Topic: Legal and policy (View All Topics in the Plan)

Associated Climate Resilience Actions:
Yurok Tribe

Livestock: Develop Yurok livestock ordinance to fence in cows.

Yurok Tribe

Marijuana: Continue Cannabis raids earlier in the growing season (July) so that less water is withdrawn and less pollution occurs;...

Yurok Tribe

Nutrient TMDLs: Finalize Yurok Tribe “Treatment as State,” that could allow creation of Yurok Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for...

Yurok Tribe

Pesticides: Enforce existing Yurok resolution banning the use of pesticides on the reservation, which eliminates chemical runoff into tributaries.

Yurok Tribe

Septic systems: Develop Yurok standards governing minimum distance between leach field bottom and top of the groundwater table that consider...

Yurok Tribe

Develop Yurok Tribe Wetlands Protection Ordinance (in progress).

Yurok Tribe

Develop wildfire retardant use zones to minimize impacts to water quality in critical habitat & drinking water sources.