Research: Chími nukárihihi (Let’s Get Ready): Collaborative Climate Change and Drought Response Monitoring and Implementation

Through this research, the Karuk Tribe aims to improve Karuk socio-ecological resilience to drought by (a) increasing access to drought-relevant data for Karuk Tribal managers and (b) increasing Karuk community engagement in research, monitoring, and management activities to better integrate Indigenous and Western science and management systems and achieve more rapid awareness of and response to drought impacts across the landscape. 

The project will strengthen socio-ecological resilience to drought by integrating Indigenous and Western science and management systems and through collaboration between Indigenous and Western scientists and managers in order to achieve faster awareness of and response to drought impacts on cultural indicator species by Karuk Department of Natural Resources managers. 

NIDIS is funding this research through the FY 2022 Coping with Drought Competition – Building Tribal Drought Resilience. To learn more, view the full research profile.