2026 Cultural Resource Protection Summit
5/20/2026 - 5/21/2026
Description
Cultivating a Stewardship Mindset
The 2026 Cultural Resource Protection Summit marks our 19th gathering! It will also be our 5th “hybrid” Summit with both in-person and virtual options to facilitate participation across our community. The Summit family remains hard at work fulfilling the mission we have had since the Summit’s inception:
The primary goal in organizing the annual Summit has been to facilitate amongst all affected parties an open, frank discussion about the intersection between cultural resources and land use. The Summit is designed to promote collaborative cultural resource planning as an effective means of finding resolution to issues before they escalate into emotionally-charged, divisive, and expensive stalemates or law suits.
This year, the Summit agenda includes an engaging array of cutting-edge topics that will encourage attendees to cultivate a stewardship mindset as we continue seeking innovative solutions for today’s most pressing challenges to effective cultural resource protection, thereby raising the bar on our practice. Panel discussions, Lightning talks, Cohort activities, and new “short sessions” will highlight useful examples of the links between CRM and responsible land use. We will also reserve time for great food and general socializing as we reflect on and advance our work.
Please join us in-person at Suquamish, virtually on Zoom, or hybridly (a little of both) for two days of inspiring conversation and reflection that will help you improve your technical skills while deepening your connection to why we do this work. Then, with renewed commitment and drawing on a stewardship ethic, move forward with helpful tools for protecting cultural resources and sharing the important stories they tell in partnership with descendant communities.