We talked with Jonathan Martin, the first director of the new Native American Forest and Rangeland Management Program (NAFRMP) within the Ecological Restoration Institute (ERI). He sees the NAFRMP as a continuation of NAU’s commitment to Native Americans—goal number three in the 2025 Strategic Plan and what he experienced as a two-time NAU alumnus, 1985 (BS) and 1991 (MS), from the School of Forestry.