Tribe: Navajo Nation
View Source Document: Climate Adaptation Plan for the Navajo Nation
Year: 2018
Topics Featured In The Plan:
- Establish relationships with outside non-profit natural resource organizations and/or cost-sharing programs
- To develop a chemical disposal policy
- Improve the interest in Navajo horse adoption programs by forming effective partnerships and conducting outreach
- To ensure safety and the wellbeing of the community during climate change and establish a long-term plan.
- Inform and direct community to follow standard protocol, establish a strong communication network within the community, and create partnerships with emergency management
- To have an abundant amount of resources
- To provide educational outreach
- To provide protection against threats for enforcement
- To establish an airspace initiative and prevent contamination across large areas during air transport
- To establish natural gas lines to minimize the usage of harmful emissions
- Establish education programs on the effects of pollution, air quality and illegal dumping
- Educate the youth, elders, and fellow peers about grazing management topics.
- Have better control on the overall Navajo Nation’s livestock population.
- Have the ability to protect and provide adequate forage for both wildlife and endangered species on the range
- Complete all existing fencing projects
- To eliminate invasive species
- Revisit the rangeland improvement act of 2014
- To adjudicate water rights
- To recycle water
- To protect, preserve, and restore watershed and head waters
- To provide reliable water supply
- To obtain more water statistics and data.
- Establish separation of power amongst NPL, ARMA, New Lands, Navajo Nation, and the Federal Government.
- Have better control on the overall tribe's livestock population
- Improve overall vegetation health
- To develop a policy to reduce/ eliminate trash burning
- To have a land and water free of toxic wastes
- For the Navajo Nation to comply with environmental standards.
- Implement carbon tax
- To control carbon emissions
- Mandate laws of transport of hazardous/toxic materials
- To establish air space initiative (prevent contamination across large areas while in air transport)
- Educate the public
- To establish natural gas lines to minimize the usage of more harmful emissions
- Protect Navajo Nation from future fracking (chemical injection) activities to prevent pollution to our land and water resources
- Educate the youth, elders, and our fellow peers about grazing management topics (such as rules and regulations, soil sciences, pasture rotation, disease prevention, etc.)
- To have a court system that is familiar with natural resource laws and regulations (strengthened fundamental law with respect to enforcement)
- Finding Harmony between being culturally sensitive and following the laws and regulations
- Mandate all department and officials comply with the grazing management booklet
- Create re-usable energy to establish sources on Navajo Nation
- Establish landfill centers to reduce pollution on tribal land
- Establish recycling centers on tribal land to control illegal dumping
- Inform and direct community to follow standard protocol, upgrade a strong communication network within the community, partnership with emergency management
- To develop a strong interdepartmental communication strategy, improve communication with a chain of demand
- To secure long- term funding
- To have adequate resources
- To secure funding for local communities for natural resource management
- To obtain more water statistics/data
- Improve ability to effectively enforce livestock management regulations
- Improve interest in tribal horse adoption programs by forming effective partnerships and conducting outreach beyond
- To ensure safety and wellbeing of the community during climatic change, establish a long-term plan,
- To protect, preserve and restore watershed and the headwaters
- To provide reliable water supply and maintain a current water level
- To have clean water
- To ensure high quality water for all users