MAINE PUBLIC • January 30, 2023
The University of Maine is working with the Wabanaki tribes on developing a plan for climate adaptation. As part of the effort to update the Wabanaki Climate Adaptation and Adaptive Management Workbook, Darren Ranco, chair of UMaine's Native American programs, plans to organize two symposia with 10 Wabanaki knowledge keepers at each event. The first will be in May. "That's going to focus on gathering women's knowledge as it relates to water," Ranco says, "thinking about climate adaption through the lens of women's knowledge and their caretaking roles for water." Ranco says the next symposium, in the fall, will likely focus on plant knowledge and management.