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Climate Change Adaptation Planning
Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe
Environment Division
Angela BenedictSRMT Environment Division
An Adaptation Plan is a written document of our Environment,
ways of life and strategies to adapt to a changing climate.
WHAT IS AN ADAPTATION PLAN?
CHANGES?
Ability to recover readily from illness and/or depression
RESILIENCE
The permissible variation of an object or objects in some
characteristic such as hardiness weight or quantity.
TOLERANCE
WHAT CHANGES ARE YOU SEEING?
Apple trees are blooming earlierTree leaves are changing colors earlierEarlier frost warningsLeaves are dropping earlier
FALL
SnowfallIceExtreme eventsMore rain than snow
WINTER
CUMULATIVE FREEZING DAYS
1952
1955
1957
1959
1961
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1967
1969
1971
1973
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2013
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989.5 984.7950.7
914
969
Cumulitive Freezing Days (1952-2014)
Year
Tem
p (
C)
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
SPRING
PREDICTIONS OF SUGAR MAPLE IN EASTERN NORTH AMERICA
present range
overlap
predicted new growth
predicted new growth
overlap
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.
Prediction based on Prediction based on increased increased temperature temperature and decrease
precipitation
TOTAL RAIN FALL
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
0.0010.0020.0030.0040.0050.0060.0070.0080.0090.00
Total Depth 00-13
Year
Inc
he
s
Extreme rain events More rain in shorter time
periods Hail storms, wind storms
SUMMER
Drought Conditions Well went dry Crops-Corn Water levels
Warm, Cold, Warm (Spring), Hot and Dry (Summer)
WATER TEMPERATURES
06/1
9/19
96
12/1
9/19
96
06/1
9/19
97
12/1
9/19
97
06/1
9/19
98
12/1
9/19
98
06/1
9/19
99
12/1
9/19
99
06/1
9/20
00
12/1
9/20
00
06/1
9/20
01
12/1
9/20
01
06/1
9/20
02
12/1
9/20
02
06/1
9/20
03
12/1
9/20
03
06/1
9/20
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12/1
9/20
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06/1
9/20
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12/1
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06/1
9/20
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12/1
9/20
06
06/1
9/20
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12/1
9/20
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06/1
9/20
08
12/1
9/20
08
06/1
9/20
09
12/1
9/20
09
06/1
9/20
10
12/1
9/20
10
06/1
9/20
11
12/1
9/20
11
06/1
9/20
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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 2Created 2 plans
Saint Regis Mohawk TribeShinnecock Nation
Follows Thanksgiving Address
THANKSGIVING ADDRESS
The PeopleMother EarthThe WatersThe FishSmall Plants and
AnimalsThe BerriesThree SistersMedicine HerbsAnimals
TreesThe BirdsThe Four WindsThe ThunderersGrandmother MoonThe SunThe StarsThe Four BeingsThe Creator
GRAND MOTHER MOON
CURRENT CONDITIONS
FUTURE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE
ONGOING AND PLANNED CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION ACTIONS
GRAND MOTHER MOON
DIRECT LINK:HTTP://SRMTENV.ORG/WEB_DOCS/2013/09/SRMT_CCAP_08-30-13.PDF
http://srmtenv.org
Air Quality Program
Plan is listed under codes and regs
LINK TO ADAPTATION PLAN
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.”