Tribe: Yurok Tribe
View Source Document: Yurok Tribe: Climate Change Adaptation Plan for Water and Aquatic Resources
Year: 2014
Topic: Legal and policy (View All Topics in the Plan)
Livestock: Develop Yurok livestock ordinance to fence in cows.
Marijuana: Continue Cannabis raids earlier in the growing season (July) so that less water is withdrawn and less pollution occurs;...
Nutrient TMDLs: Finalize Yurok Tribe “Treatment as State,” that could allow creation of Yurok Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for...
Pesticides: Enforce existing Yurok resolution banning the use of pesticides on the reservation, which eliminates chemical runoff into tributaries.
Septic systems: Develop Yurok standards governing minimum distance between leach field bottom and top of the groundwater table that consider...
Develop Yurok Tribe Wetlands Protection Ordinance (in progress).
Develop wildfire retardant use zones to minimize impacts to water quality in critical habitat & drinking water sources.
