Building Tribal Capacity for Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment

Project ID: F16AC01190

Federal Agency: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Partner Institution: University of Washington

Fiscal Year: 2016

Initial Funding: $100,000

Total Funding: $100,000

Project Type: Technical Assistance

Project Disciplines: Cultural

Principal Investigator: Krosby, Meade

Agreement Technical Representative: Hopkins, Todd

Abstract: This project will help address limited capacity for vulnerability assessment for tribes within the geographies of the Northwest Climate Science Center and Great Basin Landscape Conservation Cooperative. Specifically, this project will make the vulnerability assessment process more accessible to tribal staff; address the demand for climate data at the scale of tribal decision-making, and support tribal staff through the vulnerabilty assessment process.