Tyler Everett

TRIBAL AFFILIATION: Mi’kmaq

PANEL: Wabanaki Forest Futures

BIOGRAPHY
Tyler is a citizen of Mi’kmaq Nation and a PhD Candidate in the Ash Protection Collaboration Across Wabanakik (APCAW) lab at the University of Maine in Orono. His research prioritizes methodologies that result in Tribal led science. He is a PhD student in the School of Forest Resources here at the University of Maine and his current research focuses on the impacts of emerald ash borer (EAB) on Tribal ash resources and identifying innovative management and mitigation strategies for this forest health issue that Tribal Nation partners support and have interest in better understanding. This includes developing a Tribal supported integrated pest management strategy for EAB; one that considers silviculture and other adaptive management strategies, climate change, and most importantly Tribal cultural values.