{"id":1478,"date":"2026-05-18T09:40:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T09:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/?p=1478"},"modified":"2026-05-18T09:40:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T09:40:46","slug":"montana-tribes-combine-traditional-knowledge-and-western-science-in-climate-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/?p=1478","title":{"rendered":"Montana tribes combine traditional knowledge and Western science in climate plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"storytitle\">\n<h1>Montana tribes combine traditional knowledge and Western science in climate plan<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"STORYTITLE\" --><\/p>\n<div id=\"story-meta\" class=\"story-meta has-byline has-org\">\n<div class=\"story-meta__one\">\n<div class=\"story-meta__one-inner\">\n<div class=\"dateblock\">\n    <time datetime=\"2026-05-18T05:00:00-04:00\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"date\">May 18, 2026<\/span><span class=\"time\">5:00 AM ET<\/span><br \/>\n    <\/time>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"STORY-META__ONE-INNER\" --><\/p>\n<div class=\"station\">\n<p> <b>From<\/b><a class=\"station\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mtpr.org?utm_source=npr.org&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=click%2Bstation&amp;utm_term=local-story\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/branding.npr.org\/logo\/service-logo\/logo-Color-Logo-s214.png\" alt=\"Montana Public Radio\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"STATION\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"STORY-META__ONE\" --><\/p>\n<div class=\"story-meta__two\">\n<div id=\"storybyline\" class=\"storybyline-wrap linkLocation\">\n<div class=\"bucketwrap byline\">\n<div class=\"byline-container--block\">\n<p class=\"byline__name--block\">By\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"byline byline--block byline--has-link\" aria-label=\"Byline\">\n<p class=\"byline__name byline__name--block\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/people\/g-s1-122315\/ellis-juhlin\" rel=\"author\"><br \/>\n      Ellis Juhlin<br \/>\n    <\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP BYLINE\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"STORY-META__TWO\" -->\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"STORY-META\" CLASS=\"STORY-META HAS-BYLINE HAS-ORG\" --><\/p>\n<div id=\"storytext\" class=\"storytext storylocation linkLocation\">\n<div id=\"resg-s1-122288\" class=\"bucketwrap image x-large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"--source-width: 2500;--source-height: 1667\">\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2500x1667+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/50\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F97%2F8d%2F511c3c8449849ff6f0b37ba64488%2F359a8400-2.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2500x1667+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F97%2F8d%2F511c3c8449849ff6f0b37ba64488%2F359a8400-2.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"Mike Durglo Jr.  stands on a hillside above a river looking towards a mountain range. Durglo has devoted his life to preparing his home and his people for climate change. As the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes climate change coordinator he wrote one of the first tribal climate action plans in the country over 15 years ago.\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                Mike Durglo Jr. has devoted his life to preparing his home and his people for climate change. As the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes climate change coordinator he wrote one of the first tribal climate action plans in the country over 15 years ago.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><br \/>\n                    Ryan Kellman\/NPR<br \/>\n                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><br \/>\n        Ryan Kellman\/NPR<br \/>\n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>NPR is dedicating a week to stories and conversations about how communities are moving forward on <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/series\/1199537689\/climate-week\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>climate solutions <\/em><\/a><em>despite significant political headwinds. As the federal government halts plans to address climate change, states, cities, regions, and even neighborhoods are trying to fill the gap by cutting climate pollution and adapting to extreme weather.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>RONAN, Montana \u2014 On a crisp April morning, Mike Durglo Jr. stood on a hillside overlooking a stretch of the <a href=\"https:\/\/tribalnations.mt.gov\/Directory\/ConfederatedSalishKootenaiTribes\" target=\"_blank\">1.2-million-acre<\/a> Flathead Indian Reservation \u2014 the home of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. He pointed out the mountains where his father taught him how to track deer, and then to a peak in the distance where a lone whitebark pine stands against the snow.<\/p>\n<p>He calls the tree Ilawya: &#8220;It means my great, great, great, grandparent,&#8221; he said, explaining how the massive, ancient tree represents resilience in the face of change.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resg-s1-122507\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"--source-width: 2500;--source-height: 1668\">\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2500x1668+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/50\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4d%2Fac%2F767dafad498ebe5097da9474756c%2Fdsc9974.