Tribe: Yurok Tribe
View Source Document: Yurok Tribe: Climate Change Adaptation Plan for Water and Aquatic Resources
Year: 2014
Topic: Key’-Ween We’ Chey-Gel’ / Spring Seaweed Adaptation Strategies
Use tribal knowledge to monitor any noticeable shifts to quality, quantity, growth, timing, and location of key’-ween we’ chey-gel’.
Continue to test seaweed for toxins on a regular basis.
Consider alternative sites for key’-ween we’ chey-gel’ harvesting based on sea level rise scenarios.
Continue and enhance co-management and harvest access agreements with Redwood National and State Parks.
Collaborate and partner with agencies to manage and protect habitat.
Partner with technical experts to map extent of key’-ween we’ chey-gel’ via aerial canopy and diver-based estimates.
Partner with researchers to better understand thermal optima and tolerance limits for key’-ween we’ chey-gel’ life history stages.
Promote inter-departmental collaboration to utilize the Sea Level Affecting Marshes Model (SLAMM) to map out effects of sea level rise...
Conduct public outreach about sustainable key’-ween we’ chey-gel’ harvesting practices.
Identify locations that historically had key’-ween we’ chey-gel’ (spring seaweed) but are in need of restoration.
Develop community clam gardens at a Yurok significant site to increase clam productivity and enhance ecosystem health to support all...
Create a Nori-like aquaculture to supply key’-ween we’ chey-gel’ and economic opportunities to the community.
