Our Work
Kigluiak Mountains (Photo Credit: Hal Sheperd)
Ongoing Projects
Protecting Public Lands in Alaska
Federal Subsistence Priority Under Threat
The Norton Bay Watershed Temperature, Dissolved Oxygen, Instream Flow and Policy Project
Defending Tribal Sovereignty on the Seward Peninsula
Protecting Subsistence Resources in the Imuruk Basin
BLM Co-Management
Mining Exploration Resurfaces at Tubutulik River
Past Projects
Native Village of Golovin Hazard Mitigation & Climate Adaption Plan Integration
Norton Sound Communities Climate Adaptation Training (NSCCAT)
Climate Adaptation and Implementation Plan for the Norton Bay Watershed
The Imuruk Basin Subsistence Protection Project
Norton Bay Climate Risk Assessment Project
North Bering Sea Tribal Climate Self Determination Project
Norton Bay Watershed Ocean and Coastal Management Plan
The Native Village of Elim's Tubutulik River Watershed Vulnerability & Risk Assessment for Temperature, Dissolved Oxygen (DO) and Stream Flow (Assessment) is designed to establish the current baseline
Native Village of Elim's Tubutulik River Watershed Vulnerability & Risk Assessment for Temperature, Dissolved Oxygen and Stream Flow
Council Activities
Using Traditional Ecological Knowledge
We use traditional ecological knowledge to understand how the local environment is changing due to climate change and to develop strategies for adapting to these changes.
(Photo Credit: Hal Sheperd)
Conducting Regional and Local Climate Change Adaptation Planning
We work with partners to develop regional and local plans to assist local communities to adapt to the impacts of climate change on subsistence resources.
(Photo Credit: Ken Takak)
Addressing Gaps in Federal Programs
We advocate for the needs of the local communities in relation to federal programs and agency actions that potentially impact subsistence and water resources or tribal sovereignty.
Fish Camp
(Photo Credit: Hal Sheperd)
Increasing Resilience
We develop strategies to adapt to changing environmental conditions and mitigate the impacts of climate change on traditional and water resources.
Musk Ox on the Teller Highway
(Photo Credit: Hal Sheperd)
Support us to protect our water resources
Local traditional knowledge is critical to protecting our water resources.
Your support is vital to the council's efforts to monitor, restore, and advocate for water rights in the Norton Bay watershed. Your donation would go to assist the watershed council to monitor the health of our rivers and the protection of subsistence and traditional resources.
