Topics Featured In The Plan:

• Water Sector: Water is directly affected by climate change due to the direct increase or decrease of water coming into the system as well as in what f...
• Water Sector: Aquatic invasive species (AIS) pose risks to water quality across and beyond the Reservation. Some species can drastically alter or even...
• Wildlife Sector: This connectivity will become increasingly important as climate changes habitat types and wildlife ranges shift.
• Wildlife Sector: More frequent and severe droughts have led to habitat change and loss in wetland habitats.
• Wildlife Sector: Wildlife species tied to specific habitat types are at risk as [climate] impacts continue to increase.
• Wildlife Sector: Loss of culture and historic knowledge coupled with increased entertainment technologies has created a social disconnect to the envir...
• Water Sector: Decreases in water quality puts all beneficial uses at risk. Furthermore, with less water during the summer season, the greater the need...
• People Sector: Climate change is affecting weather patterns resulting in increased environmental health and emergency issues. These impacts may also c...
• People Sector: Climate change is expected to negatively impact tribal facilities and infrastructure.
• People Sector: Nutrition is expected to be impacted by climate change by decreasing nutrient levels in major good crops.
• Water Sector: Water quantity is directly impacted by climate change. Climate change is expected to impact seasonality of annual precipitation, timing ...
• Water Sector: Many waterways on the reservation have been developed for agriculture through techniques such as channel alteration. As streams are deve...
• Water Sector: Agricultural activity throughout the western United States threatens water quality by introducing sediment, bacteria, and pesticides int...
• Water Sector: Warmer temperatures throughout the summer means that the water that usually flushes the contaminants downstream will dry up or will be l...
• Water Sector: Water quality on the Flathead Reservation is particularly vulnerable to climate change because water quality is already under stress fro...
• Land Sector: Climate change is already affecting the landscapes of CSKT and will continue to do so in the future.
• People Sector: The health and safety of people and communities are intimately tied to the well-being of the places they call home. As a result, climat...
• People Sector: Water-related Illnesses
• People Sector: Air quality may decrease from wildfire smoke, dust, more potent and wide-spread pollen, and indoor mold due to dampness posing serious ...
• People Sector: Extreme weather events like heat waves, flooding, wildfires, drought, cold waves, and heavy snows will continue to increase. Extreme we...
• People Sector: Vector-borne diseases may increase, with West Nile virus, tick-borne diseases, and hantavirus of particular concern in this region.
• Infrastructure Sector: Climate change poses several risks to critical infrastructure that supplies and delivers energy.
• Infrastructure Sector: Climate change has an impact on the supply of water to consumers.
• Land Sector: Several pollinators in the northwest have been listed as endangered.
• Land Sector: Non-forested lands are mainly owned by people who are not members of the Tribe.
• Land Sector: Noxious weeds pose a tremendous threat to CSKT’s economy and environment due to reductions in the economic value of land and crops, decre...
• Land Sector: Projected temperature and precipitation increases may be favorable in the short for some Montana crops and forage production, but the eff...
• Forestry Sector: Whitebark pine forests, a culturally important species for CSKT, have been affected both directly and indirectly by climate change.
• Forestry Sector: Climate change is causing widespread changes in fire regime vegetation compositions, structures, functions, and area extent, with inc...
• Fish Sector: The Confederated Salish and Tribes have close cultural ties to native fish and wildlife and have long relied on them for subsistence. The...
• Infrastructure Sector: Climate Change has significant implications for energy consumers because of the potential for increased costs of energy product...
• Climate Change and Air Quality: Emissions from vehicles, boats, fireplaces, slash burning, and smokestacks can affect air quality and the health of pe...
• Climate Change and Air Quality: The Non-Attainment areas of Ronan, MT and Polson, MT will experience increases in dust due to predicted drought condit...