EPA’s Office of Water has Launched a New Website!
EPA’s Office of Water (OW) is excited to announce the launch of its new website, Clean and Safe Water in Indian Country. The website is intended to serve as a [...]
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Including Indigenous Researchers and their Knowledge
March 31, 2021
Researchers from Native American and Indigenous communities explain how colleagues and institutions can help them to battle marginalization. Learn more.
Updated Tool: “Welcome to the New Drought.gov!”
March 18, 2021
NOAA’s National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) has launched the redesigned U.S. Drought Portal (www.drought.gov) to better serve stakeholders, decision makers, the media, and the public. The new website features…
2020 in Review: A Look Back at Drought Across the United States in 12 Maps
March 18, 2021
NOAA’s National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) has put together a compilation of 12 separate maps review the year in terms of drought and drawing on trends that may have…
Coastal harm from invading saltwater ‘happening right now’
March 18, 2021
On December 2, 2020, Bill Lambrecht and Gracie Todd of the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism published an article in Houma Today that highlights some of the more devastating climate…
Restoring Longleaf Pines, Keystone of Once Vast Ecosystems
March 18, 2021
On December 30, 2020, the Associated Press published an article looking at recent collaborative efforts being made to restore the ecosystems of the culturally significant, and fire adapted tree species…
A record 6 Native Americans were elected to Congress. Here’s where they stand on climate.
March 18, 2021
“Indigenous representation in Congress first surged two years ago, after the 2018 midterm elections. Deb Haaland, who is an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Laguna and has Jemez Pueblo…
NCAI Passes Climate-Related Resolutions at 77th Annual Convention and Marketplace
March 18, 2021
Last month, NCAI and its voting membership passed two climate action resolutions and amended a previous 2017 resolution on the Paris Climate Accord. #PDX-20-030: The Development of a 2021 Tribal…
Climate Adaptation Integration Tool (CAIT) Incorporates Climate Information into Local Decision-Making Processes
March 18, 2021
In a multi-agency effort supported by the Northwest CASC, scientists from the USGS, U.S. Forest Service, and various NGO’s recently released the Climate Adaptation Integration Tool (CAIT) to help resource…
South Central CASC Tribal Liaison Awarded Outstanding Tribal GIS Member Award
March 18, 2021
South Central CASC Tribal Resilience Liaison April Taylor recently received the Outstanding Tribal GIS Member Award from the National Tribal Geographic Information Support Center, which represents more than 200 Tribal…
USDA Forest Service Appoints New Tribal Relations Director
March 18, 2021
The USDA Forest Service recently appointed a new director to the Tribal Relations program. Reed Robinson announced his new position in a blog post on the Tribal Relations webpage. Here…
Alarmed by scope of wildfires, officials turn to Native Americans for help
March 18, 2021
“‘Fire was absolutely a part of what we did all the time,’ she said. ‘It wasn’t a fearful thing.’“Long before California was California, Native Americans used fire to keep the…
NE CASC Fellow’s Perspective: Our Place in This Place
March 18, 2021
NE CASC Undergraduate Fellow Jasmine Neosh, a student at the College of Menominee Nation, has published a personal essay that uses Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge…