Serra Hoagland
Serra (Laguna Pueblo) serves as the Tribal Relations Specialist for the Rocky Mountain Research Station (RMRS) of the USDA Forest Service. She focuses on building local, regional, and national partnerships with tribes and intertribal organizations, mentoring students in natural resources, and conducting research that is relevant to Native communities. As the first Native American to graduate from Northern Arizona University with a PhD in forestry, Serra studied Mexican spotted owl habitat on tribal and non-tribal lands in south-central New Mexico. In 2022 she detailed as the National Program Lead for Tribal Research for the USFS and in 2021 as the Regional Tribal Relations Program Manager for Region 4. Prior to joining the RMRS Serra worked as a Biological Scientist and as the Tribal Relations co-point of contact for the Southern Research Station in Asheville, North Carolina. She began her Forest Service career working on the Lincoln National Forest in 2010 as a SCEP wildlife biologist trainee. In 2020, Dr. Hoagland was nominated for a professional of the year award and was selected as the most promising scientist by the American Indian Science & Engineering Society. Over the years, she has been actively involved with the Society of American Foresters, the Intertribal Timber Council, the Native American Fish & Wildlife Society as well as The Wildlife Society.