General Resources Links
- DCRA Geospatial Solutions and DCRA Maps
The State of Alaska Division of Regional and Community Affairs has information on each community that can be helpful for planning and grant purposes. - The State of Alaska Recorder’s Office has title documents for all land in Alaska. You need to know who owns what when you are doing any land use planning related to adaptation planning, and to get funding for improvements or buyouts on specific properties.
- Mainstreaming Climate Considerations presentation at the Alaska Climate Adaptation and Science Center virtual presentation at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
- Statewide-Threat-Assessment-Final-Report 2019 Report by Denali Commission.
- FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is key for adaptation grants related to construction. Grants are highly complex and you usually need to hire a grant writer, but this site provides some basics. Tribes can apply directly to FEMA if they have their own hazard mitigation plan (HMP) or a joint plan with the city and the plan has been updated in the last five years.
- State of Alaska Grants The State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management passes through a lot of FEMA money. The advantage to applying through the State is that the State will pay the cost share; however, a tribe must compete with many other sub applicants.
- The Bureau of Indian Affairs, Tribal Climate Resilience Program provides small amounts of funding for planning and data gathering efforts.
- US Climate Resilience Toolkit The U.S. Climate Resilient Toolkit has examples of adaptation from other communities.
- Pacific Northwest Tribal Climate Change Guide,University of Oregon.
U.S. Government Accountability Office Report 2022 (GAO)
- Alaska Tribal Resilience Learning Network UAF ACASC is a community of learning, sharing technical assistance to support Alaska Tribes working towards climate adaptation priorities.
ACCAP Conducting innovative and collaborative research and engagement to inform climate policy, decision-making, and action for a just and sustainable future.
- Adapt Alaska is similar to the U.S. Climate Resilient Toolkit but Alaska-specific.
- UAF SNAP Alaska Scenarios Network for Alaska + Arctic Planning provides future projections for precipitation, temperature, and other parameters.
- Local Environmental Observer (LEO) Network is a platform for people to share climate observations.
- gov climate data, including shape files that could be useful if you are creating a GIS map.
- Fed Center Climate Change links The Climate Adaptation Program Area provides resources, tools, and lessons learned for organizations working to adjust to a changing climate to minimize negative effects and take advantage of new opportunities.
- Yukon-Flats-Changing-Environment
- Alaska’s-Changing-Environment 2019
- National Climate Assessment – Indigenous People’s Resilience Actions Interactive Map to research past Climate Change Adaptation Projects.
- Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP) Climate Change Program, Northern Arizona University, national support services.
- Analysis of an Inventory of Community Resilience Frameworks National Institute of Standards & Technology.
- Building Authentic Collaborations with Tribal Communities: A living reference for climate practitioners, Climate Science Alliance.
- Disaster Resilience Resource Guide for Rural Communities. Department of Agriculture.
- Fourth National Climate Assessment S. Global Change Research Program.
- Guidelines for Considering Traditional knowledge (TKs) in Climate Change Initiatives Climate and Traditional Knowledge Working Group.
- National Fish, Wildlife & Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy National Fish, Wildlife & Plants Adaptation Network.
- Resilience Roadmap: A Collaborative Approach to Multi-Jurisdictional Resilience Planning National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
- Simple Tribal Co-Management: Using Existing Authority to Engage Tribal Nations in Co-Management of Federal Public Lands University of Iowa College of Law.
- White House Tribal Nations Summit Progress Report Domestic Policy Council.