Coastal tribes are already seeing changes to the natural resources they rely on due to climate change. It will be critical to bring their millennia of knowledge together with western science to help indigenous people to adapt.
Coastal tribes are already seeing changes to the natural resources they rely on due to climate change. It will be critical to bring their millennia of knowledge together with western science to help indigenous people adapt.The inaugural First Stewards symposium, to be held July 17-20 in Washington, D.C. is a national event that examines the impact of climate change on indigenous coastal cultures and explores solutions based on millennia of traditional ecological knowledge.
Hundreds of native leaders, witnesses and climate scientists will join policy-makers and non-government organizations for groundbreaking dialogue in what is planned to be an annual meeting at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian.
The Hoh, Makah and Quileute tribes and the Quinault Indian Nation created the symposium because indigenous coastal people are among the most affected by climate change. (more…)
Researchers from the Canadian Department of Oceans and Fisheries and other institutions are finding genetic markers in Fraser River salmon that predict their success in surviving warming water temperatures, as…
In this photo that shows historical pictures of the Anderson Glacier courtesy of the University of Washington, and Larry Workman's modern picture of the same location, the demise of the glacier is clear.
In this photo that shows historical pictures of the Anderson Glacier courtesy of the University of Washington, and Larry Workman's modern picture of the same location, the demise of the glacier is clear.Glaciers that feed the Queets and Quinault Rivers are just fractions of the size they were a few decades ago. As they recede, they threaten salmon stocks important to the Quinault Indian Nation.
“These glaciers once provided large amounts of cold water, year-round, that maintained higher summer flows, “ said Tyler Jurasin, QIN operations section manager. Lower flows mean less habitat for spring/summer chinook runs in the Queets and Quinault rivers on the Olympic Peninsula, which already face many other threats to their survival.
“In addition to lower summertime flows, we are dealing with a lot of sediment released by the retreat of the Humes and Anderson glaciers,” said Jurasin. (more…)
LA CONNER -- Swinomish Tribe Water Resources Department staffers have been recognized as "Protectors of Mother Earth" for making a simple change at the annual community clam bake. Instead of…
Mike Mahovlich of the Muckleshoot Tribe was on KUOW's Weekday (second hour) this morning talking about global warming, salmon and specific issues dealing with the warming of Lake Washington and…
