Tribe: Confederated Tribes of Salish & Kootenai
View Source Document: Confederated Tribes of Salish & Kootenai Climate Change Strategic Plan
Year: 2013
Topic: Ensure the health and safety of people through improved planning, coordination, and system developments.
Provide ongoing education to the Tribal Health Department (0‐10 years).
Expand the bus fleet to accommodate more riders (3‐5 years).
Expand the community gardens and recruit more participates (3‐5 years).
Ensure most vulnerable populations have heat and cooling sources (0‐10 years).
Improve the use of the Tribal transportation system to reduce fossil fuel consumption and carbon emissions created by vehicles.
Ensure building codes include adequate provisions for cooling (11‐25 years).
Provide practical knowledge about growing gardens and how to preserve the vegetables through the community gardening.
Provide emergency cooling centers and retrofit community centers (26+ years).
Analyze most vulnerable populations’ water sources and impact of flooding and drought (0‐10 years).
Educate communities on sustainable water preservation measures (11‐25 years).
Ensure households have ways to purify water (26+ years).
Analyze buffer zone and fire closure areas and increase, if needed (0‐10 years).