Tribe: Yurok Tribe
View Source Document: Yurok Tribe: Climate Change Adaptation Plan for Water and Aquatic Resources
Year: 2014
Topic: Protection and restoration for cold water availability and access (View All Topics in the Plan)
Restore high elevation wetlands and coastal prairies to store water for release later on as baseflow (Williams et al. 2015).
Remove dams: diminish water warming reservoirs, restore natural flow and sediment regimes, allow fish, amphibians and turtles access to upriver...
Protect/ enhance thermal refugia: create deeper pools, reduce sedimentation, deepen creek channels.
Allow beaver to return: they will naturally increase wetlands, stream complexity, and depth (Asarian and Walker 2016, Williams et al....
Improve shading in riparian areas and increase redwood planting where possible.