PA12A-03
Lessons Learned on Effective Co-production of Drought Science and Decision Support Tools with the Wind River Reservation Tribal Water Managers
Monday, 14 December 2015: 10:50
103 (Moscone South)
Shannon McNeeley1, Dennis S Ojima2 and Tyler Beeton1,2, (1)Colorado State University/North Central Climate Science Center, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (2)Colorado State University, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Fort Collins, CO, United States
Abstract:
The Wind River Reservation in west-central Wyoming is home of the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes. The reservation has experienced severe drought impacts on Tribal livelihoods and cultural activities in recent years. Scientists from the North Central Climate Science Center, the National Drought Mitigation Center, the High Plains Regional Climate Center, and multiple others are working in close partnership with the tribal water managers on a reservation-wide drought preparedness project that includes a technical assessment of drought risk, capacity building to train managers on drought and climate science and indicators, and drought planning. This talk will present project activities to date along with the valuable and transferrable lessons learned on effective co-production of actionable science for decision making in a tribal context.
