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T he Nimipuu A Clima te Cha ng e Sto ry Ste fa nie K ra ntz Clima te Cha ng e Co o rdina to r ste fa nie k@ ne zpe rc e .o rg Na tio na l Ada pta tio n F o rum, April 23, Sympo sium: Co nduc ting a T rib a l/ I ndig e no us
Ste fa nie K ra ntz – Clima te Cha ng e Co o rdina to r ste fa nie k@ ne zpe rc e .o rg
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rib a l/ I ndig e no us Clima te Cha ng e Vulne ra b ility Asse ssme nt a nd De ve lo ping a T rib a l Ada pta tio n Pla n
rib a l L e a de rship, Sta ff, a nd Co mmunity
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Camus along Clearwater River in Northern Idaho Source: Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Mid 1990s;
(350 ppm CO2):
Tribe developed a carbon offset project and completed it by 2010 2005 to present (380 ppm) NPT Fisheries working on project to end diversion of water from Reservation Creeks to cool water and protect critical habitat for salmonids. Clearwater Subbasin Adaptation Plan for Forestry and Water
Ancestors survived ice age and ice age floods
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Mid 1990s;
(350 ppm CO2):
Tribe developed a carbon offset project and completed it by 2010 2005 to present (380 ppm) NPT Fisheries working on project to end diversion of water from Reservation Creeks to cool water and protect critical habitat for salmonids. Clearwater Subbasin Adaptation Plan for Forestry and Water 2015 Drought and Fish Kill: NPTEC asks DFRM and DNR to do something 2016: DFRM and DNR Climate Change Retreat, Climate Task Force Formed, RPI Funding Acquired Dec 2016: Climate Change Coordinator Hired June 2017: Climate Change Interns Hired 2017: Short-Term Climate Mitigation Measures Passed
VA in review, Toolkit in testing, & Climate Smart Ag & CAP Project Ongoing, Climate Smart Workshops Planned 2017 & 2018: Climate Program received additional funding to do VA and CAP , Surveys, Toolkit, Workshop, & CSA Projects
Community Based Process
ITEP Training Ancestors survived ice age and ice age floods
“All I know is that we are greatly impacted as a tribal
but if we do not in some way preserve this land for our future, what will we have to pass on?” “Climate change could literally change our entire way of being and doing. This is alarming.” “These changes have impacted my family personally for years
we hunt. We have experienced less and dry roots and berries because of extreme temperatures and lack of snow pack. The snow run off is going faster than ever so the river gets low fast which prevents us from certain fishing. Invasive species are starting to cover sections of land that used to be covered by native plants and species.”
86% 7% 3% 1% 0% 2% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% It already is 5-10 years from now 10-25 years from now 25-20 years from now 50-100 years from now Never
WHEN DO YOU THINK CLIMATE CHANGE WILL START HARMING TREATY-RESERVED RESOURCES ON AND OFF-RESERVATION?
2% 10% 88% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Not important Somewhat important Very important
HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR THE NEZ PERCE TRIBE TO FOCUS ON ADAPTING TO THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE?
The changing timing
and movements, health, and abundance
native plants have had dramatic spiritual, practical, and economic impacts
The Seasonal Round is an integral part of Nez Perce Culture
The changing timing
and movements, health, and abundance
native plants have had dramatic spiritual, practical, and economic impacts
The Seasonal Round is an integral part of Nez Perce Culture Wildfire Impacts: Hunting and gathering, Public health, Infrastructure, and economic Salmonids and Fishing:
migratory fish impacted
that subsistence fishing has been severely impacted.
Roots like Camas:
Size, quality, and abundance has changed. The hydrology of forests is changing, and wetland plants like camas are affected. Berries: Distribution, timing, and quality is changing
Gathering Impacts:
foods has changed
shortened
impacted Hunting Impacts: emerging diseases, tick and other pest outbreaks, changing migration patterns, and droughts followed by winters with heavy snows.
http://www.gretarybus.com/climate-change-in-idaho/ “Our culture, our language, and our knowledge is like a manual of this land. This land is not ours. Our culture is not ours, because the ways we follow are dictated by this Earth, by this land. Our people, our law, and this land are the same. It’s a hard concept to try to explain to outside people. I think other indigenous people in other places understand that. So when we see these drastic changes that are happening in the plants, in the animals, in the water and the fish especially; those are things felt deeply by communities that are still trying to maintain our connections to the earth.” — Nakia Williamson-Cloud - Ethnographer, Cultural Resource Program Director for the Nez Perce Tribe
http://www.gretarybus.com/climate-change-in-idaho/
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t is impo ssib le to ha ve a truly c o mpre he nsive a da pta tio n pla n witho ut a g o o d vulne ra b ility a sse ssme nt
t is e xtre me ly impo rta nt to ha ve a de q ua te funding to spe nd e no ug h time to do a c o mmunity b a se d pla n
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he Unive rsity o f I da ho , Wa shing to n Sta te Unive rsity, a nd L e wis Cla rk Sta te Co lle g e a re lo c a te d ne a rb y a nd ha ve e xc e lle nt c lima te sc ie nc e
“I really believe when you’re working in the area
you’re a Warrior.”