Final Report: Supporting Tribal Climate Adaptation in the Northern Rockies and Northern Plains Region
Dates
Due
2020-07-16 00:00:00
Acquisition Date
2020-05-28 15:50:00
Citation
McNeeley, S. and Durglo, M. L. Jr., 2020, Final Report: Supporting Tribal Climate Adaptation in the Northern Rockies and Northern Plains Region.
Summary
We conducted a workshop for tribes in the north central region who are in some stage of climate adaptation planning or implementation. This was a partnership between Colorado State University, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, and ITEP (Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals) Climate Change Program. We built upon ITEPs climate adaptation training and tailored it to the specific needs of tribes in the region. We originally planned to develop the next iteration (“2.0”) of ITEP training to help tribes who need support with their plans and implementing their plans. However, upon surveying the tribes in the region, we quickly learned that there was a wide range of development along a spectrum from tribes who did not [...]
Summary
We conducted a workshop for tribes in the north central region who are in some stage of climate adaptation planning or implementation. This was a partnership between Colorado State University, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, and ITEP (Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals) Climate Change Program. We built upon ITEPs climate adaptation training and tailored it to the specific needs of tribes in the region. We originally planned to develop the next iteration (“2.0”) of ITEP training to help tribes who need support with their plans and implementing their plans. However, upon surveying the tribes in the region, we quickly learned that there was a wide range of development along a spectrum from tribes who did not even know where to start all the way to tribes who were far into their climate adaptation and/or implementation programs. We had a core planning team of experts who developed the training materials and planned and conducted the workshop. We invited tribal professionals from the EPA Region 8 Regional Tribal Operations Committee (RTOC) 2 with whom the PIs have experience working on climate issues. The workshop was held in Pickstown, South Dakota at the Fort Randall Casino on the Yankton Sioux Reservation. We had 30 or so participants throughout the workshop. Workshop participants reported that they got a lot of useful and usable information to take home and use for their respective tribes’ climate change programs.
