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They’ve served our country in uniform. Today, we’re proud to serve alongside them.
Veterans throughout Interior’s workforce bring invaluable leadership, discipline and experience to our mission every day.
Thank you for continuing to serve our Nation. 🇺🇸
Veterans Day
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Native youth are working to develop skills for a future in wildland fire.
Through our partnership with the @BureauIndianEdu, the Native Youth Firefighter Training Program creates pathways for Native youth to protect lands, communities and cultural resources.
Here’s a look at the program in action. ⬇️
RT @USIndianAffairs: A message from Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs on Native American Heritage Month!
Check it out 👀 https://nitter.gq/t.co…
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During National Native American Heritage Month, we are celebrating “250 Years and Beyond: Building a Culture of Service in Indian Country.”
This theme recognizes generations of leadership, knowledge, culture and service that have shaped our nation’s story. Together, we honor the past, celebrate the present and look ahead to a future strengthened by service and partnership with tribal communities. Through service to Indian Country, we are working in partnership with tribes to support safer communities, stronger economic opportunity and more effective services for tribal members. 🪶
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When the Bench Fire burned across the Warm Springs Reservation in Oregon, firefighters encountered areas where years of fuels management work by tribal staff, including prescribed fire, timber harvest, mastication and other fuels treatments, had improved conditions across the landscape.
In some treated areas, lower flame lengths and open conditions beneath the tree canopy gave firefighters opportunities to work closer to the fire. Previous treatments also provided an anchor point and safety zone for crews and helped firefighters get around troublesome spot fires while keeping the larger suppression strategy intact.
The effects of the Bench Fire vary across the landscape, but these areas demonstrate an important benefit of fuels management: changing how fire moves through vegetation can reduce fire severity in some places while creating safer, more effective opportunities for firefighters to respond.
The work completed by the Warm Springs Reservation before the wildfire helped make a difference when the fire arrived.
@USIndianAffairs / @BureauIndAffrs / @BIAFireForestry
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When the Mitre Rock Fire burned across the Spokane Reservation in Washington, years of active tribal forest management helped influence how the wildfire moved through portions of the landscape.
The Spokane Tribe uses prescribed burning, timber harvest, mowing and other fuels treatments to meet multiple objectives—from producing timber and maintaining healthy natural areas to reducing fuels around communities, cultural sites and other important resources. In several treated areas impacted by the Mitre Rock Fire, crews observed lower fire intensity and slower rates of spread compared with surrounding areas.
In one of those treatment areas, these conditions created an opportunity for firefighters to safely conduct a backburn and use the road as a containment feature, helping limit further fire spread.
By managing the amount and arrangement of vegetation across the landscape, the Tribe is creating areas that can moderate fire behavior and give firefighters more options when wildfires occur.
@BureauIndAffrs / @BIAFireForestry
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In Montana, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes are using prescribed fire on the Bison Range to open and improve buffalo habitat.
By reducing encroaching Douglas fir and controlling invasive grasses, these burns are helping restore the historic grasslands that sustain the Bison Range's historic herd.
Here's a look at the connection between wildfire, history, culture and wildlife.
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📍 Navajo Nation | Oct. 6–8
Indian Affairs is bringing a Probate Surge event to the Navajo Nation. Join us from 8 a.m.–5 p.m. local time at Twin Arrows Navajo Casino Resort for one-stop support with probate, enrollment, trust, realty and mineral-related matters.
Staff and partners will be available to help families gather documents, verify records, check probate status and navigate the federal probate process.
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Training tribal law enforcement strengthens public safety across Indian Country. By expanding training to North Dakota, USIPA is improving access to federally certified training for tribes nationwide.
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Tribal Leader Roundup | Indian Country at Interior
Last week, tribal leaders met with the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs to discuss priorities important to their communities, including tribal sovereignty, energy development, public safety, and fish and wildlife restoration.
🤝 Ute Indian Tribe Vice Chairman Mike Natchees and Councilman Cleveland Murray discussed opportunities for the Tribe to exercise greater sovereignty over energy development on tribal lands.
🤝 Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Chairman Virgil Wind highlighted ways the tribe and the Department of the Interior can strengthen their partnership to better serve the tribe.
🤝 Klamath Tribes Chairman William E. Ray and Secretary Joseph Allen Jr. discussed public safety and continued fish and wildlife restoration.
🤝 Catawba Nation Assistant Chief Patricia Leach met with the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs to discuss land into trust and the federal government’s trust responsibilities.
Government-to-government engagement is essential to advancing tribal priorities and strengthening the relationship between tribes and the federal government.
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🍂🪶 Balance. Gratitude. Harvest. As fall arrives, we honor the season’s gifts and the connections between our communities, the land and one another.
The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation & the @BureauIndAffrs Timber Team partnered to prepare a timber sale in the San Poil District. Alongside tribal foresters, the team marked boundaries across about 1,600 acres to support responsible forest management. 🌲🪶
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Job alert 🚨
@DOICareers
Ready to put your administrative skills to work in wildland fire?
We’re hiring Administrative Support Assistants (Wildland Fire), GS-6/7, in Safford and Sierra Vista, Arizona.
These positions support the fire program through financial transactions, tracking funding and expenditures, acquisition requests, employee timekeeping, and personnel actions for seasonal and temporary fire employees.
📍 Safford, AZ
📍 Sierra Vista, AZ
Join the wildland fire mission and apply by 09/02 here: usajobs.gov/job/881187000
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The moment is finally here.
We're proud to introduce our official logo! This symbol reflects who we are today, the mission we carry forward and the people who make that mission possible.
We are the U.S. Wildland Fire Service.
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Our hearts are with Officer Taylor's family, friends, coworkers and all those impacted by this tragedy.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is mourning federal wildlife officer David Taylor, 38 of Scio, Oregon, who is believed to have died while helping evacuate residents threatened by the Railroad South Fire.
Officer Taylor was going door to door alongside local emergency crews helping families get to safety. His last contact with dispatch came while he was helping a family evacuate their home. Evidence recovered from a structure where he was working to help a resident escape indicates that he died during the evacuation effort. Formal identification remains pending with the medical examiner.
Everything we know about David's actions reflects extraordinary courage, selflessness and devotion to duty.
Our hearts are with his family, friends, fellow officers and all who served alongside him. We will never forget his service.
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Join us and take action to help prevent suicide. Every conversation, every connection can make a difference. Follow along all month for resources and ways to connect, support, and prevent: samhsa.gov/about/digital-too…
#SPM2026 #StrongerTogether #SuicidePrevention
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Today's episode of @180099native focuses on how extreme heat can affect our health, including risks, treatment, and prevention. Gallup Indian Medical Center Emergency Department Director Dr. Paul Charlton joins the conversation at 1:00 p.m. ET: nativeamericacalling.com/wed…
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National Fire News: 9/1/26. Yesterday, 140 new fires were reported nationwide, including seven new large fires. 74 drone incursions have been reported near wildfires this year. More NFN: nifc.gov/fire-information/nf… 📷InciWeb
.@POTUS is delivering critical disaster assistance to Indian Country.🤝
$1.7 million in federal assistance has been approved for the Oglala Sioux Tribe following severe storms, tornadoes and flooding.
We stand with tribal leaders and communities as they recover and rebuild.🪶
I just got off the phone with President @realDonaldTrump. He informed me of this funding for both the state and the Oglala Sioux Tribe, which will help our communities recover from these devastating storms. Thank you, Mr. President!
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