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Several tribes look to trees as a means of economic development. The practice brings up environmental and even aesthetic concerns about the process of harvesting a natural resource. We’ll talk with officials from tribes that harvest trees for profit about how they balance the economic and environmental benefits that come from the forest.
Guests:
Marshall Pecore (Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin) – forest manager Menominee Tribal Enterprises
Steve Rigdon (Yakama Nation) – general manager of Yakama Forest Products
Brett Black (Colville Tribes) – chief operation officer Colville tribal Forrest Products LLC
Waylon Beymer (Wasco, Tlingit, and Eskimo) – president of Chilkat Logging Inc.
Break 1 Music: Intertribal 7 (song) Tha Tribe (artist) Woodland Groove (album)
Break 2 Music: Chant (song) Robert Mirabal + ETHEL (artist) The River (album)
