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.

Publications

Tribal leaders, scholars and others working with tribes on climate change issues are increasingly engaged in bringing tribal voices to academic literature, agency climate reports, and other publications to demonstrate the impacts of climate change on indigenous communities in the United States, and the measures tribes across the country are taking to address climate change. Abstracts and materials provided by the publications are included in the descriptions.

Publication	Geography	Website
Categories: EPA, superfund sites, data, tribal property, hazardous substances	National	Link
Categories: habitat connectivity, management, climate change impacts, adaptation, ecological connectivity, conservation, data	Northwest	Link
Categories: Tribal health, TEK, climate change, adaptation, mitigation	National	Link
Categories: Public Health, Tribal Health, climate change, adaptation, planning, capacity building	National	Link
Categories: assessment, vulnerability, index, ecosystems, data, conservation	Western United States	Link
Categories: adaptation, planning, resource, climate change	National, Northwest	Link
Categories: Tribal Health, community health, cultural practices, infrastructure	Montana	Link
Categories: Tribal Health, community health, climate change, disease, food security	National	Link
Categories: Public Health, Climate Change, assessment	National	Link
Categories: research, publications, climate change adaptation, ecology, environment, wildlife, natural resource management, monitoring, analysis	National	Link
Categories: green building, tribal homes, green infrastructure, energy efficiency, renewable energy, resilience, planning	National	Link
Categories: Public Health, climate change, greenhouse gas emissions	International	Link
Categories: Public Health, climate change, adaptation, planning, mitigation	National	Link
Categories: Swinomish, Video, youtube	Pacific Northwest	Link
Categories: drought, wildfire, forest management, disaster preparedness, climate change, adaptation	National	Link
Categories: Public Health, climate change, adaptation, planning, mitigation, integration	National	Link
Categories: Public Health, preparedness, climate change, planning, adaptation, community health	National	Link
Categories: climate science, climate change, tools, national, youth	National, United States	Link
America's Most Endangered Rivers. 2016. Categories: Rivers, Environmental Degradation, Environmental Assessment	National	Link
Carmen D. Massey, Josie V. Vayro & Courtney W. Mason (2021) Conservation Values and Actor Networks that Shape the Adams River Salmon Run in Tsútswecw Provincial Park, British Columbia, Society & Natural Resources, 34:9, 1174-1193, DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2021.1946225 Categories: Conservation; Salmon Populaiton Decline; Salmon Run; Sustainability	Canada, British Columbia	Link
Categories: community-engagement, students, faculty, issues, organizing, handbook	National	Link
Categories: collaboration, community, capacity, resource management, national forest lands	Pacific Northwest	Link
Barnard, P.L., Hoover, D., Hubbard, D.M., Snyder, A., Ludka, B.C., Allan, J., Kaminsky, G.M., Ruggiero, P., Gallien, T.W., Gabel, L. and McCandless, D. In press. Extreme oceanographic forcing and coastal response due to the 2015–2016 El Niño. Nature Communications, 8. DOI:10.1038/ncomms14365 Categories: climate change, hurricane, adaptation, mitigation, coastal, erosion, natural disaster, hazard	Pacific Northwest Coast	Link
Categories: tribal profiles, Office of Indian Energy, solar power, renewable energy	California	Link

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.