- Author
- Yakama Nation and Cascadia Consulting Group
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Region
- Eastern Cascades
- Habitat
- Mixed Oak & Conifer, Woodland & Savanna
- Topic
- Climate Change, ITEK-Informed Management, Restoration & Management
The Yakama Nation set into motion a process to conduct a climate change vulnerability assessment and develop an action plan. Tribal staff and members have worked to better understand the projected climate change impacts that could affect the reservation, evaluate the existing and emerging challenges to natural and community resources in light of those impacts, and identify practical actions that could be taken to increase our resilience. The goal of this Yakama Nation Climate Action Plan is to honor, protect, enhance, and restore all human and natural resources that support historical, cultural, spiritual, and economic practices of the tribes. We will emphasize strategies that promote healthy communities, ecologies, and river systems to achieve this goal. We will protect tribal sovereignty and treaty rights and reclaim the precious resources and the environment on which they depend for our future generations.