In the five years that the Tribal EcoRestoration Alliance (TERA) was a fiscally sponsored project of OAEC, they achieved extraordinary growth and success in their work to revitalize ecology, economy, and culture through Indigenous-led land stewardship. TERA is a multi-tribal coalition based in the ancestral territories of Eastern Pomo, Southeastern Pomo, Lake Miwok, and Wappo people. TERA brings together traditional knowledge with restoration ecology, preparing individuals for meaningful careers that help heal communities and relationships with the land.
With OAEC’s full support, TERA has now become its own 501(c)(3) organization, with a board of directors made up of representatives of their founding Tribes. They recently purchased a land center in their home territory in Lake County, California. TERA is an exemplary model of Tribal communities leading restoration projects and bringing an ecocultural approach to fuel reduction and wildfire resilience.
“Tribal Eco-Restoration Alliance (TERA) is an intertribal project in the Eastern Pomo, Southeastern Pomo, Lake Miwok, and Wappo territories of Lake County, CA. We’re building capacity for the Tribal community to steward our ancestral lands, creating livelihoods and career paths, and implementing ecocultural stewardship work, including ‘Good Fire.’ It’s a complex project that would have been very difficult to pull off without OAEC, a fiscal sponsor behind the scenes to help get us started.”
—Lindsay Dailey, TERA Executive Director