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2500x1668+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4d%2Fac%2F767dafad498ebe5097da9474756c%2Fdsc9974.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"Montana, like much of the West, had a record-breaking warm spring this year, with snowpack well below average across much of the state.\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                Montana, like much of the west, had a record-breaking warm spring this year, with snowpack well below average across much of the state.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><br \/>\n                    Ryan Kellman\/NPR<br \/>\n                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><br \/>\n        Ryan Kellman\/NPR<br \/>\n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Warmer temperatures, beetle outbreaks, and an invasive fungus have killed half the population of the sacred trees <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/articles\/persistence-of-whitebark-pine-in-the-greater-yellowstone-ecosystem.htm\" target=\"_blank\">since the 1990s<\/a>. But whitebark pines are a symbol of hope to Durglo. The Tribes have been harvesting cones from healthy trees to regrow seedlings resistant to the fungus. Restoring whitebark pine forests will also help keep snow on the landscape longer and stave off drought and wildfires.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5734484-100\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n<div class=\"bucketblock\">\n<h3 class=\"slug\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/climate\">Climate <\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/04\/27\/nx-s1-5794674\/why-the-stillaguamish-tribe-in-washington-is-buying-up-farmland\" data-metrics-ga4='{\"category\":\"recirculation\",\"action\":\"story_recirculation_click\",\"clickType\":\"inset box\",\"clickUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/04\/27\/nx-s1-5794674\/why-the-stillaguamish-tribe-in-washington-is-buying-up-farmland\"}'>Why the Stillaguamish Tribe in Washington is buying up farmland<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5734484-100\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>Durglo is inextricably tied to this landscape; his ancestors have lived on this land for centuries. He&#8217;s devoted his life to preparing his home and his people for climate change.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resg-s1-122290\" class=\"bucketwrap image x-large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"--source-width: 2500;--source-height: 1667\">\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2500x1667+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/50\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F80%2F75%2F71e46ccc4bd8a35d0c1685ffc1bd%2F359a8136.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2500x1667+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F80%2F75%2F71e46ccc4bd8a35d0c1685ffc1bd%2F359a8136.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"Matthew Ogden greenhouse manager with CS&amp;KT Forestry Tribal Nursery\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                Greenhouse manager Matthew Ogden inspects the whitebark pine seedlings at the Forestry Tribal Nursery. The Tribes have been harvesting cones from healthy trees to regrow seedlings resistant to the deadly fungus. Restoring whitebark pine forests will also help keep snow on the landscape longer and stave of drought and wildfires.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><br \/>\n                    Ryan Kellman\/NPR<br \/>\n                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><br \/>\n        Ryan Kellman\/NPR<br \/>\n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"resg-s1-122295\" class=\"bucketwrap image x-large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"--source-width: 3015;--source-height: 1000\">\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3015x1000+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/50\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3b%2F8c%2F9840528249cebeda6e5d1a0dd724%2Fdip1.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3015x1000+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3b%2F8c%2F9840528249cebeda6e5d1a0dd724%2Fdip1.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"tk\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                At the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes&#8217; Department of Forestry Nursery they are working to propagate whitebark pine trees. Warmer temperatures, beetle outbreaks and an invasive fungus have killed half the population of the sacred trees since the 1990s. The Tribes have been harvesting cones from healthy trees to regrow seedlings resistant to the fungus.