Grantee Research Project Results
2017 Progress Report: Identifying, Assessing and Adapting to Climate Change Impacts to Yurok Water and Aquatic Resources, Food Security and Tribal Health
EPA Grant Number: R835604Title: Identifying, Assessing and Adapting to Climate Change Impacts to Yurok Water and Aquatic Resources, Food Security and Tribal Health
Investigators: Fluharty, Suzanne , Cozzetto, Karen
Institution: Yurok Tribe Environmental Program , Northern Arizona University
Current Institution: Yurok Tribe Environmental Program , Northern Arizona University , Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium , Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals
EPA Project Officer: Hahn, Intaek
Project Period: July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2017 (Extended to June 30, 2018)
Project Period Covered by this Report: July 1, 2016 through June 30,2017
Project Amount: $908,965
RFA: Science for Sustainable and Healthy Tribes (2013) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Tribal Environmental Health Research , Human Health
Objective:
To identify water resource vulnerability and assess climate impacts on Yurok food security and health.
Progress Summary:
All work is progressing on schedule and the project has met the goals for the period as laid out in the Official No Cost Extension Award.
Primary data includes 1) locational and 26 months temperature data on 27 tributaries and 19 springs; 2) location information on public and private source water intakes; 3) sampling of domestic water sources for waterborne pathogens; 4) results from passive sampling for toxins associated with harmful algal blooms in 19 creeks and 4 Klamath River mainstem sites; 5) documentation from Community Participatory Research of Tribal community regarding climate change during workshops, community meetings, and directed staff/community member interviews; 6) sampling for domoic acid and paralytic shellfish poison in marine mussels; 7) record of significant drought impacts, and 8) compilation of baseline water quality data in Lower Klamath River tributaries utilizing sonde technology for dissolved oxygen (% and mg/mL), pH, conductivity, and temperature.
Completion of development of Yurok Local Environmental Observer as a hub of ANTHC Local Environmental Observer Network (LEO) and ‘app’ for Apple and Android products.
Completion of Yurok Climate Change and Summary Tribal Health Analysis Report.
Completion of data upload of local date to regional USFS NorWeST Streams database, report on GIS Stream Temperature Modeling of Yurok Ancestral Territory, and training on using continuous stream temperature modeling.
Future Activities:
Completion of 1) Yurok Tribe Climate Change Adaptation Plan for Water and Aquatic Resources and 2) tribally specific and culturally appropriate outreach materials.
Journal Articles:
No journal articles submitted with this report: View all 16 publications for this projectSupplemental Keywords:
Harmful Algal Blooms, HABs, microcystin, Paralytic Shellfish Poison, PSP, domoic acid, salmon, sturgeon, Pacific lamprey, mussels, cyanobacteria, Cryptosporidium, Giardia lambliaRelevant Websites:
The Yurok Tribe Environmental Program's (YTEP) Exit Exit
Progress and Final Reports:
Original AbstractThe perspectives, information and conclusions conveyed in research project abstracts, progress reports, final reports, journal abstracts and journal publications convey the viewpoints of the principal investigator and may not represent the views and policies of ORD and EPA. Conclusions drawn by the principal investigators have not been reviewed by the Agency.