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THEALL CLIMATE IS LOCAL (ACL) CONFERENCE,IS FOCUSED ON ANTICIPATING AND MITIGATING CLIMATE IMPACTS TO TRIBAL AGROECOSYSTEMS IN THE CROWN OF THE CONTINENT REGION ENCOMPASSING THE UPPER COLUMBIA AND UPPER MISSOURI RIVER BASINS IN THE STATES OF MONTANA, NORTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA, AND NEBRASKA.OUR TEAM OF TRIBAL AND NON-TRIBAL RESEARCHERS AND EDUCATORS WILL EMPLOY A TWO-EYED SEEING APPROACH FOR KNOWLEDGE SHARING AND CAPACITY BUILDING THROUGH A MULTI-FACETED CONFERENCE ENCOMPASSING A SERIES OF WEBINARS AND A VIRTUAL CONFERENCE. COLLECTIVELY, ACL ACTIVITIES ARE DESIGNED TO MAKE CLIMATE SERVICES FROM THE MONTANA CLIMATE OFFICE, NOAA/NIDIS,AND USDA/NIFA FUNDED PROJECTS, ACCESSIBLE, USEABLE, AND CULTURALLY RELEVANT TO EXTENSION AND TEACHING FACULTY AT 1994 TRIBAL COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES (TCUS). TWO-EYED SEEING CO-LEARNING ACTIVITIES WILL ALSO TEACH RESEARCHERS FROM MAINSTREAM ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS HOW TO RESPECTFULLY INCLUDE NATIVE WISDOM PERSPECTIVES IN CLIMATE PRODUCTS FOR BOTH NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE FARMERS, RANCHERS, AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGERS. THE ACL CONFERENCE WILL CO-DEVELOP EXTENSION OUTREACH AND UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION MATERIALS BASED ON WESTERN SCIENCE (CLIMATE DATA, AGRICULTURE RESILIENCE RESEARCH, ANALYSIS TOOLS) AND TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF INDIGENOUS AGROECOSYSTEMS IN MONTANA. CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS WILL INCLUDE ACADEMIC AND EXTENSION FACULTY FROM THE 1994 TCUS IN THE REGION, TRIBAL LEADERS, ACADEMIC RESEARCHERS, NOAA,USDA AND USGS CLIMATE PROGRAM LEADERS, AND TRIBAL, FEDERAL AND STATE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGERS. NEW COLLABORATIONS WILL BE ESTABLISHED TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY-BASED AGROECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE PLANNING TOOLS THAT INCORPORATE CLIMATE SERVICES AND TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE. THE OVERALL GOAL OF THE ACL CONFERENCE IS TO BRING NATIVE WISDOM AND WESTERN SCIENCE PERSPECTIVES TOGETHER TO MAKE CLIMATE RESEARCH AND DATA ACCESSIBLE, USEFUL, AND CULTURALLY RELEVANT AND STRENGTHEN EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS THAT ENHANCE TRIBAL AGROECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE.

$48,153FY2021National Institute of Food and AgricultureUSDA

Nevada System Of Higher Education, Reno NV

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