PNW Tribal Climate Change Network

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Dear PNW Tribal Climate Change Network,

Thanks to everyone who completed the doodle poll. Our next conference call is scheduled for Thursday, March 29th at 11:00 am Pacific. I will send out a draft agenda with my next email to the Network. In the meantime, if you have any topics for the agenda, please let me know. Call-in information for the conference call is:

PNW Tribal Climate Change Network Call
Date: Thursday, March 29, 2012
Time: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Pacific
Call-in #: 1-888-858-2144
Pass code: 5064716

I have also listed information below about two webinars taking place this week. The first is a reminder for the C3 webinar on the Northwest and Tribal Chapters of the National Climate Assessment scheduled for Tuesday, February 28 10 - 11 am. The second webinar, "Shifting Seasons: Tribal Communities Fostering Resiliency to Climate Change," is hosted by the Northeast Climate Science Center Colloquium on Wednesday, February 29 3:30pm EST / 12:30 Pacific time. Detailed information, including weblinks for both webinars is included below.

Please don't hesitate to let me know if you have questions.
Regards,
Kathy

C3 webinar on the National Climate Assessment: Presentation on the Northwest Chapter and the Tribal Chapter of the National Climate Assessment.
Tuesday, February 28, 10-11am
Log-in: https://mmancusa.webex.com/mmancusa/j.p ... c0&RT=MiM0
Conference call dial-in: 877-952-8012 Passcode: 520083#]

Northwest Chapter of the National Climate Assessment
W. Spencer Reeder, Senior Manager, Cascadia Consulting Group – Seattle, WA Email: spencer@cascadiaconsulting.com
National climate assessments, required by the U.S. Congress to be produced every four years, act as status reports about climate change science and impacts in the United States. The Administration is seeking to issue the next assessment (NCA) in 2013. The NCA aims to incorporate advances in the understanding of climate science into larger social, ecological, and policy systems, and with this provide integrated analyses of impacts and vulnerability. It will also serve to integrate scientific information from multiple sources and highlight key findings and significant gaps in our knowledge. In addition to chapters covering a range of topics at the national level, the 2013 NCA will include eight regional chapters. The Northwest chapter covers Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.

Tribal Chapter of the National Climate Assessment
Kathy Lynn, University of Oregon Environmental Studies Program and Coordinator of the Pacific Northwest Tribal Climate Change Network. Email: kathy@uoregon.edu
The 2013 National Climate Assessment will mark the first time that a chapter will be included on the implications of climate change on tribal lands. The chapter will provide an overview of change impacts on tribes and current adaptation and mitigation efforts. Kathy Lynn will discuss the scope of the NCA tribal chapter, as well as some of the ongoing efforts from the Pacific Northwest Tribal Climate Change Network.
"Shifting Seasons: Tribal Communities Fostering Resiliency to Climate Change"
Wednesday February 29 - 3:30pm EST / 12:30 Pacific time
For detailed webinar instructions, visit: http://www.cns.umass.edu/neclimate/webinar

The Northeast Climate Science Center Colloquium presents, "Shifting Seasons: Tribal Communities Fostering Resiliency to Climate Change"
American Indian Tribes have continuously adapted to changing climates, culturally, physically, and politically, for thousands of years by adapting their lifestyles and cultural practices to their changing environment. Contemporary climate variability and changes on American Indian Tribes are again necessitating adaptation. Our presentation aims to share our understanding and our efforts as it relates to climate change and its impact on American Indian communities and lands. We will share stories of how Tribal Colleges are leading efforts that build resilience to climate change in their tribal communities; sharing our story of College of Menominee Nation Sustainable Development Institute.

The three speakers from the College of Menominee Nation are:
Melissa Cook, Sustainable Development Institute Director
Beau Mitchell, Sustainability Coordinator
Mike Dockry, Forest Service Liaison

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Kathy Lynn
Tribal Climate Change Project Coordinator
Adjunct Researcher, Environmental Studies Program
University of Oregon

Office: 541-346-5777
Cell: 541-206-3281
Email: kathy@uoregon.edu
http://tribalclimate.uoregon.edu