The Crown Manager Partnership’s 2024 forum was focused on water and the ways it connects all things. The Forum was co-hosted by the ʔaq'am band of the Ktunaxa Nation and held in person from April 16-18, 2024 at St. Eugene Golf Resort & Casino in Cranbrook, British Columbia. Presentations, discussions, and keynotes were centered around both Indigenous Knowledge and western science perspectives with an emphasis on the voices of Ktunaxa Nation. At this year’s forum, we prioritized time spent on the land. Scheduled field trips each day were led by Ktunaxa Knowledge Holders.

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Mike Munoz, US Forest Service

Kim Pearson, Parks Canada

Brad Romaniuk, Parks Canada

Erin Sexton, Flathead Lake Biological Station

Chad Willms, Government of Alberta

Kate Wilson, Bonneville Power Administration

Soleil Osgood, Big Sky Watershed Corps

Michele Sam, ʔaq’am Representative

Ashley O’Neil, ʔaq’am Representative

Jessy Stevenson, The Wilderness Society

Anne Carlson, The Wilderness Society

Bonnie Harvey, ʔaq’am Representative

Tara Carolin, US NPS - Glacier National Park

Mike Durglo, Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes

Madelyn Eagle, Crown Managers Partnership

Elliot Fox, Independent consultant

Danie Frevola, Flathead Lake Biological Station

Carleigh Grier-Stewart, Parks Canada - Knowledge Weaver