Tribe: Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission
View Source Document: A Tribal Climate Adaptation Menu
Year: 2019
Topic: Alter community structure or composition to reduce risk or severity of major disturbances. (View All Topics in the Plan)
Use prescribed fire treatments or other means to reduce fuel loading.
Use defensible space in planning around high priority areas to reduce risk of loss or damage from wildfire.
Alter forest community structure to reduce severity or extent of wind and ice damage. For example, create “soft” edges between...
Include buffer zones around wild rice beds or other sensitive communities to prevent effects of disturbance (logging, lakeshore development, wind,...
Promote fire-adapted beings in areas with a higher risk of wildfire.
Establish fuel breaks to slow the spread of catastrophic ishkode (fire).