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.

AT THE EDGE OF THE WIDE WATER: SOUTHEAST ALASKA CLIMATE AND PACIFIC OCEAN VARIABILITY

Type

Literature

Publication

Thoman, Rick. 2016. At the Edge of the Wide Water: Southeast Alaska climate and Pacific Ocean variability. National Weather Service, Alaska region, Anchorage, Alaska.

Year Published

2016

Organization

National Weather Service, Alaska Region

Description

Southeast Alaska's climate patterns are strongly influenced by happenings in the wider Pacific basin. Detailed records of rates of snowfall, precipitation, temperature, and oscillation reveal direct correlations between tropical hurricane weather systems and changes in Southeast Alaska's winter climate variabilities, especially in winter weather trends.

Geography

Alaska

Website

http://www.seakfhp.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/3-SE_Climate_Thoman_2016.pdf

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.