Across the Southwest, multiple Tribal Nations are working with the US Forest Service to strategize ways to protect and restore Emory oaks, a critical traditional food source that is vulnerable to drought and fire. One collaborator in this effort is SES plant ecologist Dr. Sara Souther, who recently co-authored a paper on the importance of Emory oak as a southwestern cultural keystone species. Hear from Sara and the Tribal elders she is learning from in a USFS video about the project, or read more in the Durango Herald.