AMLT’s Newsletter!
AMLT releases a electronic newsletter that is distributed through email and placed on our website. These newsletters include opening statements from Chairman Lopez, our Executive Director, and highlight some of the recent projects and other initiatives of AMLT. If you would like to be added to the mailing list, please fill out the form here, or send an email to info@amahmutsun.org asking to be added to the mailing list.
Just Released: 2024 Amah Mutsun Land Trust Strategic Framework
The Amah Mutsun Land Trust is proud to share our 2024 Strategic Framework—a roadmap for protecting and restoring Amah Mutsun ancestral lands, advancing Tribal stewardship, and deepening community partnerships. This plan reflects years of listening, learning, and planning alongside Tribal leadership, allies, and supporters. Together, we will expand our restoration projects, strengthen cultural education, and safeguard sacred places for future generations.
2025 Spring Equinox Newsletter
Letter from Chairman Lopez, AMLT Board President
By Valentin Lopez, President of AMLT and Tribal Chairman
Dear Friends,
This year’s equinox is particularly significant. It is a time when we will welcome a new Executive Director, present our strategic plan to the public and welcome back our stewards who have been on hiatus since Covid...continue reading.
Get to Know AMLT's New Executive Director: Q&A with Noelle Chambers
We are thrilled to announce that last month, AMLT hired Noelle Chambers as our next Executive Director. Noelle has dedicated her career to land protection and stewardship, and brings two decades of experience in land transactions...Outside of her land protection work, Noelle is a person deeply passionate about and committed to the interconnected healing of nature and people. In this interview, you will have the chance to get to know Noelle, what brings her to AMLT at this time, and the dreams she hopes to realize in the future...continue reading.
Gatherings from the Past and Present: Doing Collaborative Ethnography with the Amah Mutsun
By Seetha N. Reddy, Reddy Anthropology Consulting, Inc.
The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band (Amah Mutsun) and its Land Trust have worked with anthropologists for more than ten years to study the Tribe's history and present-day life through collaborative ethnographies. Anthropology is the study of people, their cultures, and societies from both past and present times. Nowadays, it has three main areas...continue reading.
Updates from our Coastal & Oceans Stewardship Program
By Jacob Harris, AMLT Coastal and Oceans Stewardship Program Manager
When the Vistra battery storage facility in Moss Landing caught fire on January 16 (and again on February 18), AMLT joined a coalition of local scientists to respond. The fire burned for 3 days with a plume of smoke settling directly on Locuyusta (Elkhorn Slough). It left behind a layer of ash full of the heavy metals covering the estuary habitats...continue reading.
Notes from the Native Stewardship Corps: Augers & Archaeology
By Elizabeth Rodriguez, AMLT Program Intern and Tribal member
AMLT Program Intern and Tribal member Elizabeth Rodriguez recently participated in an archaeological assessment for a proposed build project at the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History. She reflects about her experience conducting the survey and learning more about applications of AMLT’s Indigenous archaeology methods...continue reading.
Notes from the Native Stewardship Corps: Reflections from the Tribal Land Return Conference
By Jacob Girouard, AMLT Program Intern and Tribal member
AMLT Program Intern and Tribal member Jacob Girouard attended the Tribal Land Return Conference hosted by the Decolonizing Wealth Project this past March. He was joined by AMLT Lands Acquisition Specialist and Tribal member Alexii Sigona (both pictured). Jacob shares about his experience at the conference and learnings he brings back for the Land Trust and Tribe...continue reading.
Read the full Spring Equinox newsletter here.
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