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THE PENOBSCOT INDIAN NATIONS (PIN) DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (DNR) IS A CONTINUALLY GROWING DEPARTMENT FUNDED THROUGH A COMBINATION OF SELF-GOVERNANCE CONTRACTS, ALONG WITH COMPETITIVE AND NON-COMPETITIVE GRANTS. THE NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE LAND THAT IS NOW KNOWN AS MAINE HAVE BEEN STEWARDED BY THE PENOBSCOTS SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL. PIN DNR CONSISTS OF A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS, INCLUDING WATER RESOURCES, FISHERIES, WILDLIFE, FORESTRY, AIR QUALITY, BROWNFIELDS, CONSERVATION LAW, AGRICULTURE AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS. ALTHOUGH PROGRAMS HAVE COME AND GONE SINCE THE INCEPTION OF PIN DNR AFTER FEDERAL RECOGNITION AND THE MAINE INDIAN LAND CLAIMS SETTLEMENT, THERE HAS NEVER TO MY KNOWLEDGE BEEN A PROGRAM DEVOTED TO OCEAN OR MARINE ECOSYSTEMS. IT IS WITH THIS SPIRIT OF COOPERATION, COLLABORATION AND A COMMITMENT TO COASTAL RESOURCES THAT ALIGN WITH REGIONAL OCEAN PARTNERSHIPS PRIORITIES, THAT THE PENOBSCOT NATION SUBMITS THIS PROPOSAL. THE OVERALL GOALS ARE TO: CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY TRIBAL PRIORITIES IN BOTH INSHORE AND OFFSHORE OCEAN ENVIRONMENTS; INCREASE TRIBAL INVOLVEMENT, SUPPORT AND AWARENESS OF OCEAN RELATED ISSUES OF CLIMATE CHANGE, ENERGY PROJECTS, ETC. BY PRESENTING INFORMATION TO THE TRIBAL ADMINISTRATION AND TRIBAL PUBLIC WHILE INVITING PARTICIPATION; INCREASE COMMUNICATIONS WITH OTHER TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS ON TOPICS, ESPECIALLY OTHER WABANAKI TRIBES; IDENTIFY POTENTIAL RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SURVEYS OF SUBMERGED ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND HISTORIC USES; PARTICIPATE IN REGIONAL OCEAN PARTNERSHIP MEETINGS TO ASSIST IN IDENTIFYING ALIGNED AND COLLECTIVE PRIORITIES; REPRESENT PENOBSCOT INDIAN NATION INTERESTS, COMMENT AND PARTICIPATE IN OFFSHORE WIND PROCESS DEVELOPMENT AND ASSOCIATED NORTHEAST REGIONAL OCEAN COUNCIL EFFORTS; CREATE A DRAFT TRIBAL CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

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