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Historic & Tribal Cultural Resources Policies

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Policy: Foster partnerships and collaboration opportunities with tribal liaisons and partners.

Adaptation Strategy

Coordinate resiliency planning with tribal groups and representatives through government-to-government consultation.  Foster greater collaboration with representatives of local tribal nations and/or intertribal organizations with traditional knowledge of native species diversity and ecological processes and patterns that honors historical knowledge or tribal natural resource management adaptive management and resource protection.

In Progress

Policy: Honor and share traditional knowledge of land management and cultural significance.

Adaptation Strategy

Research, write, and share climate stories, particularly related to historic and tribal cultural resources.

In Progress

Adaptation Strategy

Incorporate Indigenous Knowledge/Traditional Ecological Knowledge (IK/TEK) into the preservation and protection of historic and tribal cultural resources.

In Progress

Policy: Incorporate climate change consideration into historic and tribal cultural planning and stewardship.

Adaptation Strategy

Develop and implement a cultural resources management plan that aims to reduce stress and minimize exposure of historic, archaeological, and tribal cultural resources to climate change impacts.

In Progress

Policy: Preserve and protect historic and tribal cultural resource.

Adaptation Strategy

Practice proactive and robust decision-making for cultural resources. Use modeling and scenario planning to understand likely future impacts of climate change on individual resources; identify intervention options available to mitigate impacts; and implement the intervention measures in a timely manner to maximize preservation efforts.

Not Yet Started

Adaptation Strategy

Consider historic properties of religious and cultural significance to local tribes during consultation to develop appropriate avoidance measures and/or project redesign opportunities to protect resources.

In Progress

Implementation Highlights

San Diego coastline

The Coastal Resilience Master Plan is an implementation action of Climate Resilient SD. The plan identifies potential nature-based solutions for locations along San Diego's coast to improve the resilience of our communities to sea level rise while also benefiting wildlife, habitat and natural coastal resources. The plan includes the development of concept-level designs for six locations along San Diego's coast, a pilot project and completion of a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) environmental analysis.

Through the Coastal Resilience Master Plan effort, City Planning is coordinating with various Tribal groups and Tribal government representatives to help shape the plan, inform implementation and acknowledge Kumeyaay heritage. Coordination with the Tribes aims to identify opportunities for co-stewardship, build relationships and incorporate Traditional Ecological Knowledge into the City's coastal resilience planning efforts.

Pt Loma Lighthouse

Cultural Resources Management Plans provide an organizational and regulatory framework for managing cultural resources and historic properties. These plans typically identify documented cultural resources within management boundaries, identify threats to the resources and provide procedures and best practices to ensure preservation and protection of the resources and compliance with applicable laws. In FY25, City staff began development of a project scope for completion of a Historic and Cultural Resources Management Plan that will include consideration for climate change impacts to these resources.

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