Climate Change and Impacts to Yakama Nation’s Natural and Cultural Resources with Elaine Harvey, Yakama Nation

Climate change is here and occurring today. Indigenous people retain their connection to the land, water, and natural resources with a deep understanding of climate change impacts as a result of multi-year droughts, annual precipitation deficiencies, and average temperature increases. Those impacts are affecting when salmon return and the harvest seasons for the roots and berries.

National, state, and local governments are moving to implement Green Energy projects to offset the reliance on fossil fuels, with many of these Green Energy projects planned on very culturally sensitive lands to Tribal nations. How will non-Tribal agencies and governments proceed with the Green Energy movement with the Tribes' resources at risk?

Join the OSPI Washington Climate Education Summit’s keynote speaker, Elaine Harvey.

Elaine Harvey currently works for the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission as the Watershed Department Manager and has also previously worked for Yakama Nation Fisheries since 2006. Elaine is also a citizen of the Kamiltpah (Rock Creek) Band of the Yakama Nation.  She was the manager for the Rock Creek Fish and Habitat Project for 13 years and served as the Hydro Systems Oversight Coordinator and Environmental Coordinator for two years. She is also a Columbia River Intertribal Fisheries Commissioner for the Yakama Nation and serves as an Executive Board member for the Columbia Land Trust.

Audience: This event is free and open to the community.

Parking: Limited free parking (2 hours) is available in the lot run by City of Vancouver Parking Services to the east of the library or in the spaces on Reserve Street.