Tribe: Fort Belknap Indian Community
View Source Document: Fort Belknap Indian Community Climate Change Adaptation Plan
Year: 2023
Topic: Forestry
The Fire Management Department has three professional staff: a Fire Management Manager, a Fuels Program Manager, and a staff member...
A Bureau of Indian Affairs grant is helping establish a post and pole plant on the reservation, probably located in...
Identify funding to improve infrastructure development of projects that can capture and hold water and to repair dikes and drains...
Pursue BIA [Bureau of Indian Affairs] funding for climate resiliency projects, specifically for red oak restoration projects, and the improvement...
Prioritize and support culturally important trees and medicines such as cedar, white birch, and sugar maple through restoration projects and...
Continued ecology-based planning with the U.S. Forest Service.
Secure long term outlets for forest conservation on the reservation.
Promote long term and wide scale landscape planning (40+ years) including conservation easements and carbon credit programs.
Ensure reservation lands are not sold and harvested only in sustainable ways.
Internalize the need for renewable, green energy sources such as the fuel wood project for biomass.
Update the Stand Exam/Inventory on KBIC Trust and Fee Lands to determine and communicate current conditions, which will also inform...
Promote a healthy and resilient forest landscape by improving forest conditions.
