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CLIMATE
CHANGE
FRAMEWORK
Working with Native American Tribes
Adaptation demonstrations show how managers have integrated climate considerations into realworld land management and planning. These projects use the Adaptation Workbook contained in
Forest Adaptation Resources to develop new ideas to respond to changing conditions.
Adaptation Demonstrations with
Tribal Natural Resources Departments
Tribal Adaptation
Demonstrations
Red Lake DNR used the
Adaptation Workbook to
help revise their
Integrated Resource
Management Plan
Sites affected by oak
wilt are being
restored with futureadapted tree species
on the Menominee
Indian Reservation.
Silvicultural
prescriptions have
been revised for
aspen stands on the
Bad River Reservation
Organization
Bad River Natural Resources Dept. (WI)
Bay Mills Indian Community (MI)
Fond du Lac Forestry (MN)
Grand Portage Forestry Dept. (MN)
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (MI)
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa (MI)
Menominee Tribal Enterprises (WI)
Nottawaseppi Huron Band (MI)
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi (MI)
Red Lake Nation (MN)
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe (MI)
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe (MI)
Sokaogon Chippewa Community (WI)
Stockbridge-Munsee Band (WI)
Project
Climate-informed silvicultural prescriptions for aspen and northern hardwoods
Forest management options on Sugar Island
Climate-informed expansion of sugar maple for maple syrup production
Aspen management for moose habitat restoration
Genetic diversity of sugar maple and northern hardwoods management
Maintaining northern-white cedar
Climate-informed oak wilt site restoration project
Expanding climate-informed agro-forestry opportunities
Maintaining ash, cedar, and other culturally important species
Revising the Integrated Resource Management Plan
Forest management strategies for the Isabella Indian Reservation
Lowland conifer management for snowshoe hare habitat
Climate-informed expansion of sugar maple for maple syrup production
Enhancing resilience in marginal northern hardwoods
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CLIMATE
CHANGE
Working with Native American Tribes
FRAMEWORK
Interaction with Tribes
The Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science
(NIACS) seeks opportunities for outreach and
engagement with Native American tribes. A few recent
examples include:
• participating in the 2013-2016 G-WOW Changing
Climate, Changing Culture Teacher Institutes in
Odanah, WI. G-WOW is organized by the Great
Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission,
University of Wisconsin Extension, and others.
• co-teaching a three-day Climate Change Adaptation
and Planning course in 2016, led by the Institute for
Tribal Environmental Professionals in Red Cliff, WI.
• Presenting at the 2016 BIA Partners in Action
conference in Sault Ste. Marie, MI.
Forest Adaptation Planning
and Practices (FAPP)
FAPP workshops are interactive, hands-on sessions
that help forest managers incorporate climate change
considerations into their own real-world forest
management projects. Participants use information
and tools developed through the Climate Change
Response Framework to evaluate climate risks and
design their own customized adaptation actions. Three
FAPP workshops have been planned in partnership
with tribal natural resources organizations – August
2013 with the College of Menominee Nation and the
CMN Center for First American Forestlands, February
2014 with the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe and the Midwest
Region of the BIA, and September 2016 with the InterTribal Council of Michigan. The US Forest Service and
NIACS coordinate all the FAPP workshops. Future
workshops are being planned throughout the Midwest
and Northeast.
• sharing information on the USDA Climate Hubs and
the Climate Change Response Framework at the
2014 Shifting Seasons Summit in Keshena, WI.
• working with tribal natural resources staff to launch
real-world adaptation projects (previous page).
• presenting at the 2013 Great Lakes Native American
Fish and Wildlife Society Conference in Mahnomen,
MN.
• organizing a training session on climate adaptation
and forest management at the Intertribal Timber
Council’s 2013 National Indian Timber Symposium
in Keshena, WI.
FAPP workshops are designed to provide
advanced instruction on forest adaptation and
spur additional adaptation demonstrations.
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