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1 Furthering adaptation coordination and planning for species and ecosystems in the transboundary Cascadia landscape, and assessing contribution of eDNA to monitoring priority species and climate indicators in two Cascadia watersheds.
The Cascadia Partner Forum fosters a network of natural resource practitioners working with the Great Northern and North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperatives to build the adaptive capacity of the landscape and species living within it. This project will begin a pilot effort to assess contribution of eDNA in the Upper Skagit in Washington and British Columbia and the Bridge watershed in British Columbia in the St’at’imc First Nations territory both watersheds would utilize eDNA sampling to detect the presence of bull trout (a priority species for the Cascadia Partner Forum) and select a second aquatic system species of current management importance with current or longer term climate implications to management questions.
Funding: $17,050
Project Manager: J. Watkins, Conservation Northwest on behalf of the Cascadia Partner Forum
Partners: Rocky Mountain Research Lab, St’at’imc First Nation
Geographic Area: British Columbia, Washington
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2 Developing resilience to natural and cultural dimensions of climate change: Tribal perspectives and applications
Building on currently available resources and on the prior climate adaptation experiences of our team, which includes tribal staff and a cultural anthropologist who is also an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, researchers will co-develop a guidebook for tribal adaptation. This guidebook will bring a tribal focus to adaptation planning and building resilience, in the context of existing tribal priorities, and will include traditional and local knowledge as well as western scientific resources and tools. Under the direction of an advisory group, the guidebook will be 'road-tested' with several tribes, two of which have already been identified, and then revised at least once before being released.
Funding: $50,000
Project Manager: Philip Mote, Oregon Climate Change Research Institute
Partners: Adaptation International, Quinault Indian Nation, Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
Geographic Area: Oregon, Washington
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3 The Available Science Assessment Project: Evaluating Adaptation Actions for Sea Level Rise and Coastal Change
Practitioners struggle with how to identify, prioritize, and implement climate adaptation actions that can effectively reduce vulnerability. These decisions may be more easily made and successfully implemented if they are informed by scientific evidence. EcoAdapt, the Institute for Natural Resources, and the Northwest Climate Science Center have partnered on the Available Science Assessment Project (ASAP) to synthesize and evaluate scientific knowledge on specific adaptation actions to determine the implementation conditions under which these actions may be most effective; they are examining the science behind sea level rise adaptation actions in the Northwest. They will convene managers and scientist at in-person workshops in Washington and Oregon to facilitate the exchange of information on actionable science, effective actions, and priorities for decision-making.
Funding: $20,000 NPLCC, $20,000 Northwest Climate Science Center
Project Manager: R. Gregg, EcoAdapt
Partners: Oregon State University, Northwest Climate Science Center, USGS Western Ecological Research Center
Geographic Area: Oregon, Washington
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4 Modeling the Effects of Climate Change on Fish-bearing Streams in Western Washington
The Jamestown S’Klallam and Port Gamble S’Klallam tribes, and many other tribes in the Pacific Northwest, rely on ESA listed fish species for subsistence as well as cultural and economic practices. PNPTC will employ well validated hydrological numerical modeling methodologies to project streamflow changes in five major fish-bearing streams and their tributaries in the Northwest Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. Results from this study will be made available to tribal leaders and natural resource managers for planning purposes and to assess potential freshwater habitat vulnerability under a variety of plausible climate scenarios.
Funding: $49,530 NPLCC ($32,000 BIA/ATNI, $17,530 USFWS)
Project Manager: R. Murphy, Point No Point Treaty Council
Partners: Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe
Geographic Area: Washington
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5 Understanding British Columbia First Nations Engagement in Climate Change
The BC Ministry of FLNRO will inventory and review all available climate change research, adaptation plans, vulnerability assessments and climate mitigation projects that have been initiated by First Nation communities throughout British Columbia, beginning with the Coast Area. The purpose is to build a better understanding and awareness of the climate change impacts and vulnerabilities identified by First Nation communities throughout the Province of British Columbia. This information will provide provincial natural resource managers with foundational information and data to support their conversations and engagement with First Nations in relation to climate change adaptation and mitigation planning.
Funding: $15,000
Project Manager: C. Tunnoch, BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
Geographic Area: British Columbia
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6 Southeast Alaska Climate Change Summit
Climate change impacts are unique in the Southeast Alaska region and include impacts such as heavy rains causing flooding, ocean acidification, warmer waters, snowfall variations, warm Springs followed by frost affecting wild berry production, invasive species, and toxins in the marine environment. These factors impact food security and culturally important resources. This project will provide a summit for Southeast Alaska tribal environmental coordinators and other stakeholders to support natural and cultural resource conservation in the face of climate change.
Funding: $33,430
Project Manager: D. Holen, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Partners: Central Council Tlingit Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, Sitka Tribe of Alaska
Geographic Area: Alaska
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7 Developing a Southeast Alaska community-based stream temperature monitoring network
This project will address the need to better understand the impact that climate change will have on our salmon subsistence resources in southeast Alaska. Working with federal and state agencies, as well as community-based organizations and tribal governments, this project will 1) build a network that supports local organizations in their efforts to collect stream temperature data, and 2) coordinate those efforts so that the data will inform and empower management agencies, researchers, and communities to adapt to changing conditions for fish in the freshwater stages of their lifecycles.
Funding: $49,390
Project Manager: Scott Harris, Science Director, Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition
Partners: Southeast Alaska Fish Habitat Partnership, Sitka Tribe of Alaska, Chilkat Indian Village, Chilkoot Indian Association
Geographic Area: Alaska
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