Tribe: Ute Mountain Ute Tribe
View Source Document: Núchíú Ute Mountain Ute Tribe Climate Action Plan
Year: 2020
Topic: Proposed adaptation actions for terrestrial wildlife (View All Topics in the Plan)
Control non-native, invasive, and noxious weeds in important wildlife habitats.
Increase forest resilience by establishing mixed age and size classes of trees.
Explore conservation designations for forest resources for carbon credit.
Install additional solar wells for groundwater for wildlife.
Decrease human-wildlife conflicts by installing bear-proof dumpsters and educating residents on bear attractants.
Improve plant and wildlife habitats by managing cattle grazing and removing feral horses.
Immobilize and (satellite) collar elk, deer, and antelope and map movement data.
Improve wildlife habitat by refurbishing and installing new water catchment systems to provide for year-round drinking water.
Develop conservation plans and monitor federally threatened and endangered and locally sensitive plant and wildlife species.
Monitor seasonal movement and population parameters of big game species to inform management decisions.
Implement riparian restoration efforts that include: 1) revegetation with native plant species following phreatophyte control treatments, and 2) fencing to...