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The Eco-Cultural Renewal of Delta Tule Landscapes project is a collaboration between the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) and two Delta area Tribes: the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians (SSBMI) and the Colfax Todds Valley Consolidated Tribe (CTVCT). This project's goals are to communicate the central importance of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) in creating and maintaining resilient Delta landscapes and to advance the integration of TEK into Delta science, management strategies, and policies in a way that supports the ecological and cultural value of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, a region of profound ecological and cultural significance. TEK is the evolving knowledge acquired by indigenous peoples over hundreds or thousands of years through direct contact with the environment. In the Delta, Tribes used TEK to tend wetlands and foster abundant populations of the plants and animals they harvested. This project aims to elevate TEK in the Delta as an essential tool to restore and build the resilience of species, habitats, and ecosystem processes that have been devastated since European