Tribe: Intertribal Council of Michigan
View Source Document: Michigan Tribal Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Planning
Year: 2016
Topic: Capacity & Collaboration
Continue/increase tribal review at state/municipal levels re: development, withdrawals, infrastructure improvements (e.g., culverts).
Advance land use policy/regulations (stormwater management BMPs and low impact development) that reduce temperature impacts throughout watersheds.
Remove restrictions between rivers and floodplains, daylight streams, remove dams, and integrate brownfields remediation projects with floodplain restoration.
Focus research on reevaluating the projected future of diverse GL fisheries; identify ways to maintain commercial, subsistence, cultural values.
Create and early warning system for low air quality and extreme heat events.
Use landscape-scale planning and partnerships to reduce fragmentation and enhance connectivity.
Support conservation subdivisions and zoning to increase forest block size and reduce edge effects on tribal and federal lands.
Promote principles of “smart growth.”
Manage ATV and related activity that limits the ability of native trees, wildflowers and herbs to regenerate.
Promote best management plans and regulations among USFS lands and waters.
Promote best management plans and regulations among state lands and waters.
Promote best management plans and regulations among private lands and waters.