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><br \/>\n                    Ryan Kellman\/NPR<br \/>\n                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><br \/>\n        Ryan Kellman\/NPR<br \/>\n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"edTag\">Building climate resilience with limited state, federal support<\/h3>\n<p>Durglo has been the tribes&#8217; climate change coordinator for nearly 20 years; he wrote one of the first tribal climate action plans in the country over 15 years ago. Tribes, cities, and some states have created <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c2es.org\/document\/climate-action-plans\/\" target=\"_blank\">these plans<\/a> to map out actions they can take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt to a warming world. <\/p>\n<p>Until recently, Montana even had a climate plan that was drafted in the early 2000s, but under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtpr.org\/montana-news\/2021-07-08\/gianforte-withdraws-montana-from-multi-state-climate-coalition\" target=\"_blank\">current Republican governor<\/a>, it&#8217;s been shelved, and some projects have been abandoned. Montana lawmakers also passed legislation that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/05\/23\/nx-s1-5387480\/young-people-sued-montana-over-climate-change-and-won-republicans-are-pushing-back\" target=\"_blank\">bars the state<\/a> from regulating planet-warming emissions, unless the federal government does so first.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5734484-101\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5786911\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/04\/27\/nx-s1-5786911\/climate-disaster-victims-are-rebuilding-using-prefab-homes-from-boxy-to-bespoke\" data-metrics-ga4='{\"category\":\"recirculation\",\"action\":\"story_recirculation_click\",\"clickType\":\"inset box\",\"clickUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/04\/27\/nx-s1-5786911\/climate-disaster-victims-are-rebuilding-using-prefab-homes-from-boxy-to-bespoke\"}'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3645x3645+733+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F62%2Fa9%2Fc3a007714f51ae166e5eb0f78248%2Fimg-0906-1-1.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3645x3645+733+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F62%2Fa9%2Fc3a007714f51ae166e5eb0f78248%2Fimg-0906-1-1.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3645x3645+733+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F62%2Fa9%2Fc3a007714f51ae166e5eb0f78248%2Fimg-0906-1-1.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"Jason and Colleen Warnesky are among dozens of families in Altadena, Calif., who have opted to rebuild with manufactured homes, following the 2025 Eaton Fire. The couple told NPR they were partially motivated go with a prefabricated home by safety concerns. \u201cI think that we both felt early on, if there was a way to make it so that we had less to worry about if another fire happened in the future,\u201d we\u2019d go with that, Colleen Warnesky said.  \n\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>         <\/p>\n<div class=\"bucketblock\">\n<h3 class=\"slug\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/climate\">Climate <\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/04\/27\/nx-s1-5786911\/climate-disaster-victims-are-rebuilding-using-prefab-homes-from-boxy-to-bespoke\" data-metrics-ga4='{\"category\":\"recirculation\",\"action\":\"story_recirculation_click\",\"clickType\":\"inset box\",\"clickUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/04\/27\/nx-s1-5786911\/climate-disaster-victims-are-rebuilding-using-prefab-homes-from-boxy-to-bespoke\"}'>Climate disaster victims are rebuilding using prefab homes from boxy to bespoke<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5734484-101\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>But as sovereign nations, tribes can move forward with climate action even when state efforts have stalled, and federal funding has been severely cut. <\/p>\n<p>The current Trump administration has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/12\/19\/nx-s1-5638909\/trump-ai-energy-electricity-demand-climate-change\" target=\"_blank\">halted federal funding<\/a> for many renewable energy projects. Durglo and the tribes received a $20 million grant from the Biden-era <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/08\/08\/nx-s1-5493300\/solar-climate-change-trump-epa\" target=\"_blank\">Solar for All program, which was canceled<\/a> earlier this year. <\/p>\n<p>Durglo is no stranger to the ebbs and flows of federal dollars and has always pieced together funding from multiple sources, including state government, nonprofits, and federal agencies, to carry out climate work. That&#8217;s just what Durglo intends to keep doing.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resg-s1-122372\" class=\"bucketwrap image x-large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"--source-width: 3000;--source-height: 2000\">\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3000x2000+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/50\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F51%2Fce%2Fe2ff518445e7a0f7e64cc51b0ce9%2F359a8213.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3000x2000+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F51%2Fce%2Fe2ff518445e7a0f7e64cc51b0ce9%2F359a8213.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"tk\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                Durglo ensured that Traditional Ecological Knowledge was woven throughout every facet of the climate plan. The plan outlines how the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes are preparing for a warming world that includes longer wildfire seasons, heat waves, drought, and shrinking snowpack.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><br \/>\n                    Ryan Kellman\/NPR<br \/>\n                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><br \/>\n        Ryan Kellman\/NPR<br \/>\n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"resg-s1-122373\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"--source-width: 3000;--source-height: 2000\">\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3000x2000+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/50\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Faf%2Fde%2F9c3db79e4cc096f0cfb988a6d73f%2F359a8537.