Dear PNW Tribal CC Network:
Following please find a draft agenda and call-in information for our next conference call, which is scheduled for Wednesday, August 28th at 10 am Pacific. Steve Waste with USGS will join the call to share information about the upcoming Columbia Basin Partner Forum for the Great Northern LCC. Philip DeSenze with the USDA Forest Service will also be joining the call to discuss the USDA Forest Service - State & Private Forestry Adaptation Services Framework. Please let me know if you have any additional topics for the agenda. I have also included a series of updates about upcoming events, as well as information on the call for applications for the National LCC Council. Please don't hesitate to let me know if you have any questions.
Regards,
Kathy
Conference Call Information:
Call Date: Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Call Time: 10:00 am Pacific
Call-in #: 1-888-858-2144
Pass code: 5064716
Adobe Connect web meeting: http://meet75063543.adobeconnect.com/pnwtccp/
Draft Agenda
1. Welcome and Introductions
2. Discussion Topics
• Columbia Basin Partner Forum - Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative (Stephen Waste, US Geological Survey)
• USDA Forest Service - State & Private Forestry Adaptation Services Framework (Philip DeSenze, USDA Forest Service Climate Change Office)
o Overview of the Adaptation Services Framework and Project Plan for Performance Management in the Delivery of Climate-Related Information and Assistance
• USDA Regional Hubs for Risk Adaptation and Mitigation to Climate Change: http://www.usda.gov/oce/climate_change/ ... l_hubs.htm
• National Tribal Climate Change Policy Engagement
• LCC National Council (see call for applications, which are due September 9th, below)
3. Updates
• Updates to the Tribal Climate Change resources page and funding guide:
• 6th Annual NW Tribal Water Rights Conference in Anchorage, AK - Call for Abstracts: http://www.centerforwateradvocacy.org/t ... iew/83942/
• 2014 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference - Call for Proposals (due September 30, 2013): http://www.wwu.edu/salishseaconference/ ... sals.shtml
**UPDATES AND UPCOMING EVENTS**
August 27-29, 2013 Tribal Green Summit 2013 - Portland, Oregon
The second biennial tribal green summit is designed to inspire and educate tribal staff, consultants, administrators and their community to lead the way in developing a holistic strategy for creating sustainable built environments in tribal communities. We invite all who are involved with resource management, community planning, housing, landscapes and on-the-ground projects who want to gain and share a greater understanding for sustainable built environments. We plan two days of sessions from dozens of experts, with another half day of field trips to see green building in practice. Our conference location was selected as a model for green building in one of most progressive green communities in the nation and we hope you return to yours inspired with new ideas, new friends and lots of resources. Sessions include: Green Building Concepts • Environmental planning • Climate Change Tracking • Alternative Energy • Composting, Recycling & Source Reduction • Native Plant Landscaping • Air Quality Programs Environmental Certification Programs • Outreach & Youth Elder Connections Project Funding • Building Sustainable Communities • Stormwater & Green roofs • For more information, visit: http://tribalgreensummit2013.wordpress.com/ or contact: Cindy Spiry, cindy@snoqualmietribe.us, 425-888-6551 xt. 2102.
September 5-6, 2013 - Fourth Annual Pacific Northwest Climate Science Conference - Portland, Oregon
The Pacific Northwest Climate Science Conference provides a forum for researchers and practitioners to convene and exchange scientific results, challenges, and solutions related to the impacts of climate on people, natural resources, and infrastructure in the Pacific Northwest. The conference attracts a wide range of participants including policy- and decision-makers, resource managers, and scientists, from public agencies, sovereign tribal nations, non-governmental organizations, and more. As such, the conference emphasizes oral presentations that are comprehensible to a wide audience and on topics of broad interest. This conference is an opportunity to stimulate and showcase decision-relevant climate science in the Pacific Northwest. For more information on the conference and to register, visit: http://pnwclimateconference.org/.
