Wabanaki Climate Hub

02/15/2023

https://www.mitsc.org/news/mitsc-special-report-sea-run?fbclid=IwAR1w7uUpwI5mOKjft8zSkN2CtVXv6MC4Y6lKTzFWv6JMOgsq35SI1uklxQQ
A Study Regarding the Impact of Maine Policies
on the Quality and Quantity of Traditional Tribal
Fish Stocks and Sustenance Practices

MITSC has recently completed and published a new special report, Sea Run, which addresses the impact of Maine policies and activity on the quality and quantity of traditional tribal fish stocks and sustenance lifeways practices, spanning from the time of first contact between Europeans and the Waban...

02/08/2023

The University of Maine is working with the Wabanaki tribes on developing a plan for climate adaptation.

11/08/2022

https://maine.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYlf-CgqDssHtBPc4_R0AkdyY44QugN_Qwp
Link to register^ Zoom
Suzanne currently co-leads a project that facilitates the development of plant gathering agreements between the Wabanaki Nations and Acadia National Park. This interdisciplinary work focuses on Wabanaki stewardship approaches and cultural protocols to assert indigenous sovereignty within natural resource management. In this talk, Suzanne will focus on the Indigenous Research Methodology and participatory action research approach to facilitate sweetgrass gathering in Acadia National Park. Her research aims to provide a template of culturally appropriate engagement between Native American gatherers and National Parks.

08/01/2022

07/22/2022

WGME CBS 13 provides news, sports, weather and local event coverage in the Portland, Maine area including Lewiston, Augusta, Brunswick, Westbrook, Biddeford, S**o, Sanford, South Portland, Kennebunk, Bangor, Freeport, Buxton, Windham, Auburn, Waterville, Scarborough, Gorham, Yarmouth, Standish, Falm...

07/18/2022

Anything less than the full force of the Clean Air Act on oil and gas methane pollution is a missed opportunity that will have dire consequences on public health and the environment.

07/11/2022

The numbers increased over 150x fold thanks to restoration efforts on Indian Island, Washington.

07/09/2022

It's time! Contact one of our lease holders to join us as a raker for the 2022 harvest.

Chad Sockabasin 207-214-2401
Tonia Smith 207-460-7051

07/07/2022

Light from city streets and major metropolitan areas can be brighter than a full moon in some areas.

07/07/2022

06/29/2022

CRSRI is hosting a Salmon Warriors Youth Camp on August 19-23, 2022!

This three-nation gathering is bringing youth together to explore our interconnection and resiliency as salmon people - to learn, to imagine, and to dream our salmon home.

To apply, Syilx Okanagan youth can send in a paragraph to Carrie Terbasket at [email protected]

06/29/2022

Europe's leading prefab h**p building company, Dun Agro H**p Group which has built more than 65 specialty low-carbon homes, will stake a claim in the United States market with a large-scale h**p processing facility and headquarters in Indiana.

06/25/2022

Scientists have discovered a way to turn byproduct from vegetable oil production into a membrane that filters out heavy metals from water.

06/23/2022

Native American Tribes will co-manage Bears Ears National Monument for the first time. 👏

This weekend leaders from the Pueblo of Zuni, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe, and Ute Indian Tribe entered into a cooperative agreement with the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service in Utah. This agreement formalizes the Bears Ears Commission which was originally established in Presidential Proclamation 9558 on December 28, 2016 and re-established on October 8, 2021 in Presidential Proclamation 10285.

This is a major accomplishment towards the stewardship and protection of these homelands, but there is still so much work to do. May we continue progressing forward. https://buff.ly/3xL1fc7

06/21/2022

This month (June 13, 2022), the International Astronomical Union added the name Kejimkujik to minor planet (asteroid) 497593. Discovered by Canadian astronomer Paul Wiegert in 2006, the asteroid is a small, irregular, rocky object in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. It’s n...

06/20/2022

Kwe! Another Mi'kmaq Monday rolls around and Eel, or Ga't is today's word. Ga't was an important year-round food source the Mi'kmaq could rely on. The Mi'kmaq believed that consuming Ga't would calm the spirit and ease transition from life to death, and was often requested as a "last meal". Some Mi'kmaq communities still refer to the Ga't in their modern placenames.

06/20/2022

Wolves are essential. Here's why.

Wolves are a critical keystone species in a healthy ecosystem.

As top-level predators, they are influential in shaping and maintaining the structure of their natural communities. By regulating prey populations, wolves induce vegetative changes allowing for the return of beaver, migrating birds, and other species previously driven out of denuded habitats. In this regard, wolves have a trickle-down effect on different populations, a phenomenon known as a "trophic cascade".
Predation by wolves also removes animals that are weaker genetically or harbor sicknesses. As selective predators, wolves provide a protective gauntlet that can help slow the spread and prevalence of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) - the ultra-lethal degenerative neurological illness now invading wildlife-rich ecosystems across the American landscape.

The return of the wolf reflects more fully functional and wild ecosystems.

Thus, they're essential, and so are you.

Please join us in our mission to protect and preserve these critical keystone predators ➡ http://bit.ly/OurPack