Institute for Culture and Ecology

Northwest Ethnobotany Conservation Program

Timeframe: 2007-Present
Project Overview
The goal of this project is to bring ethnobotanical understanding and tools into environmental and conservation management in the Pacific Northwest. Through research and on-the-ground activities IFCAE is working on a number of ethnobotanical initiatives. For example, we worked with the West Eugene Wetland Partnership to create opportunities for regional Native American Indian tribes to help with the identification, restoration, and use of traditionally managed/culturally important species at the wetlands. We have worked with nontimber forest product subsistence, commercial and recreational harvesters for over 15 years to understand and protect their knowledge and stewardship systems. As a part of IFCAE's new Urban Ecology program we will be looking at urban foraging systems both new and historical.


Traditional Camas Oven	Oak-Acorn Habitat Identification	Dennis Martinez Field Instruction


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