The following article by Aleandro Davila Fragoso appeared on the ThinkProgress.org website Februar 23, 2016:
Charles Warsinske has a daunting and unusual task for a city planner: move a town out of the way of climate change.
“If you think about it too long it’s somewhat overwhelming,” said Warsinske, manager of the Quinault Indian Nation Community Development Planning Department. “It seems like the climate change thing is certainly on everybody’s minds right now and it’s a very, very complicated thing.”
For the Quinault Nation, which has lived next to the Quinault River and the Pacific coast just west of Seattle for generations, climate change raises more issues than for most communities. Their culture and economy depend on the bounty of the land, forests, rivers, and oceans that are behaving as differently as any tribal elder can remember. The glaciers that feed the rivers and support the salmon population — so integral to their livelihood — are disappearing. Forests on tribal lands are changing, too, as invasive species threaten critical resources. Continue reading “Scientists Are More Confident Than Ever In Troubling Sea Level Rise Projections”