Summary: Rethinking Resilience: Toward Holistic Approaches to Drought Management on Tribal Lands in the Upper Columbia and Missouri River Basins

The Workshop for Building Drought Resilience in a Changing Climate with Upper Columbia and Missouri Basin Tribes was convened in September 2023 with an overarching goal of strengthening relationships between Tribal Nations, Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), and their partners across the region. This two-and-a-half-day workshop was co-organized and sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT), with support from several workshop committees. In total, over 100 people attended the workshop and engaged in rich discussion about the successes and challenges of building and maintaining resilience to drought on tribal lands.

For those interested in learning more, a comprehensive workshop synthesis document is under development. This fact sheet provides a high-level overview of the forthcoming synthesis document, as well as themes and key messages that emerged from workshop discussions.