Additional Resources

• Authors: Alyssa Scott

• Publisher: University of Minnesota Extension Central Regional Sustainable Development Partnership

• Year: 2020

   

Summary: A user-friendly, adaptable resource to help your community create a welcoming, inclusive space for immigrants, refugees, and Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC). While tailored for government employees and community leaders in small towns, the lessons and ideas can be used in many situations. Ideas include interview tips, identifying informal leaders, and exercises to help you apply the ideas to your own work.

• Editor: Purnima Chawla

• Publisher: Tools for Engaging Landowners Effectively

• Year: 2019

Summary: A reference manual for natural resource professionals seeking to engage landowners. Brief sections cover each step of outreach and use social science to deliver action-oriented, landowner-focused recommendations. See Chapter three: Working with Partners (p 16-26)

• Author: Roland Bunch

• Publisher: World Neighbors

• Year: 1982 (multiple reprints; still widely used)

  
  

Summary: A classic manual for grassroots rural development. It emphasizes listening, building trust, and empowering farmers to lead solutions—principles that strongly align with culturally humble and landowner-led approaches.

• Publisher: Collective Impact Forum

• Year: 2025

  
  

Summary: A collection of resources focused on building collaborative capacity to achieve systems level changes where multiple organizations work together toward a shared vision. This is useful for intensive, long-term partnerships.

• Author: mano-Y-ola LLC (now Asekia Inc.) 

• Year: 2021

  
  

Summary: Models the population of Hispanic forest landowners throughout the U.S., including Puerto Rico, and identifies the states that should be prioritized for outreach.

• Publisher: American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC)

• Year: Various 

Summary: Collection of resources including the American Indian Higher Education Consortium’s Indigenous Evaluation Framework (2009), which focuses on evaluation practices but offers deeply relevant guidance on how to engage with Indigenous communities using cultural humility, relational accountability, and respectful listening. A great reference for staff engaging with diverse cultural groups.

• Editor: José González (Founder, Latino Outdoors)

• Year: Anticipated 2025 (based on pre-release materials and talks; some essays available via Latino Outdoors blog and partners)

Summary: A forthcoming book amplifying the voices and stories of Latinx professionals in conservation. It offers insight into values like land legacy, community, and resilience—mirroring the relational approach in this toolkit.

• Authors: Alicia Torres, Luz Guerra, Selma Caal, Weilin Li

• Publisher: Child Trends Hispanic Institute & The Crimsonbridge Foundation

• Year: 2016

Summary:This guide helps providers develop communication strategies using a communication framework with best practices for working with Hispanic communities at each step. While focused on organizations providing services to children and their families, the research, data, and recommendations are useful in many situations.

• Publisher: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (American Indian Environmental Office)

• Year: 2014 (latest revision may vary by agency office)

  
  

Summary: A concise guide for federal agency staff on honoring tribal sovereignty and engaging with tribal nations respectfully. Covers formal consultation protocols, cultural considerations, and trust-building—critical when engaging tribal forest landowners.

• Editors: Cassandra Johnson Gaither, Ann Carpenter, Tracy Lloyd McCurty, and Sara Toering

• Year: 2019 

  
  

Summary: Addresses how inherited land without clear legal title affects landowners. Offers practical approaches to resolving land tenure challenges to avoid generational land loss and build ownership stability.

• Author: Francine Miller

• Publisher: Vermont Law & Graduate School Center for Agriculture & Food Systems

• Year: 2024

  
  

Summary: State-by-state factsheets that review state laws relevant to heirs’ property owners. As of 2025, factsheets are available for: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. 

• Author: Asekia 

• Publisher: Artist Studio Project Publishing LLC 

• Year: 2025

  
  

Summary: This bilingual coloring book targeted at young learners educates readers about the importance of natural resources and the world around us. It is targeted at ages 4 through 12.