Don't miss the 2019 Intertribal Nursery Council meeting in Tulsa, Oklahoma!  We'll be joining forces with the Tribal Alliance for Pollinators this year, and have a roster of speakers that will inspire and educate you.  You'll learn cutting edge techniques for how to produce native plants in your greenhouse, and why restoring the land with them is so important. 

The conference will include a field trip to the Quapaw Nation's O-Gah-Pah greenhouses that supply their Downstream Casino Resort chefs with vegetables and herbs, as well providing the interior and exterior landscaping for the facility.  The field trip will also visit the Eastern Shawnee hoop houses to learn more about their native plant and food sovereignity project led by Andrew Gourd.

As a bonus, this year's event will also include a private tour of the Native American art collection of Philbrook Museum with the collection's curator, followed by a tour of their world class ornamental gardens, pollinator gardens and edible teaching garden.

• The new venue will honor the previous reduced lodging rate of $99/night + tax and free parking (including daily parking). Because the conference is rapidly approaching, reservations must be made by June 4 to receive the reduced rate.

• Please click HERE to book your room online at the reduced rate.

• If you prefer to call, use the following number and mention the “Intertribal Nursery Council”: 800-838-7914

Travel grants and scholarships are available!  For Intertribal Nursery Council members, please contact Jeremy Pinto at jeremy.pinto@usda.gov or (208) 883-2352 for information on how to qualify for and coordinate travel funds.  For Tribal Alliance for Pollinators members and all others, please contact Jane Breckinridge at jane@nativebutterflies.org or (651) 343-8951.

Don't miss this opportunity to connect with tribes engaged in the most innovative native plant and nursery projects in the country!  Registration for this very special conference is FREE but space is limited.  Register today! 

Conference Agenda

Tuesday, June 11 – DoubleTree Hotel, 616 W. Seventh Street

7:45-8:30 Registration

8:30      Welcome – Jane Breckinridge, Tribal Alliance for Pollinators, Leonard, OK 

8:35      Welcome – Jesse Allen, Secretary of the Interior, Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Okmulgee, OK

9:00      Blessing – Norma Marshall, College of the Muscogee Nation, Okmulgee, OK

9:10      Welcome and meeting overview – Jeremiah Pinto, USDA Forest Service, Moscow, ID

9:15      Keynote: Stewardship as sovereignty: a tribal environmental agenda for the 21^st Century – Sara Hill, Secretary of Natural Resources, Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah, OK

10:00     Break 

10:30   Environmental initiatives in the Muscogee (Creek) Nation – James Williams, Muscogee (Creek) Nation Environmental Department, Okmulgee, OK

11:00   Cultural perspectives on conservation – Lewis Johnson, Assistant Chief, Seminole Nation, Wewoka, OK

11:30   Native Americans, monarchs, milkweed and land use – Chip Taylor, Monarch Watch, Lawrence, KS

12:00   Lunch (included with registration)

1:30      Depart for afternoon tour

1:50-4:30        Philbrook Museum: Native American Art Collection, Gardens (2727 S Rockford Rd, Tulsa, OK 74114)

4:30-7:00        Philbrook Museum Reception (included with registration)

Wednesday, June 12 – DoubleTree Hotel, 616 W. Seventh Street

8:30      Welcome and meeting logistics – Jeremy Pinto

8:35      USDA-NRCS Programs for pollinators, monarch butterflies and seasonal high tunnels – Dr. Carol Crouch, USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service, Stillwater, OK

9:05      Culturally significant plants and climate change – April Taylor, Chickasaw Nation, South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center, Norman OK

9:15      Greenhouse management: minimizing pathogens and propagation of unstudied and challenging first foods – Gretchen Graber, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Pendleton, OR

9:40      Success of installing native plants plugs in Bromus tectorum dominated landscapes - Steven Link, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Pendleton, OR

10:00 Break (information sharing by Native American Agriculture Fund – Karli Moore)

10:20   New seed collection zones for the eastern United States – Carolyn Pike, USDA Forest Service, West Lafayette, IN

10:45   Building resiliency with native seeds, Navajo Heritage Program – Jesse Mike, Navajo Natural Heritage Program, Flagstaff, AZ

11:10   Green workforce training and the National Green Infrastructure Certification Program – Ken Parker, Buffalo Push, Buffalo, NY

11:30   Student Ignite Presentations – Mary James, University of Idaho; Lucy Samuels, University of Idaho; Desirae Kissell, University of Arizona; Andrea Carter, University of Arizona

12:00   Depart for field tours (box lunch on bus)

2:00      O-Gah-Pah Greenhouses and Coffee Roastery – Dawn Wormington (69300 E Nee Rd, Quapaw, OK 74363)

3:30      Eastern Shawnee of Oklahoma Greenhouses – Andrew Gourd (10080 S Bluejacket Rd, Wyandotte, OK 74370)

4:30 – 6:00 Traditional Dinner (included with registration)

8:00 Return to hotel

Thursday, June 13 (Euchee Butterfly Farm, Leonard, OK)

9:00      Welcome and logistics

9:05      Target Plant Concept and TEK – Jeremiah Pinto, USDA Forest Service, Moscow, ID  

9:30      What is RNGR and what can RNGR do for you? – Diane Haase, USDA Forest Service, Portland, OR

10:00   Break

10:30 Understanding the habitat needs of different types of native bees - Chip Taylor, Monarch Watch, Lawrence, KS 

11:00   Seed collecting and cleaning: low-tech methods and tips – Bridget McNassar, Oxbow Farm & Conservation Center, Carnation, WA

11:30   Eagle Presentation – Jennifer Randell, Citizen Potawatomi Eagle Aviary, Shawnee, OK

12:00   Lunch (included with registration)

1:00      Euchee Butterfly Farm overview – TEAM, TAP, Natives Raising Natives, history

1:15    Farm tour

2:00      Dormancy and germination in native plants – Olga Kildisheva, Verdant Consulting Group, Seattle, WA

2:30      Break

2:45    Roundtable discussion: controlling non-native invasives

3:30    Roundtable discussion: studies of successful restoration projects

4:00    Roundtable discussion: learning from mistakes, the greatest hits

4:30 Closeout Dinner (included with registration)

6:30    Adjourn