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.