Tribe: Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
View Source Document: Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) Climate Change Adaptation Plan
Year: 2023
Topics Featured In The Plan:
- Runoff has the potential to introduce pesticides and other chemicals into local water bodies which then exposes humans and animals to dangerous pollut...
- Climate change will [ultimately] require communities to be able to perform all aspects of emergency management (i.e., mitigation, response, or recover...
- Community Health
- Fire management.
- The Bay Scallop and other shellfish are a critical sustenance food and economic resource for the Tribe.
- The cranberry bog/tribal wetlands have significant cultural relevance for the Wampanoag people.
- Affordable Housing
- Management of tidal great ponds (Menemsha and Squibnocket) helps to protect dunes and water quality, enhance shellfish health and production, understa...
- Invasive species pose a threat to a number of important Tribal assets, including the cranberry bogs, local flora and fauna, and the community’s overal...
- Eelgrass beds benefit the surrounding ecosystem and the Tribe by providing valuable breeding and nursery grounds for lobsters, crabs, and scallops, st...
- The resilience vision for the herring and Herring Creek focuses on sustenance and food, cultural usage of the land, and environmental health.
