Portland, Oregon
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Jaime Pinkham, Nez Perce tribal member and Watershed Department
Manager for the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC),
will say good-bye to CRITFC and the Columbia Basin after four and
a half years of dedication to salmon restoration and tribal treaty
fishing rights. Pinkham’s final day of service is March 13th.
Pinkham has led CRITFC’s government-to-government relations
with the Administration, Congress and Northwest states. Pinkham
most recently served as CRITFC’s liaison to the Obama transition.
His department played a key support role for tribal watershed restoration
programs throughout the Columbia River Basin, and became a sought
after voice in natural resource and tribal policy.
“CRITFC is a determined organization with a heart,”
said Pinkham. “I feel fortunate to have been part of the effort
to protect the salmon and the communities whose livelihood depend
on the fishery.”
“Jaime is an invaluable member of the CRITFC team and will
be greatly missed by the commission and its staff,” said N.
Kathryn Brigham, CRITFC chair. “He has been essential in helping
tribes in salmon restoration and has acted as a public figure on
many controversial issues. It’s bittersweet – we’re
sad to be losing Jaime but we’re happy that CRITFC’s
loss is not a loss for Indian Country.”
Pinkham will become Vice President for the Archibald Bush Foundation
of Saint Paul, MN leading their Native Nation-Building Team. In
this role Pinkham will collaborate with current and emerging leaders
of each of the 23 federally recognized Native nations in Minnesota,
North Dakota and South Dakota to pursue their own agenda for nation-building.
The Foundation strives to be a catalyst to shape vibrant communities
by investing in courageous and effective leadership that significantly
strengthens and improves the well-being of people in these three
states.
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About CRITFC
The Portland-based Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission is
the technical support and coordinating agency for fishery management
policies of the Columbia River Basin's four treaty tribes: the Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Confederated Tribes
of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, the Confederated Tribes
and Bands of the Yakama Nation and the Nez Perce Tribe.
CRITFC, formed in 1977, employs biologists, other scientists, public
information specialists, policy analysts and administrators who work
in fisheries research and analyses, advocacy, planning and coordination,
harvest control and law enforcement. |
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