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.

What can the Pacific Northwest Oyster Aquaculture Industry do about Ocean Acidification?

Type

Literature

Publication

Vasan, Thamanna, and David M. Kling. “What Can the Pacific Northwest Oyster Aquaculture Industry Do about Ocean Acidification?” Agriculture and Climate Change Research in the Pacific Northwest, Agriculture Climate Network, 25 Apr. 2019, https://www.agclimate.net/2019/04/25/what-can-the-pacific-northwest-oyster-aquaculture-industry-do-about-ocean-acidification/.

Year Published

2019

Organization

Agriculture Climate Network

Description

Over the past decade the oyster industry in the Northwest has taken a hit. Due to rapidly changing ocean conditions, a growing process that once ran like clockwork has been experiencing major glitches, and public enemy number one is ocean acidification.

Geography

Pacific Northwest Coast

Website

https://www.agclimate.net/2019/04/25/what-can-the-pacific-northwest-oyster-aqua…

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.