Transcript Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe

Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe
Environment Division
Climate Change Adaptation Planning
Angela Benedict
SRMT Environment Division
WHAT IS AN ADAPTATION PLAN?
An Adaptation Plan is a written document
of our Environment, ways of life and
strategies to adapt to a changing
climate.
CHANGES?
RESILIENCE
Ability to recover readily from illness
and/or depression
TOLERANCE
The permissible variation of an object or
objects in some characteristic such as
hardiness weight or quantity.
WHAT
CHANGES
ARE YOU
SEEING?
FALL
Apple trees are blooming earlier
Tree leaves are changing colors earlier
Earlier frost warnings
Leaves are dropping earlier
WINTER
Snowfall
Ice
Extreme events
More rain than snow
CUMULATIVE FREEZING DAYS
Cumulitive Freezing Days (1952-2014)
1100
1000
989.5
984.7
950.7
900
Temp (C)
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
Year
969
914
SPRING
March
 2012 High 81°F Low 1°F
 2013 High 57°F Low 2°F
 2014 High 47°F Low -23°F
Maple sap
Flowers
Lower snow pack less runoff but high snow
pack could mean flooding
PREDICTIONS OF SUGAR MAPLE IN
EASTERN NORTH AMERICA
predicted new
growth
Distribution of Sugar
Maple in Eastern North
America will change due
to an increase in
temperature and a
decrease in moisture
shifting further north east.
predicted new
growth
overlap
overlap
present range
Prediction based on
increased temperature
Prediction based on increased
temperature and decrease
precipitation
TOTAL RAIN FALL
Inches
Total Depth 00-13
90.00
80.00
70.00
60.00
50.00
40.00
30.00
20.00
10.00
0.00
Year
SUMMER
 Warm, Cold, Warm (Spring), Hot and Dry (Summer)
 Extreme rain events
 More rain in shorter time
periods
 Hail storms, wind storms
 Drought Conditions
 Well went dry
 Crops-Corn
 Water levels
WATER TEMPERATURES
30.00
25.00
20.00
15.00
10.00
5.00
0.00
BLACK ASH SEEDS
One strategy the
Akwesasne Task Force
on the Environment is
using to save the black
ash tree is the collection
of black ash seeds. Each
year, healthy seeds are
harvested in New York
and parts of Canada,
then carefully recorded,
dried, and stored until
planting.
ADAPTATION PLAN
Special Grant to create Adaptation Plans for
all Nations in Region 2
 Created 2 plans
 Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe
 Shinnecock Nation
 Follows Thanksgiving Address
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THANKSGIVING ADDRESS
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The People
Mother Earth
The Waters
The Fish
Small Plants and Animals
The Berries
Three Sisters
Medicine Herbs
Animals
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Trees
The Birds
The Four Winds
The Thunderers
Grandmother Moon
The Sun
The Stars
The Four Beings
The Creator
GRAND MOTHER MOON
GRAND MOTHER MOON
CURRENT CONDITIONS
FUTURE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE
ONGOING AND PLANNED CLIMATE CHANGE
ADAPTATION ACTIONS
LINK TO ADAPTATION PLAN
http://srmtenv.org
Air Quality Program
Plan is listed under codes and regs
DI RE C T LI N K:
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CLOSING WORDS
“We have now arrived at the place where we end our
words. Of all the things we have named, it was not our
intention to leave anything out. If something was
forgotten, we leave it to each individual to send such
greetings and thanks in their own way.
And now our minds are one.”