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Imtiaz Rangwala Speaks at CIRES and DRI Webinar on Drought Tools
NC CASC’s Climate Science Lead, Imtiaz Rangwala, and his partners at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder (CIRES) and Desert Research Institute (DRI) discussed different drought tools for drought early warning and research on a webinar organized by NIDIS.
DOI Signs a Major Tribal Water Compact
On Friday, September 17th, the Department of the Interior (DOI) signed off on a major tribal water rights compact with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of Montana. The compact will work to improve tribal water infrastructure and is the largest tribal water rights settlement in history by total federal cost.
NC CASC Webinar Series: "Forest impacts on snow water resources: management and climate adaptation possibilities"
Most of the snow water resources that feed North America’s large rivers originate from forested land. Forest canopies greatly affect the snow on the ground. Forest cover intercepts snowfall that subsequently sublimates back to the atmosphere – a water resource that is never realized.
NC CASC's Edwards, Rangwala, Rattling Leaf, Tangen Contribute to Launch of U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit's New Section for the Northern Great Plains Region
In September 2021, the U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit announced the publication of a new Northern Great Plains Region section. The section features narratives, tools, case studies, and reports related to the impacts of climate change across the Northern Great Plains and information on how people can build resilience to them.
Status of Tribes and Climate Change (STACC) Report
The Status of Tribes and Climate Change (STACC) Report seeks to uplift and honor the voices of Indigenous peoples across the U.S. to increase understanding of Tribal lifeways, cultures, and worldviews, the climate change impacts Tribes are experiencing, the solutions they are implementing, and ways that all of us can support Tribes in adapting to our changing world.
James Rattling Leaf Helps Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Host Climate Change Summit
NC CASC’s consultant to the Great Plains Tribal Water Alliance, James Rattling Leaf, helped the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe organize and host a two-day Climate Change Summit on September 9-10th in Bismarck, North Dakota.
NC CASC Publication on Drought Decision Making Highlighted by NCASC News Announcement
A recent news announcement by the National CASC highlighted a publication funded by the NC CASC, "A typology of drought decision making: Synthesizing across cases to understand drought preparedness and response actions."
NC CASC Welcomes New Communications Specialist, Ulyana Horodyskyj
The NC CASC welcomes our new Communications Specialist, Ulyana Horodyskyj. Ulyana is a geologist/glaciologist/climate change expert with extensive experience in science communication, as well as previous experience as a research associate.
Read the Latest NC CASC Tribal Climate Newsletter
Read the September edition of the NC CASC Tribal Climate Newsletter.
Aparna Bamzai-Dodson to Speak at Upcoming INSTAAR Seminar
NC CASC USGS Deputy Director, Aparna Bamzai-Dodson, is scheduled to give an upcoming seminar at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) on September 20th at 12:00pm MT.