In this broadcast, Maria Carrillo will review The Tribal Engagement & Climate Change Working Group, which has existed for 10+ years, as a National Park Service (NPS) working group. The group recently expanded to include partners at the Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, United States Geological Survey, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration! As a growing group, they are seeking to empower park staff and partners to mitigate the impacts of climate on public lands, including those of significance to Indigenous Peoples.
About Our Presenter, Maria Carrillo: Maria Carrillo is the Assistant Tribal Liaison for NPS' Northeast Region, and she hosts the national working group, Tribal Engagement & Climate Change, for NPS. She also has worked as a Disaster Analyst on Maui and in Belgium, and as a Lecturer of Anthropology at Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Richmond. Maria's career with public lands has included work with cultural communities in Hawai'i, the Pacific Northwest, California, the Intermountain Region, and now the Northeast Region. Her research and stewardship interests include the intersection of culture and climate change climate change
Climate change includes both global warming driven by human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases and the resulting large-scale shifts in weather patterns. Though there have been previous periods of climatic change, since the mid-20th century humans have had an unprecedented impact on Earth's climate system and caused change on a global scale.
Learn more about climate change , including mitigation and response to natural and anthropogenic hazards.
Who Should Attend
We welcome any Department of the Interior staff and partners, and anyone else who may be involved with tribes or who wish to learn more about working with tribes and Indigenous communities.
Additional Information
- Please join 5-10 minutes early to check your connection.
- Live captions will be included in the broadcast.
- For Closed Captioning or technical questions, contact Jenn Hill
- We will record this broadcast and upload it to the NCTC Broadcast Gallery within 2 weeks.
Contact
Jennifer Hill at 240.772.0393 or jennifer_hill@fws.gov.