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.

Effectiveness of the Federal-Tribal Relationship

Type

Literature

Publication

USDA, USFS

Year Published

2006

Description

This report summarizes the results of a monitoring program designed to evaluate the effects of the implementation of the Northwest Forest Plan implementation on federal-tribal relationships. A total of 76 federally recognized tribes consult with land managers in the Plan area about resources, places of interest, and the quality of the federal-tribal relationship. The views of 15 Plan-area tribes are presented as well as the results of a Plan Review held in 2003 and a Tribal Forum held in 2005. Key topics addressed by tribal monitoring are the conditions and trends of resources protected by treaty or of interest to American Indian tribes, and access to those resources; the condition of and access to sites of religious and cultural heritage; and the quality of the government-to-government relationship. A 14-question interview was used during formal, face- to-face consultations between tribal government representatives and federal agency officials to collect monitoring information.

Geography

Northwest

Website

https://www.fs.usda.gov/r6/reo/monitoring/tribal.php

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.