On behalf of the “Climate Change Vulnerability of Native Americans in the Southwest” research team, we would like to thank all of those individuals who attended our presentation on Friday, August 15, 2014 in Wadsworth, NV. This presentation highlighted some outcomes of our collaborative research efforts with the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe over the past two years to investigate the Tribe’s ability to adapt to climate change. This project is funded by a two-year grant from the USGS Southwest Climate Science Center.
We would like to direct you to a few resources that were mentioned at our presentation:
USGS Southwest Climate Science Center
Cui-ui & LCT Habitat and Spawning video
Southwest Climate Change Assessment Report
Nevada tribes & climate change video
Institute for Tribal Environmental Profesionals (ITEP) offers climate change adaptation planning resources, trainings, workshops, and courses for tribes
Link to article: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10584-013-0737-0 Gautam, M. R., K. Chief and W. J. Smith, Jr. (2013) Climate change in arid lands and Native American socioeconomic vulnerability: The case of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe. Climatic Change 120: 585-599.
Link to article: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901114000641 Smith, Jr., W. J., Z. Liu, A. S. Safi and K. Chief. (2014) Climate change perception, observation and policy support in rural Nevada: A comparative analysis of Native Americans, non-native ranchers and farmers and mainstream America. Environmental Science & Policy 42: 101-122.
The 2014 Spring Newsletter for our project: http://issuu.com/nativeadaptation. To open the newsletter, click the link beneath the "Documents" heading below.
Thank you again for your interest in our research. Please do not hesitate to contact us with questions regarding this project or opportunities for collaboration on tribal climate change adaptation research.
Very best regards,
Karletta Chief, Ph. D.
Lead Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist
Dept. of Soil, Water, & Environmental Sciences
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
kchief@email.arizona.edu
William J. Smith, Jr., Ph. D.
Co-Principal Investigator
Associate Research Professor
Dept. of Anthropology
University of Nevada Las Vegas
bill.smith@unlv.edu
Aleix Serrat-Capdevila, Ph. D.
Co-Principal Investigator
Research Associate Professor
Dept. of Hydrology & Water Resources
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
aleix@email.arizona.edu
David E. Busch, Ph. D.
Co-Principal Investigator
Biologist
USGS
Pacific Southwest Area
dave_busch@usgs.gov
E. Schuyler Chew
Research Analyst
Ph. D. Student
Dept. of Soil, Water & Environmental Sciences
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
esschew@email.arizona.edu