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 Year Sort ascending Geography Website
Native Americans Adapting to Changes in What-Grows-Where. YCC. 2016. 2016 National Link
Rising sea levels are forcing an indigenous tribe from home and could be an example of the future.

Categories: Biloxi, Choctaw, Florida, Native land, climate change, sea level, sea rise, island

2016 Southeast, Bayou, Florida Link
Chief, K., Meadow, A. and Whyte, K., 2016. Engaging Southwestern Tribes in Sustainable Water Resources Topics and Management. Water, 8(8), p.350.

Categories: water resources, management, climate change, mitigation, adaptation, water rights, mining claims

2016 Nationa, Southwest Link
James H. Thorne, Ryan M. Boynton, Andrew J. Holguin, Joseph A.E. Stewart and Jacquelyn Bjorkman. 2016. A Climate Change Vulnerabillity Assessment of California's Terrestrial Vegetation. Information Center for the Environment: UC Davis. Report Prepared for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Categories: Assessment, Vegetation, Climate Impacts, Climate Modeling, California

2016 California, Northwest, Southwest, West Link
Rhoades, Hannibal. World Conservation Congress Approves Historic Measure To Protect Indigenous Sacred Lands. IC Magazine. 2016.

Categories: native rights, tribal conservation, protection, sovereignty, invasive

2016 United States, International Link
Kornfeld, Itzchak E., 2016. The Impact of Climate Change on American and Canadian Indigenous Peoples and Their Water Resources: A Climate Justice Perspective (August 31, 2016). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2832879

Categories: climate change, Canada, social justice, climate justice, adaptation, mitigation, planning, policy

2016 Canada, United States Link
Stephen B. Weisberg, Nina Bednaršek, Richard A. Feely, Francis Chan, Alexandria B. Boehm, Martha Sutula, Jennifer L. Ruesink, Burke Hales, John L. Largier, Jan A. Newton. 2016. Water quality criteria for an acidifying ocean: Challenges and opportunities for improvement. Ocean & Coastal Management. vol. 126 p. 31-41. doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2016.03.010

Categories: Ocean Acidification, Hypoxia, Climate Impacts, Climate Monitoring

2016 West, Coastal Link
Craig P. Paukert, Abigail J. Lynch, James E. Whitney. Effects of Climate Change on North American Inland Fishes: Introduction to the Special Issue. DOI. 2016.

Categories: fisheries, climate change, fish management, water management

2016 National Link
Sequim Gazette. 2016. Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe builds logjams for salmon habitat.

Categories: salmon, migration, habitat, restoration, climate change, spawning, fishing, cultural resources

2016 Washington, Pacific Northwest Link
Abbey Kessler. 2016. Western tribes struggle to adapt as reservoirs shrivel. Greenwire: E&E News.

Categories: Drought, Climate Adaptation, Disaster

2016 West, National Link
Photo Diary: A Week in Rural Alaska Where Climate Change Is Threatening a Village, Its School and Way of Life. The 74 Magazine. 2016.

Categories: climate change, relocation, erosion, infrastructure, school

2016 Alaska, Arctic, Bering Sea Link
Matt Richtel and Fernanda Santosapril. 2016. Wildfires, Once Confined to a Season, Burn Earlier and Longer. New York Times.

Categories: Wildfire, Climate Change

2016 National Link
AMS. 2016. State of the Climate in 2015.

Categories: climate science, climate change, climate assessment, monitoring

2016 National, Global, International Link
Flaccus, Gillian. Tribe trucks totem pole 7,700 km across U.S. and Canada in fossil fuels protest. National Post. 2016.

Categories: cliamte change, demonstration, protest, solidarity, social justice, native networks

2016 Washington state, National Link
National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. 2016. A Review of the Landscape Conservation Coopeartives. Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press.

Categories: Review, Landscape Conservation Cooperatives

2016 National Link
M. D. Flannigan, B. M. Wotton, G. A. Marshall, W. J. de Groot, J. Johnston, N. Jurko, A. S. Cantin. 2016. Fuel moisture sensitivity to temperature and precipitation: climate change implications. Climate Change, Volume 134, Issue 1, pp 59-71. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-015-1521-0

Categories: Climate impacts, Wildfire

2016 International (Canada) Link
Banegas, D. 2016. Between Two Worlds: Frank Lake heals the land using modern science and traditional ecological knowledge. USGS.

