The Camas Collaborative is a transdisciplinary group of ecologists, educators, anthropologists, archaeologists, historians, ethnobotanists, and conservationists from academic, Tribal, non-profit and government agencies working together to identify the primary challenges to both harvesting camas (Camassia quamash & Camassia leichtlinii) and integrating Tribal priorities and practices into prairie management in western Washington. Our goal is to support increased access to, and consumption of camas and other first foods within Tribal communities using a participatory action research framework.  ​

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We believe that truly collaborative projects that take the well-being of all who inhabit and rely on camas prairie cultural ecosystems are acts of trust and reciprocity. This work inspires us to rethink our understanding of historic and current human relationships with camas prairies and the other non-human relatives that inhabit them.