Tribe: Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation
View Source Document: Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation Climate Change Strategic Plan
Year: 2020
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 past century has seen major population declines of native trout [bull and cutthroat trout].
Increase resiliency and resistance to climate change by managing for robust fish populations.
Improve integration of ecological principles into other tribal programs (e.g., grazing, timber harvest) that may oversee land uses that can...
Increase awareness of threats to native fishes. Promote ways to reduce non-climate stressors such as riparian clearing, water withdrawls, and...
In 2002, the tribes created fishing contests called Mack Days to rally anglers to help manage the [invasive Lake trout]...
To counter this threat [invasive Lake trout], Native Fish Keepers was established in 2017, capitalizing on the economic value of...