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3000x2000+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Faf%2Fde%2F9c3db79e4cc096f0cfb988a6d73f%2F359a8537.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"tk\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                Heading into the projected hot, dry summer, Durglo is particularly worried about wildfires. Smoke from as far as Canada, Washington, and Oregon can blow in and settle over the reservation, which sits in a glacially-carved valley.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><br \/>\n                    Ryan Kellman\/NPR<br \/>\n                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><br \/>\n        Ryan Kellman\/NPR<br \/>\n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"edTag\">A holistic approach to building resilience<\/h3>\n<p>The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes&#8217; plan maps out myriad projects, including wind energy development, water conservation efforts, and ecosystem restoration to improve climate resilience. This year, the plan is focusing on reducing wildfire risk and creating safe havens from smoky air for the reservation&#8217;s 33,000 residents.<\/p>\n<p>Durglo ensured that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/subjects\/tek\/description.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Traditional Ecological Knowledge<\/a> was woven throughout every facet of the climate plan. It details how the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes are preparing <a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/collections\/1551802e8e8c4a1d9f3bde7bc9bba1aa?item=4\" target=\"_blank\">for a warming world<\/a> that includes longer wildfire seasons, heat waves, drought, and shrinking snowpack. The tribes&#8217; plan takes a holistic approach, considering everything from people to forestry to water to air to wildlife.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5734484-102\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5766467\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/04\/03\/nx-s1-5766467\/climate-change-money-energy-costs-savings-question\" data-metrics-ga4='{\"category\":\"recirculation\",\"action\":\"story_recirculation_click\",\"clickType\":\"inset box\",\"clickUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/04\/03\/nx-s1-5766467\/climate-change-money-energy-costs-savings-question\"}'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1688x1688+656+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F57%2F05%2Fb12e747a495d9449b0255e80b15d%2Fcans05-katherinedunpr.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1688x1688+656+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F57%2F05%2Fb12e747a495d9449b0255e80b15d%2Fcans05-katherinedunpr.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1688x1688+656+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F57%2F05%2Fb12e747a495d9449b0255e80b15d%2Fcans05-katherinedunpr.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"NPR wants your big question about reducing your climate impact and saving money\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>         <\/p>\n<div class=\"bucketblock\">\n<h3 class=\"slug\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/climate\">Climate <\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/04\/03\/nx-s1-5766467\/climate-change-money-energy-costs-savings-question\" data-metrics-ga4='{\"category\":\"recirculation\",\"action\":\"story_recirculation_click\",\"clickType\":\"inset box\",\"clickUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/04\/03\/nx-s1-5766467\/climate-change-money-energy-costs-savings-question\"}'>NPR wants your big question about reducing your climate impact and saving money<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5734484-102\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s really hard for me and for a lot of people to even come up with a list of priorities, because it&#8217;s, it&#8217;s all a priority. It all impacts us. It&#8217;s all connected,&#8221; Durglo said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You can&#8217;t say, well, the grizzly bear is the most important, or the eagle is most important, or the salmon or the trout, or whatever, because everything depends on everything else.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Durglo has shared his approach and successes with other tribes across the West; he served as the chairman of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/tribal\/region-8-tribal-affairs-branch\" target=\"_blank\">Environmental Protection Agency&#8217;s Regional Tribal Operations Committee<\/a>. Durglo led the group and climate planning workshops for tribes in Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, and the Dakotas.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resg-s1-122374\" class=\"bucketwrap image x-large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"--source-width: 3000;--source-height: 2001\">\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3000x2001+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/50\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F47%2F39%2Fb74335204a39bd5c8f57f3a19473%2Fdsc9996.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3000x2001+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F47%2F39%2Fb74335204a39bd5c8f57f3a19473%2Fdsc9996.