Categories: climate change, wildfire, tek, traditional ecological knowledge, management, technical knowledge, Indigenous climate science, cultural resources, human health

2016 Northern California, Pacific Northwest, Western United States Link
Consortium, NWFire Science. 2016. NWFSC Research Brief #9: Wildfire impacts on spring Chinook Salmon: Habitat quality in the Wenatchee River sub-basin. Northwest Fire Science Consortium Research Briefs.

Categories: Wenatchee River, wildfire, stream habitat, water quality, salmonid, population, Chinook, salmon, fire science

2016 Washington state Link
Stein, Jill Dr. Standing Rock Sioux on the front lines of the climate emergency. Capitol Hill Publishing Corp. 2016.

Categories: climate change, corporations, fossil fuel extraction, emissions, protest,

2016 North Dakota, United States Link
2015-2016: A YEAR IN 15 STORIES. Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium. 2016.

Categories: climate change, climate science, assessment, community outreach, summary, report, application, policy

2016 United States Link
Blumm, M.C., 2016. Indian Treaty Fishing Rights and the Environment: Affirming the Right to Habitat Protection and Restoration. 92 Washington Law Review 1.

Categories: climate change, environmental protection, fisheries, settler colonialism, habitat restoration, human health, community action, social justice, youth justice, policy

2016 United States, Pacific Northwest, Washington state, Oregon, California Link
J.E. Halofsky and D L. Peterson. 2016. Climate Change Vulnerabilities and Adaptation Options for Forest Vegetation Management in the Northwestern USA. Atmosphere, 7(3), 46; doi:10.3390/atmos7030046

Categories: Forest Ecology, Climate Vulnerability Assessment, National Park and Forest Management

2016 Northwest Link
Press, T. A. (2016, July 10). Columbia River fishing plan could alter limits for salmon, steelhead. Retrieved July 26, 2016, from http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2016/07/columbia_river_fishing_plan_co.html

Categories: salmon, fisheries, marine health, steelhead, Tribal governments, Pacific Northwest Tribes

2016 Pacific Northwest, Washington, Oregon, National Link
Swanson, M, Trainor, F. 2016. Current Coastal Change Research/Management Projects and Priority Information Needs in from Cook Inlet through Southeastern Alaska

Categories: climate change, coastal, erosion, marine, management, resource,

2016 National, Coastal Link
Dolan, Maura. Species may be listed as threatened based on climate change projections, court says . LA Times. 2016.

Categories: arctic, climate change, oil, vulnerability assessment, endagered

2016 Arctic, Alaska Link
Seidl, R., Spies, T. A., Peterson, D. L., Stephens, S. L., Hicke, J. A. (2016), REVIEW: Searching for resilience: addressing the impacts of changing disturbance regimes on forest ecosystem services. Journal of Applied Ecology, 53: 120–129. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12511

Categories: Forest Ecosystem Services, Forest Disturbance Management, Ecosystem Resilience

2016 National Link
n.a. 2016. Climate and Health Fact Sheets. North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies. EPA

Categories: climate change, human health, environmental health, air quality, wildfire risk, water quality, environmental justice, indigenous, disability, pregnancy,

2016 National Link
Brose, Dominic (rapporteur), Committee on the Practice of Sustainability Science; Science and Technology for Sustainability Program; Policy and Global Affairs; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Integrating Landscape Approaches and Multi-Resource Analysis into Natural Resource Management: SUMMARY OF A WORKSHOP.

Categories: Natural Resource Management, Landscape-scale Analysis

2016 National Link
Arctic indigenous leaders from Alaska, Russia, and Canada to make historic London address on impacts of Arctic Ocean shipping. The Arctic Journal. 2016.

Categories: arctic, climate change, fossil fuels, policy, negotiation

2016 Arctic, Alaska, Russia, Siberia, Canada Link
United States, Congress, Federal Highway Administration. “Climate Change and Environmental Justice: Considerations for Transportation Decision-Making.” Climate Change and Environmental Justice: Considerations for Transportation Decision-Making, 2016.

Categories: highways, transportation, climate change, climate change impacts, environmental justice, equity

2016 National Link