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Portland, OR – Aja DeCoteau is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation and has tribal lineage with the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians. She has 19 years of experience working on natural resource management and policy issues in the Pacific Northwest, and currently serves as the Watershed Department Manager for the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC) where she coordinates fisheries restoration and watershed protection activities on behalf of the Columbia River Treaty tribes. She also serves on the boards of the Oregon Environmental Council and the Columbia Land Trust. Aja received her B.A. in Environmental Studies and Native American Studies from Dartmouth College, and holds an M. E. M. from Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.