Friends of Puvungna

Protect, preserve and enhance the lands of Puvunga to its natural, historical state and open-space and provide the necessary means to protect and preserve the cultural resources on the land.

Access available funding for the protection and preservation of the land and cultural resources on Puvungna.

Promote public education and interest in cultural resource preservation and American Indian traditional, religious, and spiritual knowledge.

Provide cultural resource preservation input to appropriates local, state, and federal agencies.

Establish and promote communication networks for cultural resource preservation.

Promote stewardship programs for cultural resources on Puvungna. Indigenous-led conservation is the most effective and equitable way to safeguard sacred lands, reverse wildlife loss, and reduce climate change through a stewardship program. We will create programs to protect the land, wildlife, cultural resources and vegetation. Studies show that Indigenous-managed lands boast higher levels of biodiversity, given millennia of stewardship experience.

Establish and promote forums for discussion of cultural resource preservation.

Consider appropriate actions to defend and protect significant cultural resources on Puvungna.