September 6-7, 2013 - Workshop and Field Trip Opportunity: Managing Coast Redwoods for Resilience in a Changing Climate - Redwood National Park
Geos Institute; Society for Conservation Biology, Humboldt State Chapter; and the Environmental Protection Information Center cordially invite you to participate in a workshop and field trip entitled: “Managing Coast Redwoods for Resilience in a Changing Climate.” Dr. Dominick DellaSala and Dr. Marni Koopman of the Geos Institute will lead the workshop, which is being funded by private foundations and the North Pacific and California Landscape Conservation Cooperatives, with a day-long field trip to restoration areas arranged by the National Park Service. The workshop will be held on Friday, September 6, 2013 from 9 am – 5:15 pm at the Humboldt State University campus. The all-day field trip will tour forest restoration sites at Redwood National Park, and is scheduled for Saturday, September 7, 2013. A detailed agenda can be found here. The objectives of the workshop are to: (1) Bring together scientists and managers with expertise in redwood ecosystems; (2) Evaluate the leading science on stressors to redwoods, including climate change; and (3) Identify and prioritize adaptation strategies for increasing the resilience of redwoods in the face of climate change. Workshop topics include:
• Climate and ecological projections for the redwood region
• Important features of resilience
• Key challenges and opportunities
• Adapting management practices to address stressors and climate change
• Coordinating science and management – closing the loop
Please RSVP by August 23, 2013 to confirm attendance and participation in the workshop and/or field trip by contacting Daniel Diaz at (310) 977-0710 or at dcd264@humboldt.edu. Space is limited, so RSVP right away if you would like to participate in this event.
September 18, 2013 - GNLCC Columbia Basin Partner Forum
The Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative (GLNCC) is sponsoring a Columbia Basin Partner Forum to help facilitate collaboration among conservation practitioners and partnerships that share landscape conservation challenges in an eco-geographic context. Through a loosely structured process, field-level managers, scientists, and conservation constituents will identify priority conservation information and scientific needs that fall under the scope of the Great Northern LCC Strategic Conservation Framework.
Partner Forums also provide a means to engage the partnership network (a more diverse and directly knowledgeable constituency) on specific conservation needs that will inform and support an adaptive management approach to the “on the ground” application of landscape conservation. For more information please visit: http://greatnorthernlcc.org. To help launch the Columbia Basin Partner Forum, GNLCC staff have worked with Advisory Team members Steve Waste and Tom Iverson to schedule an initial meeting for Wednesday September 18, 2013 from 9 am until Noon, in Portland (851 SW Sixth Ave, Suite 565). At this meeting we will discuss the potential for the Columbia Basin Partner Forum to provide a vehicle for the region to address landscape scale stressors such as climate change, invasive species, etc., and measure the level of interest in moving forward. Please RSVP to Steve Waste (swaste@usgs.gov) if can join us for this potentially historic meeting.
October 1-3, 2013 - ITEP Climate Change Adaptation Planning course - Reno, NV
The Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP) will be offering its Climate Change Adaptation Planning course on October 1-3, 2013, in Reno, NV. The course provides an introduction to planning for climate change impacts, highlighting the work of several tribes. The course is intended for tribal environmental and natural resource professionals who expect to be involved in climate change adaptation planning. Since the course will focus on climate change impacts and planning in the Great Basin, we especially encourage people from the region to attend. Please email Sue Wotkyns at Susan.Wotkyns@nau.edu for more information and registration forms. Applications received by August 6 will have priority consideration.
October 9-10, 2013 - 6th Annual NW Tribal Water Rights Conference on October 9th & 10th, 2013 in Anchorage, AK
The Alaska Food Policy Council is co-sponsoring the 6th Annual NW Tribal Water Rights Conference on October 9th & 10th, 2013 in Anchorage, AK. There will be a panel on the impacts and threats of climate change to Alaska Native communities. This year's conference hopes to result in a regional dialogue that will address Alaska Native Water Rights and water sovereignty. The Center for Water Advocacy is soliciting abstracts for presentation of papers evaluating how Native Alaskan Water Rights and sovereignty can be applied to protect instream flows, water quality, subsistence uses and food security. Papers should focus on case studies or strategies addressing how tribal treaty rights, sovereignty, water and human rights, Treatment as a State, establishment of watershed councils, resiliency programs or traditional knowledge have been or may be applied to address these issues. For more information about the conference: http://www.centerforwateradvocacy.org/t ... iew/83942/
October 9-11, 2013 - Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment course - Jackson, WY.
