Cross cultural capacity building: Landscape conservation and climate change adaptation with the Blackfeet Nation

The purpose of the proposed project is to increase the cross cultural capacity of indigenous and non-indigenous groups to collaborate on climate adaptation in the Crown of the Continent (CoC) a sub-region of the GNLCC area. In order to achieve this purpose, the objectives of this project are to conduct a pilot study 1) to identify the necessary protocols for collaboration between the Blackfeet Nation and government and non-government agencies active, and 2) to identify the priorities of the Blackfeet Nation in climate change adaptation. The outcomes of this project will include both written and presented material on the priorities of, and protocols for working with the Blackfeet Nation, including a widely distributed public brochure, local community presentations, and national academic paper and presentations.

FY2014Objectives:The proposed project will support the objectives of the GNLCC by helping support the decision tools available to indigenous and non-indigenous actors to work together for large landscape conservation, and with a specific focus on climate change. The project will also help understand the current state of resource conditions and evaluation of these conditions, through the identifications of priorities for adaptation to climate change. Though correlation is not causation; the identification for priorities for climate change will offer insight into perceptions of resource conditions and management.

FY2015and FY2016 Objectives:The proposed project will support the objectives of the GNLCC by helping support the decision tools available to indigenous and non-indigenous actors to work together for large landscape conservation, and with a specific focus on climate change. The project will also help understand the current state of resource conditions and evaluation of these conditions, through the identifications of priorities for adaptation to climate change. Though correlation is not causation; the identification for priorities for climate change will offer insight into perceptions of resource conditions and management.