Shoalwater Bay Tribe Tribal Hazard Mitigation Plan

Type

Tribal Adaptation Plans

Year Published

2019, 2014

Organization

Shoalwater Bay

Description

The Disaster Mitigation Act (DMA; Public Law 106-390) is the latest federal legislation enacted to encourage and promote proactive, pre-disaster planning as a condition of receiving financial assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Act. The DMA emphasizes planning for disasters before they occur. Under the DMA, a pre-disaster hazard mitigation program and new requirements for the national post-disaster hazard mitigation grant program were established.

Geography

Washington

Website

https://www.shoalwaterbay-nsn.gov/tribal-operations/emergency-management/

Contact Information

Project Manager:Lee Shipman
Emergency Management Director
Shoalwater Bay Tribe
PO Box 130
Tokeland, WA 98590
(360) 267-8120
lshipman@shoalwaterbay-nsn.gov

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.