The National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) and the Department of Interior (DOI) Climate Science Centers (CSC) are working together to provide additional regional offerings of this and other climate-related courses. Please monitor nctc.fws.gov, the NCTC Climate Change Listserv or contact the CSC in your region for more information. The target audience includes conservation practitioners from Federal and State fish and wildlife agencies and other conservation managers and students who work on natural resource issues and need to determine which resources are most vulnerable when setting priorities for conservation action. Tuition: $0. To Register: Register online at http://training.fws.gov using DOILearn, the Department of the Interior’s Learning Management System. If you have trouble registering or would like to sign up for the NCTC Climate Change ListServ please contact: Jill DelVecchio at 304-876-7424 or jill_delvecchio@fws.gov
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service FY 2014 Tribal Wildlife Grant proposals are due September 3, 2013.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service FY 2014 Tribal Wildlife Grant proposals are due September 3, 2013. See Link for Application Kit: Tribal Wildlife Grant Program. Goal of the Tribal Wildlife Grant Program is to provide a competitive funding opportunity for Federally recognized Tribal governments to develop and implement programs for the benefit of wildlife and their habitat, including species of Native American cultural or traditional importance. Individual grants up to $200,000. Tribes in CA, NV, and the Klamath Basin in OR should send one hard copy and a digital copy of their proposals to: Damion Ciotti, Tribal Partnerships Specialist, Habitat Restoration Division, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 11641 Blocker Drive, Suite 110, Auburn, CA 95603. For more information, contact Damion at: damion_ciotti@fws.gov.
LCC National Council - Call for Applications
The U.S. Institute of Environmental Conflict Resolution (U.S. Institute) announces the convening of the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCC) National Council. Applications are due by September 9th, 2013. Submit applications via email to lccnationalcouncil@lccnetwork.org or fax to (206) 269-5041, Attention: LCC National Council. The LCC National Council will support the cooperative, large-scale conservation efforts of the LCC Network by working with them to enhance coordination among the LCCs and to identify ecological and institutional challenges such as climate change and other landscape-scale stressors that should be addressed on the national and international scale. Serving as the national voice for the LCC network, the Council will seek to support actions that can be taken at the national level to facilitate the work of the cooperatives. The LCC National Council will support all self-directed LCCs and their diverse individual missions, some of which include cultural resources. Once established, the LCC National Council will establish operations and implementation frameworks as needed. The U.S. Institute and the LCC National Strategy Team are now accepting applications for individuals to represent their organizations on the Council in the following categories of participants:
3 U.S. Federally-Recognized Tribal participants
• Tribal participants include both tribal leadership as well as participants from tribal organizations. Participation will not be limited to tribal leadership, but can also come from tribal organizations that represent these sovereign tribes.
• Tribal participation is limited to U.S. federally-recognized Native American Tribes and Alaska Natives.
1 Indigenous participant
• Participant will be drawn from First Nations, Pacific Islanders, Caribbean peoples, and Native Hawaiians, as well as other indigenous peoples within the geography of the LCCs.
4 Non-governmental organization (NGO) participants
4 International participants: International seats will be filled from all nations participating in the LCC enterprise, as defined by the geography of the LCCs. A minimum of one participant from Canada and one from Mexico will be included in these four seats.
Selection of the remaining Council participants is also underway. See www.lccnetwork.org for information about federal, state, major partnership and LCC membership selection.
Selection Criteria: The following are characteristics the LCC National Council seeks in all members. Individuals selected for the council will be collectively evaluated relative to these required characteristics:
• Be an active participant and an advocate for the LCC mission.
• Have a commitment and willingness to collaborate.
• Be able to think beyond the boundaries of his/her agency, organization, or tribe.
• Be able to represent a broad array of natural and cultural resources.
• Have decision-making authority/influence within their agency, organization, or tribe.
• Be committed to soliciting input from and reporting back to their agencies, organizations, tribes, and colleagues.
• Have experience in collaborative processes at different scales.
• Be involved with an agency, organization, or tribe that is engaged in the LCC enterprise, has resources and/or a mission that aligns with the LCC mission and, has science knowledge/capacity and/or is actively engaged in resource management activities.
For questions about the recruitment process, contact Penny Mabie at pmabie@enviroissues.com or Maggie McCaffrey at mccaffrey@ecr.gov. Visit lccnetwork.org for more information.
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Kathy Lynn
Adjunct Researcher, University of Oregon Environmental Studies Program
Coordinator, PNW Tribal Climate Change Project
Office: 541-346-5777
Cell: 541-206-3281
kathy@uoregon.edu
http://tribalclimate.uoregon.edu/