Developing a Northwest Tribal Climate Change Strategy Workshop
A workshop hosted by Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, and the Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Authority. The event took place December 10, 2008 at Portland State University.

Below are the workshop presenters and links to download their presentations (PDF or PowerPoint files; icon indicates filetype).

	Phil Roger Fisheries Science Manager Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission	Presentation Climate Change Impacts in the Interior Columbia Basin ( 2.2 MB)
	Mr. Roger is the Senior Scientist and Manager of the Fish Science Department at the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission. His career has focused on applying science to improve salmon management processes and decisions. His graduate work at the University of Washington focused on quantitative ecology and decision theory. He has worked as a harvest manager for the Quinault Indian Nation and the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, where he was a technical advisor to the U.S. Section during negotiations of the Pacific Salmon Treaty. Presently, Mr. Roger is a Senior Scientist and Manager of the Fishery Science Department at the Commission. In this capacity, he oversees a group of over twenty scientists studying all aspects salmon biology. The Science Department operates the StreamNet Fisheries Library for the Columbia Basin and a genetics laboratory in Hagerman Idaho, as well as over twenty specific research projects. Phil also serves on several inter-agency teams to coordinate monitoring and research programs, improve data management and sharing, and develop improved decision-support models and analyses.
	Bob Heinith Hydro Program Coordinator Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission	Presentation Climate Change Science and Mitigation/Adaptation Tools (1.5 MB)
	Mr. Heinith is CRITFC's hydro program coordinator. He has been involved with Northwest salmon issues for over 20 years. He has worked on high seas fisheries in Alaska for the National Marine Fisheries Service, salmon tributary habitat restoration for the Warm Springs Tribes, tributary dam passage/removal and water quantity issues for the Point No Point Treaty Council on the Olympic Peninsula, and mainstem and tributary dam passage and habitat issues for CRITFC. He has represented CRITFC in regional salmon forums and as a technical expert in litigation involving the Corps of Engineers’ proposals to transport juvenile salmon, reduce dam spill and dredge the Snake River. He has also provided expert testimony regarding federal fish passage and habitat inadequacies under the Endangered Species Act. In 2008, he served as a scientific representative on the Western Governors’ Association Climate Change Working Group. Recently, Mr. Heinith was the key author for a regional restoration plan for Pacific lamprey, a culturally important species for tribal people that is quickly disappearing in the Columbia Basin. Mr. Heinith holds a bachelor’s degree from Colorado State University in fisheries biology and a master’s degree in integrated science from Oregon State University/Western Oregon University. He has also consulted for Canadian First Nations regarding prospects for restoring salmon to the Canadian portion of the Columbia River. In his spare time he can be found in a boat or playing old time fiddle and swing music.
	David Graves GIS Specialist Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission	Presentation Climate Change, Snowpack, and Water on Columbia Basin Tribal Ceded Lands (3.2 MB)
	David Graves has worked at the CRITFC as a GIS Specialist since July 2005. His work includes map and data management support for Commission projects, as well as analysis of subjects that affect the tribal fisheries including climate change. He conducted research at Portland State University on the hydrologic implications of climate change for a local watershed. Previously, Mr. Graves worked at the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Mr. Graves earned his B.S. in Environmental Policy and Assessment from Western Washington University and his M.S. in Geography at Portland State University.
	Kyle Dittmer Hydrologist-Meteorologist Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission	Presentation Climate Change Impacts on Columbia Basin Tribal Lands: Past-Present-Future (11.4 MB)
	Kyle Dittmer was born and raised in Spokane. He earned two B.Sc. degrees earned from the University of Washington in Geology and Oceanography, and a M.Sc. degree in Geology from Eastern Washington University. Kyle was a hydrologist for the National Weather Service in Portland for 10 years. In 1998, he joined Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission as a hydrologist/meteorologist. Kyle teaches evening classes in Introductory Meteorology and Introductory Oceanography at Portland Community College. Kyle is also a Science Professor at Marylhurst University. He has published in the Journal of the American Water Resources Association. Kyle served as the President of the Oregon Chapter of the American Meteorological Society, 2005-2009. In July 2007, Kyle earned his certification as a Professional Hydrologist from the American Institute of Hydrology. Kyle’s work blends hydrology and computer modeling to assist salmon recovery efforts. His latest work shows the impacts of climate change on PNW tribal reservation land, water, and salmon resources.
	David Van't Hoff Sustainability Advisor to Governor Kulongoski State of Oregon	Presentation Cap and Trade and the Western Climate Initiative (1 MB)
	David Van’t Hof is the sustainability policy advisor for Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski. Mr. Van’t Hof’s areas of focus include implementing the Governor's Executive Order on sustainability, directing the Governor's climate change initiatives, and fostering the development of renewable energy and associated technologies in Oregon. Prior to joining the Governor’s Office, Mr. Van't Hof spent five years working for Stoel Rives LLP as a private sector attorney, focusing on natural resources, land use, and administrative law, with an emphasis on major project permitting and water rights. Mr. Van’t Hof has served on several non profit boards. Before launching his law career, Mr. Van’t Hof served two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal, West Africa. He graduated cum laude from University of Michigan Law School in 1995, and Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1988.
	Direlle Calica Tribal Energy Specialist Law Office of Schaff & Clark-Deschene	Presentation Northwest Tribal Energy Interests (10.6 MB)
	Direlle is a member of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Tribe. She graduated from Lewis & Clark Law School. Upon graduation, she worked as U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division Tribal Liaison on federal-tribal issues. In 2008, Direlle accepted an attorney position with the Law Office of Schaff & Clark-Deschene, working on energy and economic development issues with tribes in the Pacific Northwest. Through the course of her work with the law firm she has been involved in strategic energy planning for tribes, renewable power generation, tribal utility matters, high voltage transmission expansion and planning, carbon cap and trade, climate change policy, energy conservation, rate case proceedings, and other energy interests important to tribes in the Northwest.
	Thomas Jensen Partner Sonnenschein
	Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College in Portland, OR, J.D., 1983 University of Southern California, B.A., 1980 Mr. Jensen serves as Chair of Sonnenschein's Committee on Environmental Sustainability. Mr. Jensen’s clients have included federal and tribal governments, electric utilities, independent power producers, fishing interests, conservation organizations, certification bodies, investment banks, hedge funds and other law firms. Formerly majority counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and a senior official in the President’s Council on Environmental Quality, Mr. Jensen’s responsibilities in public service included reform of federal water policy and projects; resolution of Indian tribal treaty disputes; endangered species and habitat conservation; Grand Canyon, Everglades and Olympic National Park restoration; creation of national monuments: hydropower regulation; and Fifth Amendment takings policy. Prior to joining Sonnenschein in 2004, Mr. Jensen headed the environmental and natural resource practice in the Washington office of Troutman Sanders LLP.
	Alan Parker Professor Evergreen State University	Presentation Climate Change and Pacific Rim (16.8 MB)
	Alan Parker was appointed to the faculty of The Evergreen State College in 1997 and as director of the Northwest Indian Applied Research Institute, a public service institute of the College in 1999. Prior to coming to Evergreen, Parker served as director of the National Indian Policy Center at George Washington University, Washington, DC. He was the staff director for the Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate, Washington, DC from 1987 to1990 where he worked on the development of a comprehensive legislative program for the Committee and served as liaison with the various federal agencies, tribal governments and other congressional offices. Major legislative projects during this time included the 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, the National Museum of American Indian Act, the Indian Self-Governance Act, the Native American Graves and Repatriation Act and the Indian Housing Act. Before this, he was Chief Counsel, Select Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate, Washington, DC from 1977 to July 1980.