This special webinar was offered on November 6, 2024 in lieu of the Saturday Evening Open Forum that was intended to be a part of the 26th Annual Coho Confab. Leaf Hillman, Karuk tribal member and Co-Chair of the Tribal Northern Region Leadership Council of North Coast Resource Partnership; and Cleo Woelfle Hazard, Fire Advisor UC Cooperative Extension, are generously presenting this online event to all Confab participants. SRF recorded and shared the meeting to those who could not attend.
Webinar Details:
Fire-Water-Fish-Futures Webinar: Tribal-Led Climate Modeling Explores Fire Effects on Streamflow
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
12 PM - 1 PM
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
12 PM - 1 PM
Leaf Hillman, Karuk tribal member and Co-Chair of the Tribal Northern Region Leadership Council of North Coast Resource Partnership; and Cleo Woelfle-Hazard, Fire Advisor UC Cooperative Extension, shared insights on how prescribed and cultural fire can increase streamflow, and how future changes in snowpack and rainfall will affect conditions for salmonids and other aquatic species in the Klamath Basin.
In collaboration with modelers from the National Center for Atmospheric Research, they developed a downscaled climate model for the Klamath River basin. They presented maps of "maximum prescribed fire" for the Karuk Ancestral Territory, developed with the Western Klamath Restoration Partnership for 2050 and 2100.