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By Michael Case John Kim and Becky Kerns
Native Americans rely on tribally important ecosystem services such as traditional foods, hunting, timber production, non-timber forest resources (recreation, water), and cultural resources. Unfortunately, many of these resources may be highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. A research team sought to answer the question: Where and which tribally-important ecosystem services will be affected by climate change in the Pacific Northwest?
By William K. Jaeger Andrew J. Plantinga Christian Langpap Dan Bigelow and Kathleen Moore
Climate change, population growth, and income growth have the potential to significantly affect the availability and use of water in the Willamette River Basin (WRB). The Willamette Water 2100 project (WW2100) was motivated in response to the need for individuals, communities, and governments across the WRB to better understand how the supply and demand for water will evolve and vary across space and time in coming decades. This report describes results from the WW2100 model with a focus on its economic dimensions, that is, the impacts on people who live in the WRB.