Job Summary
The Timber, Fish, and Wildlife (TFW) Manager provides administrative
and technical support services to the Lummi Natural Resources Department (LNR) of the
Lummi Indian Business Council. Administrative duties include program planning, funding via
procurement of grants and contracts, budgeting, reporting, grant administration, and staff
coordination and supervision. Other responsibilities include conducting and coordinating
technical review and drafting comments on project or program proposals identified as having the
potential to adversely impact treaty-reserved resources. Examples of proposals include: Forest
Practice Applications, Hydraulic Project Applications, US Army Corps of Engineers permit
notifications - especially those involving marine docks, piers, buoys, and related works in the
Lummi Nation’s U & A, and NEPA and SEPA permit applications and notifications.
The TFW Manager coordinates with other LIBC staff when needed to screen permit application
for potential impact to treaty-reserved resources within the Lummi Nation’s Traditional
Territory. For off-reservation issues, the TFW Manager coordinates with other agencies and
non-governmental entities in conducting reviews and responses when needed in a unified and
timely manner. Additional coordination includes working with the other Point Elliott Treaty
Tribes and the State of Washington’s Fish and Wildlife Department as the technical
representative of the department for co- management of wildlife resources. The TFW Manager
informs the LNR Director, and other policy staff as directed of identified issues of particular
importance and further facilitates and assures that their responses are as timely as conditions
permit.
