U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

Developing the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Hazard Mitigation Plan. The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community developed their hazard mitigation plan with guidance from a framework for integrating Indigenous ...

Community Leadership Paves the Way to Promising Erosion Treatment. A project that mimics aspects of cobble sand beaches virtually stopped the erosion of shoreline uplands in pilot studies aided by NOA ...

Tribal Community Partners with Researchers to Monitor Food and Climate. Residents of a rural Alaska village are studying their environment to understand and protect their food. Their research partners ...

And the Trees Will Last Forever. In northern Wisconsin, tribal foresters from the Menominee Nation are working to speed regeneration of forest areas that have been treated for invasive diseases. Their ...

Defending in Place: Shaktoolik's Adaptation Plan Supports Local Decision Making. Faced with challenges that force some villages to relocate, three governing entities worked together to come up with a ...

Building Resilience in the Face of Ocean Acidification. The Alutiiq Pride Shellfish Hatchery in Seward, Alaska, is collaborating with federal and academic partners to measure the impacts of ocean acid ...

Our Spirits Remain Tied to This Land. The Puyallup Tribe conducted a climate change impact assessment for their ancestral lands along the Puyallup River and the coasts of Puget Sound—and improved trib ...

How Vulnerable Are Salmon to a Changing Climate? Researchers in Washington's South Fork Nooksack River are seeking to better understand the potential impacts of climate change on water quality and sal ...

Moving Forward Together: Building Tribal Resiliency and Partnerships. The four member tribes of the Upper Snake River Tribes Foundation collaborated on a Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment, resul ...

The Karuk's Innate Relationship with Fire: Adapting to Climate Change on the Klamath. Members of the Karuk Tribe in northern California maintain that the age-old tradition of prescribed burning holds ...