Share your Field Stories!

Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! 

On today’s episode, we talk with Lee Clauss, Southern California Project Manager with The Trust for Public Land and Principal Consultant at LSC Consulting, specializing in Indigenous land stewardship, sovereignty, and cultural resource management. Read her full bio below.

Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to sponsor a future episode hit the support podcast button or visit www.environmentalprofessionalsradio.com/sponsor-form

Showtimes: 
1:31 - Nic's New Job!
7:13 - Interview with Lee Clauss Starts
22:37 - What needs to Change?
33:03 - What is the Process of Giving Land Back?
40:36- #Fieldnotes with Lee!

Please be sure to ✔️subscribe, ⭐rate and ✍review. 

This podcast is produced by the National Association of Environmental Professions (NAEP). Check out all the NAEP has to offer at NAEP.org.

Connect with Lee Clauss at Lee Clauss | LinkedIn 

Guest Bio:
Lee Clauss currently serves as a Project Manager on the Trust for Public Land’s
California Land Protection team.  She is an applied anthropologist/archaeologist and
advocate for Native American communities' sovereignty. She has 25 years of
experience in historic preservation and environmental law, regulatory compliance and
public policy analysis. Her background includes Indigenous lands and cultural
stewardship, curation, and community-based planning and research. Clauss regularly
provides training on land return pathways, repatriation, Indigenous science, Tribal
consultation, environmental justice, and data sovereignty.  Prior to her time at TPL, Lee
worked for and with multiple Tribal governments in Arizona, North Carolina, and
California.

Music Credits
Intro: Givin Me Eyes by Grace Mesa
Outro: Never Ending Soul Groove by Mattijs Muller

Support the show

Thanks for listening! A new episode drops every Friday. Like, share, subscribe, and/or sponsor to help support the continuation of the show. You can find us on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and all your favorite podcast players.

Support the show

Thanks for listening! A new episode drops every Friday. Like, share, subscribe, and/or sponsor to help support the continuation of the show. You can find us on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and all your favorite podcast players.