Title: Salish
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2- Salish
- Kootenai
- Pend dOrielle
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5Watershed planning
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10Issues
- Hydropower
- Fisheries
- Watershed restoration and mitigation
- Water Quality
- International
- Water Rights
- Tribal land management
- Tribal Forest management
11Work With
- BPA
- NWPCC
- State(s)
- Federal agencies BIA, USFWS, EPA
- Flathead Basin Commission
- Provincial
- Tribes
- Counties
- Communities
- Local and regional interest groups
12Flathead Basin Commission1983
- To protect the existing high quality of the
- Flathead Lake aquatic environment the
- waters that flow into, out of, or are
tributary - to the Lake and the natural resources and
- environment of the Flathead Basin
13- 21 Members
- Seven appointed by the Governor
- One representative on Montana DNRC
- One Flathead County Commissioner
- One Representative of CSKT
- One USFS regional office
- One NPS
- Six ex officio BC, EPA, DOI, BOR BPA, COE and
Licensee under FPA - Two ex officio members DEQ and FWP
14Cline Mines Lodgepole project and BPs CBM
drilling (50 exploration 1,500 production in Elk
and Flathead valleys)
1532 river miles from US/Canada Border
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17On the Reservation
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- The CSKT have undertaken a variety of
watershed projects
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20Road Removal
21Channel Restoration
22Ronan Spring Creek South of Ronan
23Phase I Before Aerial Photo
Eroding, downstream migration of a meander bend
Abandon channel
Cleared riparian
24Phase I After Aerial Photo
Barrow site for floodplain fill material
Old channel filled in and re-vegetated
Reconstructed meander bend
Floodplain re-vegetation
Reclaimed channel
Stream channel elevated to re-connect to historic
floodplain
25Before
After
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27Sustainability
- Sustain what and how
- Most definitions are economic based
- EPA is presently looking at recommendations of
the NACEPT - Sustainability of infrastructures through a
watershed approach
28Sustainability A Tribal Perspective
- Protect and preserve resource for future
generations - Resources based
29Watershed PlanningProblems and Concerns
- Scale dependent
- Issue dependent
- Often complicated by political boundaries
- Jurisdictional issues
- Tribal interests often transcend multiple
jurisdictional areas (Aboriginal interests and
rights may go beyond the Reservation boundaries)
30Solutions
- Greater recognition of jurisdictional boundaries
and transboundary issues - Inclusion of Tribes in planning
- Local
- Regional
- Interstate
- International
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