Tribal Climate Change Guide

The Tribal Climate Change Guide is part of the Pacific Northwest Tribal Climate Change Project (TCCP). The TCCP is part of the L.I.G.H.T. Foundation (LF), is an independent, Indigenous-led, conservation 501(c)(3) nonprofit established on the Colville Indian Reservation in the traditional territory of the Nespelem Tribe in present-day north central Washington State. LF supports the restoration and cultivation of native Plant and Pollinator Relatives and the culturally respectful conservation of habitats and ecosystems which are climate resilient and adaptive. For more information about LF, visit: https://thepnwlf.org/. For more information about the Tribal Climate Change Project, visit: https://tribalclimate.uoregon.edu/. If you would like to add information to this guide, please email kathy.lynn.or@gmail.com.

Tribes Use Western and Indigenous Science to Prepare for Climate Change

Type

Literature

Publication

Hakai Magazine

Year Published

2019

Organization

University of Washington

Description

Northwestern tribes and the University of Washington climate group have joined forces to help protect salmon, roots, trees, and other important resources. Historically, snow from the Cascade and Blue mountains would melt slowly over months, releasing a flow of cold water that sustained salmon and other wildlife in the Columbia River. Today, there’s less snow, and the spring thaw is hitting earlier. Three years ago, those changes—exacerbated by drought and hydropower dams—culminated in a catastrophe on the Columbia’s largest tributary, the Snake River: the water temperature reached lethal levels, and just one percent of the sockeye salmon survived to spawn.

Geography

Northwest

Website

https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/tribes-use-western-and-indigenous-science-to…

The Tribal Climate Change Guide is supported through partnerships between the University of Oregon Environmental Studies Program and the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals and the Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 Tribal Program.
Questions about this Guide should be directed to kathy@uoregon.edu.