Areas of Concern

This map is based on tribal citizen interviews conducted under the Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Keystone Marine Species and Ecosystems project. This project was led by the Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation, in partnership with the Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria, Wiyot Tribe, and InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council. For the interviews, a digital data survey tool was developed by Ecotrust that included a total of fifty-seven (57) questions. This map represents the responses to two (2) of those questions. This is a "heat map" of areas where interviewed tribal citizens are concerned about the health and/or abundance of one (1) or more of the five (5) cultural-ecological keystone species. These species include abalone, clams, mussels, seaweed, and smelt.