Tribe: Metlakatla Tribe
View Source Document: Metlakatla Indian Community Climate Change Adaptation Plan
Year: 2017
Topic: Potential strategies to preserve the Alaskan Yellow Cedar include efficient conservation and management-practices.
Update forest information and data annually.
Adhere to Forest Management Plan to ensure sustainable harvesting.
Allow for natural regeneration and/or succession to occur.
Protection of Alaskan Yellow Cedar species.
Combine research and climate data to identify forest trends.
New tree planting.
Identification and monitoring at risk areas.
Monitoring of invasive species populations.
Assess and analyze forestry objectives, refer to the FMP for specifics, listing suggestions obtained from the environmental assessment.
The Forestry and Natural Resources Department should include risk assessments in future management plans.
Residents should be encouraged to salvage dead timber.
Cataloguing of Alaskan Yellow Cedar harvest should be enforced.
