YSE Lecturer Pat Gonzales-Rogers Discusses Challenges Tribal Nations Face in Conservation and Co-Management of Land

In the U.S. there are about 600 million acres of public lands and more than 100 million acres of Indigenous lands. How to balance co-management, shared stewardship, and tribal sovereignty to protect and sustain these areas is a fundamental question in conservation — and that has been the focus of Pat Gonzales-Rogers’ life’s work.