-chairs for the Healing our Water Coalition.