Chris Marks is a water policy analyst in the Department of Natural Resources First Foods Policy Program of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR). He has been with the CTUIR for fifteen years and his work focuses on protecting, enhancing, and restoring stream flows and related ecological processes within the CTUIR’s aboriginal homeland and traditional use areas. He earned a B.S. in Environmental Studies from Eastern Oregon University and a J.D. from Vermont Law School.