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
Forestry Sector: Climate change is causing widespread changes in fire regime vegetation compositions, structures, functions, and area extent, with increased wildland fire behavior.
Conduct Forestry Sector Climate Adaptation Needs Assessments for planning, monitoring, operations, greenhouse capacity, research, communication, staff education, and funding.
Develop and maintain greenhouse capacity to grow and plant native and cultural plant species.
Design and employ strategies for aggressive tree mortality salvage systems.
Create and employ strategies for the use of appropriate silvicultural systems to provide resilient landscape ecological conditions [and to maintain...
Create and employ strategies to manage invasive species across the landscape.
Increase coordination of interagency and inter-departmental climate change adaptation education, research, and communications.
Continue and increase inter-departmental cultural awareness and incorporation of Traditional Ecological Knowledge as a necessary component to climate adaptation forest...
Update and revise the Forest and Fire Management Plan starting in 2020.
Develop and implement a Forest and Rangeland Monitoring Plan.