Bringing Iinnii & Nitsitapii Back to the Land

The Blackfeet Nation is working with the National Indian Carbon Coalition (NICC) to increase forest resiliency, promote a diversity of tree age classes in their woodlands, improve wildlife habitat, maintain important watershed features, and consider the dynamic conditions brought on by climate change and on-going drought. Through the enrollment of 69,000 acres of land into an Improved Forest Management carbon project with NICC, the Nation is stewarding lands across 40 years to provide critical habitat for the reintroduction of American bison (Iinii in the traditional Blackfeet language) while sequestering carbon into healthy woodlands.