CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENTIFIC RESOURCES

These pages are designed to help our member tribal leaders and staff find information about how climate change may affect their tribe's natural resources during the 21st century. Scientific research and data are listed here that project the effects of climate change in the Columbia Basin, including overviews of the issue and its effects, projected impacts to hydrology, salmon and other fish and wildlife, and tools and recommendations to assist with climate change adaptation. The threat of climate change is significant to the water, land, and native species of the Columbia Basin. The members of the Columbia Basin Indian Tribes are uniquely vulnerable to these effects because they are intimately tied to their traditional hunting and fishing grounds to gather their "first foods", which have immense importance to their economic, cultural, and spiritual well being.

Overview on Climate Change and the Pacific Northwest University of Washington – Climate Impacts Group. 2007. About Pacific Northwest Climate Mote, P.W., E.A. Parson, A.F. Hamlet, W.S. Keeton, D. Lettenmaier, N. Mantua, E.L. Miles, D.W. Peterson, D.L. Peterson, R. Slaughter, and A.K. Snover. 2003. Preparing for climate change: The water, salmon, and forests of the Pacific Northwest. Climatic Change 61: 45-88 Effects on Hydrology Presentations from the Columbia River Forecast Group Workshop (March 2009) Hydrologic Climate Change Scenarios for the Pacific Northwest Columbia River Basin and Coastal Drainages The University of Washington Climate Impacts Group (UW CIG) worked with several prominent water management agencies in the Pacific Northwest to develop hydrologic climate change scenarios for approximately 300 streamflow locations in the Columbia River basin and selected coastal drainages west of the Cascades. The scenarios, provided to the public for free via the UW CIG website, allow planners to consider how hydrologic changes may affect water resources management objectives and ecosystems. Click on your tribe to access hydrologic climate change scenario data for specific watersheds in your area. Nez Perce Umatilla Warm Springs Yakama Effects on Salmon and other Fish and Wildlife Independent Scientific Advisory Board. 2007. Climate Change Impacts on Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife. Prepared for the Northwest Power and Conservation Council. Rieman, et al. 2011. Anticipated Climate Warming Effects on Bull Trout Habitats and Populations Across the Interior Columbia River Basin. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. Battin, J., et al. 2007. Projected impacts of climate change on salmon habitat restoration. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104, Num 16 Ficke, A. D., C. A. Myrick, and L. J. Hansen. 2005. Potential impacts of global climate change on freshwater fisheries Department of Fishery & Wildlife Biology, Colorado State University. JD Meisner, JS Rosenfeld, HA Regier. 1988. The Role of Groundwater in the Impact of Climate Warming on Stream Salmonines. Fisheries Vol 13, No. 3 Waples, R.S., et al. 2007. Evolutionary responses by native species to major anthropogenic changes to their ecosystems: Pacific salmon in the Columbia River hydropower system. Molecular Ecology Vol 17 Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council. 2007. Helping Pacific Salmon Survive the Impacts of Climate Change on Freshwater Habitats L. G. Crozier, et al. 2008. Potential responses to climate change in organisms with complex life histories: evolution and plasticity in Pacific salmon. Evolutionary Applications Vol 1, No. 2 D.E. Schindler, et al. 2008. Climate Change, Ecosystem Impacts, and Management for Pacific Salmon Fisheries Vol. 33, Issue 10 Adaptation Strategies for Tribes University of Oregon - Tribal Climate Change Project Center for Science in the Earth System, University of Washington Climate Impacts Group. 2007. Preparing for Climate Change: A Guidebook for Local, Regional, and State Governments. Northwest Indian Applied Research Institute, The Evergreen State College. 2006. Climate Change and Pacific Rim Indigenous Nations To obtain a full copy of any of the articles listed above or other research articles, please contact the StreamNet Library at CRITFC at (503) 238-0667 or email at 'Fishlib 'at' critfc.org'. Questions about this page or have suggestions for other resources that could be added? Please contact us (email 'grad 'at' critfc.org')
Culture of Place Tribal culture is at its most fundamental a culture of place. The plants, animals, indeed the very land itself defined the tribal inhabitants living on it. It shaped their languages, diets, societies, and religions. They viewed themselves as a part of the interconnectedness of nature, and strove to live by that understanding. Despite modern society’s beliefs and actions to the contrary, everything is still very much interconnected. Today the planet is faced with the grim results of forgetting this simple truth, and only through cooperation, openness, and sharing do we have any chance at finding a solution.
CRITFC Climate Change Strategies The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission and its member tribes are aggressively addressing climate change and its effects on tribal fisheries and water resources, as well as other natural and cultural resources. There is an important need for the tribes to prepare for, mitigate and adapt natural resource programs and policies to manage the effects of climate change. CRITFC is supporting these efforts through collaboration, coordination and development of science and technology (i.e. conducting technical research on climate change impacts on tribal lands), and development and coordination of tribal mitigation and adaptation strategies and actions in state, federal and other venues. For more information contact Laura Gephart at (503) 238-0667 or at (email 'grad 'at' critfc.org')
Workshop Proceedings Proceedings of the "Developing a Northwest Tribal Climate Change Strategy" workshop, Dec. 10, 2008 Select published climate change work by CRITFC staff A GIS Analysis of Climate Change and Snowpack on Columbia Basin Tribal Lands, by David Graves (804 KB) Tribal Salmon Restoration and Climate Change in the Pacific Northwest by Laura Gephart (928 KB) Both articles are in the September 2009 issue of Ecological Restoration (Vol. 27, Number 3). Columbia River Forecast Group This group is an outgrowth of FCRPS BiOp remand process and tribal-action agency MOAs. Its formation reinstated and expanded the Columbia River water management group function: to provide a forum for exchange on forecasting, flood control and water management in the Columbia River basin. Presentations from the Columbia River Forecast Group Annual Meeting, 15 December 2009 Presentations from the Columbia River Forecast Group Workshop, 12 March 2009 Climate and Hydrology Dataset for Use in Longer-term Planning, 9 June 2009 Partner Organizations and Related Links Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals' Tribes & Climate Change program


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CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENTIFIC RESOURCES

Overview on Climate Change and the Pacific Northwest

Effects on Hydrology

Effects on Salmon and other Fish and Wildlife

Adaptation Strategies for Tribes

Culture of Place

CRITFC Climate Change Strategies

Workshop Proceedings

Select published climate change work by CRITFC staff

Columbia River Forecast Group

Partner Organizations and Related Links

Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals' Tribes & Climate Change program