Climate Adaptation

First Foods Policy Program is hosting our limited series Carbon Crafternoons for Spring 2026!

FFPP will be hosting (coffee, tea, and maybe some snacks) a space for our Tribal community and staff to tune into our broadcast of footage from last fall’s Carbon & Culture Symposium before we post them to our Climate Adaptation Youtube Channel and discuss opportunities and concerns for carbon mitigation efforts in our region. We will host these on Friday afternoons 1:30 to 3:30 PM at the Nixyaawii Governance Center (NGC) and will be informal, drop in, and with a virtual attendance option, link below. Attendees are encouraged to bring a (transportable) craft with them that they would like to work on during the broadcast! Please note FFPP will not be providing crafting supplies, so please bring everything you would need to work on your craft with us. Crafts are not required for anyone who may want to listen and discuss with us.

Our tentative Crafternoon schedule is below:

• Friday April 3^rd in NGC Conf. Rm 101 Walla Walla | Nciwana
  Viewing: C&CS 2025 Tish Croom Walking Trail First Foods Restoration with Naknuwiłáma Tiičámna (Caretakers of the Land)
  
  
• Friday April 17^th in NGC Conf. Rm 101 Walla Walla | Nciwana
  Viewing: C&CS Working Lands Science Lecture Session with Oregon State Extension, USDA ARS, and the Nature Conservancy
  
  
• Friday April 24^th in NGC Conf. Rm 101 Walla Walla | Nciwana
  Viewing: C&CS Lands and Systems Lecture Session with Global Ocean Health, Oregon Dept of Environmental Quality, Nature Conservancy, and Eastern Oregon Legacy Lands
  
  
• Friday May 1^st in NGC Conf. Rm 101 Walla Walla | Nciwana
  Viewing: C&CS Hot Topics Lecture Session with Oregon Dept of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI) and Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN)

Please reach out to Colleen Sanders (colleensanders@ctuir.org, 541.429.7247) if you have questions or want to talk about carbon mitigation efforts with FFPP.

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Microsoft Teams meeting - Click here on Fridays 1:30 PM to join our Crafternoons virtually!

Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/23418263747688?p=e1RpLnNnrZeyxokQwO v

Meeting ID: 234 182 637 476 88

Passcode: 2mo7Vp7V

 

Dial in by phone

+1 872-242-7793,,253824365# United States, Chicago

Phone conference ID: 253 824 365#

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Climate Adaptation development has largely been completed. As Tribal departments integrate outcomes from the Climate Adaptation Plan (CAP) Implementation Workshops into their Annual Work Plans, they are welcome to coordinate with First Foods Policy Program to ensure work items are in compliance with CAP objectives and benchmarks. 

We are grateful to the CTUIR Departments and Tribal Enterprises that participated with our workshops, it was amazing to share space with everyone and hear about the ways you all are already being climate resilient and the actions you'd like to see taken in the future! FFPP will work to prepare notes from these workshops to share back with Departments for comment, and will ultimately be submitted to the Office of Executive Director for review and incorporation into CTUIR's annual work plans. Please let us know if you have questions or would like to add information or suggestions for the Implementation Plan by contacting us at 541.429.7247 or  FirstFoods@CTUIR.org

You will find digital copies of the materials provided to workshop participants at the CTUIR CAP Workshop Materials page.