Topic: Policy, Planning, and Land Use
Develop plan and partnerships to safeguard tribal cultural resources. The Pala THPO will use National Park Service funds to complete...
Integrate climate considerations into community health assessments (CHAs), community health improvement plans (CHIPs) and other community and environmental health assessments....
Develop or update capital improvement plans to account for exposure projections and support needed adaptation infrastructure and projects. The Executive...
Develop an emergency, disaster response, and/or health management plan to anticipate and prepare public services and evacuation plans for exposure...
Assert or renegotiate water-related rights to quantify and set claim on water that rightfully belongs to the tribe. Pala Legal...
Mapping, conservation and protection of wildlife connectivity and movement corridors (land and aquatic), as a way to protect the dispersal...
Install or upgrade sewage system (phase out septic, expand wastewater treatment capacity). The Utilities Department is working with Pala Casino,...
Update and implement non-point source management plans. PED is using EPA funds to conduct this strategy every 5 years. Recent...
Develop or promote weatherization and energy efficiency improvement programs for tribal houses and businesses to better withstand exposure events (and...
Develop or update Hazard Mitigation Plan to include climate change risks and projections. PED is using FEMA funds to conduct...
Develop a Tribal Transportation Safety and Resilience Plan. The Business Office is working with PED and consultants using BIA funds...
Update air quality improvement plans to include climate exposures. PED will use EPA funds to complete this strategy by 2022.
