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1 Title VII 



2 Integrated Resource Management : Through this Title, the Tribes 



3 will require a formalization of integrated resource management 



4 planning through development of an annual summit meeting, et al, 



5 between federal departments, agencies with the Department of 



6 Interior, and Tribal technical and political leadership. Federal policy 



7 issues, long term planning, and fish, wildlife and recreation priorities 



8 will be developed to facilitate long-term permanent Tribal 



9 management of fish, wildlife and recreation resources. Issues of 



10 importance to Tribes such as relationships between wildlife, 



11 forestry, minerals, waters, mining, environmental protection, and 



12 resources education and training will be considered through this 



13 provision. Under Integrated Resource Management Planning 



14 (IRMP), all entities concerned with Tribal natural resource 



15 utilization would sit as equal partners at the resoure management 



16 table. Resource allocation would be decided by the Tribe in the 



17 public planning process, and implemented by the natural resource 



18 management entity under Tribal supervision. Formal adoption of 



19 IRMP by the Tribes will facilitate the establishment of formal 



20 relationships between Tribal national fish, wildlife, recreation and 



21 environmental protection organizations such as the Native American 



22 Fish & Wildlife Society, National Indian Education Association 



23 (NIEA), Inter-Tribal Timber Council (ITC), Inter-Tribal Agriculture 



24 Council (ITAC), Council of Energy Resource Tribes (CERT), Native 