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"tk\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                The U.S. government returned management of the National Bison Range to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes in 2022. The roughly 19,000-acre range sits in the center of the Flathead Reservation and is home to a herd of 350 bison. The Tribes are working to restore the grassland ecosystem that was once the bison&#8217;s habitat<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><br \/>\n                    Ryan Kellman\/NPR<br \/>\n                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><br \/>\n        Ryan Kellman\/NPR<br \/>\n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"resg-s1-122425\" class=\"bucketwrap image x-large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"--source-width: 3015;--source-height: 1000\">\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3015x1000+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/50\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F0e%2Ff8%2Fb462530c4ac389b4c1239898dabb%2Fdip1-5.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3015x1000+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F0e%2Ff8%2Fb462530c4ac389b4c1239898dabb%2Fdip1-5.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"tk\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                Bison play a critical role in maintaining healthy ecosystems. Yet, their populations have been devastated by historical overhunting by European settlers, habitat loss, and fragmentation. On the Flathead Reservation, leaders are working to restore the animals and the habitat to its traditional balance. Bison graze selectively over large areas, which helps to promote plant diversity by leaving some vegetation untouched.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><br \/>\n                    Ryan Kellman\/NPR<br \/>\n                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><br \/>\n        Ryan Kellman\/NPR<br \/>\n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"edTag\">A decade of climate work<\/h3>\n<p>Durglo recognizes that Indigenous people have been caring for the natural world long before the term &#8220;climate change&#8221; existed. Durglo said he and other tribal leaders share knowledge about how to help communities grow more resilient and restore a healthy ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s what they&#8217;ll say \u2026 &#8216;Oh yeah, we&#8217;ve been doing that for 20 years, now you&#8217;re calling it climate change,'&#8221; Durglo said.<\/p>\n<p>The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes have seen some traction in key climate projects, Durglo said. For one, he has organized training sessions to help people build affordable and effective DIY air filters for wildfire smoke season. The Tribes are also working to restore streams for bull trout, remove invasive species, and revive native fish populations.<\/p>\n<p>Durglo and other members of the advisory committee update the Tribes&#8217; climate action plan every three years to reflect the most pressing issues. They&#8217;re in the midst of the latest update and are adding a focus on wildfire smoke.<\/p>\n<p>This year Montana, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/04\/08\/nx-s1-5759681\/light-snowpack-is-setting-up-conditions-for-drought-and-fires-in-the-u-s-west\" target=\"_blank\">much of the West<\/a>, had a record-breaking warm spring with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtpr.org\/montana-news\/2026-04-23\/snow-drought-climate-change\" target=\"_blank\">snowpack well below average across much of the state<\/a>. Heading into the projected hot, dry summer, Durglo is particularly worried about wildfires. Smoke from as far as Canada, Washington, and Oregon can blow in and settle over the reservation, which sits in a glacially carved valley.<\/p>\n<p>Durglo spent the last several years putting up air quality sensors across the reservation. The sensors have been placed in people&#8217;s homes, in schools, and in outdoor locations. They&#8217;re part of a freely available <a href=\"https:\/\/map.purpleair.com\/air-quality-standards-us-epa-aqi?opt=%2F1%2Flp%2Fa10%2Fp604800%2FcC0#8.38\/47.331\/-114.002\" target=\"_blank\">global network<\/a> that gathers real-time air quality measurements. Durglo also helped local schools j<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/air-quality\/air-quality-flag-program\" target=\"_blank\">oin the EPA&#8217;s program to fly different<\/a>-colored flags corresponding to air-quality &#8220;color,&#8221; such as red when the air is unhealthy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resg-s1-122377\" class=\"bucketwrap image x-large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"--source-width: 3000;--source-height: 2001\">\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3000x2001+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/50\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe7%2Fd9%2Feaf0b6284638bac1c05076b58f62%2Fdsc9787.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3000x2001+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe7%2Fd9%2Feaf0b6284638bac1c05076b58f62%2Fdsc9787.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"tk\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                A Western Meadowlark perches on a sign where visitors can drive a loop through the National Bison Range. The sign is surrounded by unseasonably dry grasses near the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes&#8217; Bison Range.