Purpose and Convening Values
The Tongass Futures Roundtable brings together a diverse group of stakeholders long involved in the Tongass to discuss how to incorporate our economic, cultural, and ecological values in public policy issues throughout the region.
The Roundtable seeks to explore how a broad range of stakeholders can address these public policy issues and work together to achieve a long-term balance of healthy and diverse communities, vibrant economies, responsible use of resources -including timber, while maintaining the natural values and ecological integrity of the forest.
The Roundtable will include all of those who care for the Tongass by using open, inclusive, and transparent processes to reach out to all Tongass voices. The Roundtable will work to create a positive dialogue and find shared solutions to meet the Roundtable Purposes. From time immemorial, Tlingit, Haida and Tsimpsian peoples have maintained their stewardship of the lands and waters of Southeast Alaska. The Tongass Futures Roundtable recognizes, values, and respects their customary and traditional way of life and their traditional knowledge.
