In The News: May 2021 Second Edition
The Tribal EPA Region 9 Conference is sharing the In The News May 2021 Second Edition.
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Presentation (California Coastal Resilience Network): CRN Webinar: A Culture of Resilience: Climate Change Adaptation and California’s Tribal Nations. “Please join the California Coastal Resilience Network on Thursday, June 24, 2021, from 11:00 am-12:00 pm (PST) with a presentation from Shasta Gaughen, Ph.D., Environmental Director/THPO for the Pala Band of Mission Indians, titled A Culture of Resilience: Climate Change Adaptation and California’s Tribal Nations.
California’s Tribal Nations have been adapting to cultural and environmental change for millennia. More than two and a half centuries of colonialism and forced assimilation have taken a toll, but Tribal resilience continues to be the pillar that supports Tribal climate change adaptation plans. This webinar will highlight some key examples of how California Tribes are meeting this challenge.” Registration
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Matthew Daly (ABCNews): EPA restoring state and tribal power to protect waterways. “In the latest reversal of a Trump-era policy, the Environmental Protection Agency is restoring a rule that grants states and Native American tribes authority to block pipelines and other energy projects that can pollute rivers, streams and other waterways.”
Judy Fahys (Salt Lake Tribune): How the pandemic exposed the water issues for southwestern tribes. “A key factor driving these staggering infection numbers, according to a new report, was the limited access to water that as many as half of the Native Americans on reservations face. As hard as people across the country found it to practice rigorous hand-washing and social distancing, it was even tougher for many members of the 30 tribes in the Colorado River Basin.”
Davina Garcia (The Highlander, University of California – Riverside): UC Riverside ecologists help tribal nations adapt to climate change. “UC Riverside ecologists are working alongside researchers from San Diego State University and the Climate Science Alliance’s Tribal Working Group in the California Strategic Growth Council’s Climate Change Research Program’s project, dedicated to aiding Southern California’s Native American tribal nations as they adapt to climate change.”
Debra Utacia Krol (Arizona Republic): ‘Snake’s blood’: Quechan Tribe prepares for a fight over a gold mine on ancestral lands. “The project still faces environmental reviews and will likely face new scrutiny from the Biden administration, which is looking closely at what happens on public lands. But no matter what happens next, the tribe wants no chances taken with its cultural areas.”
Garry Robbins (The San Diego Union-Tribune): Scientists discover ‘eternal’ green sea turtles living year-round off La Jolla. “A tiny group of East Pacific green sea turtles has permanently settled in the waters off La Jolla Shores, where they’re socializing with snorkelers and divers, a subtle change in nature that’s left scientists a bit puzzled.”
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