Tribe: Intertribal Council of Michigan
View Source Document: Michigan Tribal Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Planning
Year: 2016
Topic: Restoration, Preservation, and Maintenance
Prioritize and maintain unique sites.
Retain biological legacy trees/plants (source of seeds, role in comm.).
Promote diverse age classes in forests.
Establish/expand the boundaries of reserves.
Prevent introduction and establishment of invasive plant species and remove existing invasive species.
Manage herbivory to promote regeneration of desired species.
Alter ecosystem structure or competition to reduce risk or severity of wildfire.
Alter ecosystem structure to reduce severity/extent of wind and ice damage.
Plan for and utilize disturbances to create opportunities for increasing species and structural diversity.
Provide areas of natural regeneration to test future adapted species.
Realign significantly disrupted ecosystems to meet expected future conditions.
Prioritize and maintain sensitive, at-risk, and/or culturally important species or communities.
