Amah Mutsun Land Trust

Amah Mutsun Land Trust (AMLT) partners with federal land agencies, the state of California, land trusts, conservation groups, nonprofits, foundations, and private donors to identify, nurture, and maintain traditional Amah Mutsun lands. These partnerships work to restore these lands to the pre-contact conditions achieved by traditional native stewardship practices over many thousands of years. AMLT also identifies traditional and sacred sites, works to determine the best land management practices (including prescribed fire/burn management techniques and traditional/ancestral flora maintenance ways) to restore traditional lands and waterways to a healthy, sustainable condition.

AMLT has 5 major programs which all work toward the vision of restoring the Amah Mutsun people as environmental stewards of our ancestral territory. These programs include:-The native stewardship corps, a work training and cultural relearning program for Amah Mutsun Tribal Band members. The native stewards are the boots on the ground, implementing the research, conservation, education, and indigenous stewardship work to which AMLT is committed.-The coastal and ocean stewardship program, whic collaborates with agencies, institutions, and other California Indian tribes to restore Amah Mutsun stewardship of coastal resources.(Continued on Schedule O)

The Amah Mutsun Land Trust (AMLT) is a native-led non-profit organization, established by the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band in 20104 to achieve the following vision: -Conserve and restore indigenous cultural and natural resources within the traditional territories of indigenous Mutsun and Awaswas peoples.-Steward our lands and waters; combining traditional resource and environmental management with contemporary approaches-ensuring a resilient future for all inhabitants of Popeloutchom and fulfilling our obligation to creator.-Research and teach the ways of nature-returning to the path of traditional ecological knowledge that our ancestors followed for thousands of years.