The Pacific Northwest Tribal Climate Change Network was established in 2009 to provide guidance and assist with outreach in the development of two climate change events. This group continues meet via conference call every 6-8 weeks and is called the Pacific Northwest Tribal Climate Change Network. This network has provided regular input into ongoing activities such as the development of the tribal climate change legal briefing and project profiles, and the identification of research needs pertaining to tribes and climate change. Organizations in the Network have cited a critical need for coordination and collaboration between agencies and organizations to meet the needs tribes have in accessing climate change resources and information. Project researchers are also coordinating with the Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station and the Forest Service Northern Research Station as part of the agency’s 2010 Coordinated Approach to Tribal Climate Change Research project. For more information about the Network, please email kathy@uoregon.edu.
UPCOMING TRIBAL CLIMATE CHANGE EVENTS
- EPA Region 10 Tribal Leaders Summit. April 30 – May 4, 2012. Hosted by the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon. On April 30 and May 1, agency and tribal leaders are invited to discuss the topic “Balancing Traditional Knowledge and Western Science.” On May 1 through May 4, tribal and federal environmental staff are invited to join the Summit in order to learn and share information through technical sessions. For more information, visit: http://www.grandronde.org/tls/.
- University of Oregon Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change Conference. May 23-24, 2012 — University of Oregon — Many Nations Longhouse and Erb Memorial Union. http://uoclimateconference.wordpress.com. There will also be a meeting of the Pacific Northwest Tribal Climate Change Network Meeting in coordination with the conference on May 23, 2012 from 3:30 – to 5:30 pm — Many Nations Longhouse. Email kathy@uoregon.edu for more information.
- First Stewards: Coastal Peoples Address Climate Change. July 17-20, 2012 in Washington, D.C at the National Museum of the American Indian. The symposium will be hosted by the four Coastal Treaty Tribes (Hoh, Makah, Quileute, and Quinault) in conjunction with the US Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian and the Nature Conservancy. The symposium will bring together four regional panels; one each for the West Coast states; Alaska; the U.S. Pacific states and territories; and the Great Lakes, Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, and Gulf of Mexico states. Download the brochure: FirstStewards_Brochure and the Introduction Letter: First_Stewards_Intro or visit the website at: http://firststewards.org/.
2012 Schedule of Conference Calls: All calls are held from 10:00 am - 11:30 am Pacific
- May 23, 2012
- June 27, 2012
- July 25, 2012
- August 22, 2012
- September 26, 2012
- October 24, 2012
- November 28, 2012
PAST PNW TRIBAL CLIMATE CHANGE MEETING NOTES
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Pacific Northwest Tribal Climate Change Network – Participating Organizations
- For more information on the Tribal Climate Change Network, email kathy@uoregon.edu
Intertribal Timber Council – http://www.itcnet.org/
Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission – http://nwifc.org/
Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission – http://www.critfc.org/
Institute for Tribal Government at Portland State University – http://www.tribalgov.pdx.edu/
Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians – http://www.atnitribes.org/
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs – http://www.warmsprings.com/
Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission – http://nwifc.org/
Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission – http://www.critfc.org/
Institute for Tribal Government at Portland State University – http://www.tribalgov.pdx.edu/
Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians – http://www.atnitribes.org/
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs – http://www.warmsprings.com/
Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community – http://www.grandronde.org/
Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians - http://www.ctclusi.org/
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians – http://ctsi.nsn.us/
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian ReservationCoquille Indian Tribe - http://www.coquilletribe.org/
Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians – http://www.cowcreek.com/
Craig Tribal Association – http://www.craigtribe.org/
Karuk Tribe – http://www.karuk.us
Klamath Tribes – http://www.klamathtribes.org/
Nez Perce Tribe – http://www.nezperce.org/
Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe - http://www.pgst.nsn.us/
Quinault Indian Nation – http://www.quinaultindiannation.com/
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community – http://www.swinomish-nsn.gov/
Craig Tribal Association - http://www.craigtribe.org/
Cowlitz Tribe - http://www.cowlitz.org/
Burns Paiute Tribe - http://www.burnspaiute-nsn.gov/
Jamestown S’klallam Tribe - http://www.jamestowntribe.org/
Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe - http://www.plpt.nsn.us/
Nooksack Indian Tribe - http://nooksackindiantribe.org/
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians - http://www.santaynezchumash.org/
Squaxin Island Tribe - http://www.squaxinisland.org/
Suquamish Tribe - http://www.suquamish.nsn.us/
Upper Snake River Tribes Foundation - http://www.uppersnakerivertribes.org/
American Indian and Alaska Native Climate Change Working Group – http://aianclimatechange.com/
Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals – http://www4.nau.edu/itep/
Native American Environmental Protection Coalition – http://naepc.com/
National Congress of American Indians - http://www.ncai.org/
Northwest Indian Applied Research Institute, Evergreen State College - http://nwindian.evergreen.edu/
Northwest Indian College – http://www.nwic.edu/
Oregon Climate Change Research Institute - http://occri.net/
Tribal Transportation Training & Technical Assistance, Eastern Washington University – www.ewu.edu/NWTTAP
Native Communities and Climate Change, University of Colorado Law School – http://www.tribesandclimatechange.org
EcoAdapt – http://ecoadapt.org/
Bureau of Indian Affairs - http://www.bia.gov/
Climate Impacts Group at the University of Washington – http://cses.washington.edu/cig/
Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 Tribal Air Quality Program – http://yosemite.epa.gov/R10/tribal.nsf/programs/tribalair
National Wildlife Federation - http://www.nwf.org/
Northwest Climate Science Center - http://pnwclimate.org/department-of-the-interior-climate-science-center
North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative - http://www.fws.gov/pacific/Climatechange/nplcc/
Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative - http://greatnorthernlcc.org/
Sustainable Northwest - http://www.sustainablenorthwest.org/
University of Oregon Environmental Studies Program - http://envs.uoregon.edu/
University of Oregon Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program - http://enr.uoregon.edu
University of Oregon Environmental Studies Program - http://envs.uoregon.edu/
University of Oregon Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program - http://enr.uoregon.edu
United States Geological Survey - http://www.usgs.gov/
USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station - http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/
USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station - http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/
USDA Forest Service Region 6 – Tribal Relations Office
USDA Forest Service Region 6 – Tribal Relations Office