Tribe: Nooksack Indian Tribe
View Source Document: Nooksack Indian Tribe Climate Change Adaptation Plan for Key Species and Habitats
Year: 2021
Topic: Increase resilience to sea level rise and shoreline erosion by maintaining and restoring estuary habitat. (View All Topics in the Plan)
Identify and restore pocket estuaries and eelgrass beds, important habitat for many fish and crustacean species, through fill removal, or...
Incorporate best available sea level rise projections in restoration site designs.
Consider land exchange programs where land-owners exchange property in the floodplain for county-owned land outside of the floodplain.
Integrate coastal management that accounts for sea level rise into land use planning.