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><br \/>\n                    Ryan Kellman\/NPR<br \/>\n                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><br \/>\n        Ryan Kellman\/NPR<br \/>\n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"resg-s1-122378\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"--source-width: 3000;--source-height: 2001\">\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3000x2001+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/50\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F51%2Fff%2Fbf4d4c85499aae72ef0b24d874be%2Fdsc9704-edit.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3000x2001+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F51%2Fff%2Fbf4d4c85499aae72ef0b24d874be%2Fdsc9704-edit.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"tk\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                Durglo recognizes that Indigenous people have been caring for the natural world long before the term &#8220;climate change&#8221; existed. &#8220;It&#8217;s really hard for me and for a lot of people to even come up with a list of priorities, because it&#8217;s, it&#8217;s all a priority. It all impacts us. It&#8217;s all connected,&#8221; Durglo said. &#8220;You can&#8217;t say, well, the grizzly bear is the most important, or the eagle is most important, or the salmon or the trout, or whatever, because everything depends on everything else&#8221;.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><br \/>\n                    Ryan Kellman\/NPR<br \/>\n                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><br \/>\n        Ryan Kellman\/NPR<br \/>\n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;What that data has shown us is that there are days when it&#8217;s really smoky out where your air quality inside your building is almost as bad or worse than it is outside,&#8221; Durglo said.<\/p>\n<p>Durglo has designated several buildings that already have effective filtration systems as &#8220;clean air centers.&#8221; This summer, the Tribes will open three centers to serve the reservation&#8217;s six towns. Much of this work was funded by the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services and a local nonprofit called Montana Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate.<\/p>\n<p>Mary Anderson, the wildfire smoke coordinator for the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, says what Durglo is doing is a model for other rural communities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s enough research now that says we&#8217;ve got to start looking at air quality, because it&#8217;s affecting every part of our lives,&#8221; Anderson said. &#8220;And I feel like Mike is on the cutting edge of that.&#8221; <\/p>\n<div id=\"resg-s1-122379\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"--source-width: 3000;--source-height: 2000\">\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3000x2000+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/50\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fac%2F08%2Fe69671274310added046a08ddd57%2F359a8344.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3000x2000+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fac%2F08%2Fe69671274310added046a08ddd57%2F359a8344.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"Keillor\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                Durglo sits in the Salish Kootenai College&#8217;s Extension Office where he pets the office mascot, a dog named Keillor. Durglo spent the last several years putting up air quality sensors across the reservation including one in this office. They&#8217;re part of a freely available global network, gathering real-time measurements of air quality.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><br \/>\n                    Ryan Kellman\/NPR<br \/>\n                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><br \/>\n        Ryan Kellman\/NPR<br \/>\n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"edTag\">Sharing knowledge with other tribes<\/h3>\n<p>The Blackfeet Nation sits in northern Montana, where the mountains meet the prairie. Gerald Wagner is the director of the Blackfeet Environmental Office. He enlisted Durglo&#8217;s help to create the Tribe&#8217;s climate plan in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had a very general, wide concept of climate change, and didn&#8217;t really know how to focus that in, until [Durglo and I] sat down and really talked,&#8221; Wagner said.<\/p>\n<p>Wagner drew from several aspects of Durglo&#8217;s climate plan and added elements relevant to the Blackfeet Nation \u2014 such as reintroducing beavers and engineering similar dam structures to keep water on the landscape longer despite earlier spring snowmelt.<\/p>\n<p>With cuts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/08\/08\/nx-s1-5493300\/solar-climate-change-trump-epa\" target=\"_blank\">federal funding for climate work<\/a>, Wagner says collaborations like theirs are all the more critical.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resg-s1-122380\" class=\"bucketwrap image x-large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"--source-width: 3000;--source-height: 2001\">\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3000x2001+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/50\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd3%2Fd1%2F7fb80d8b4572bff03401624785c8%2Fdsc9916-edit.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3000x2001+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd3%2Fd1%2F7fb80d8b4572bff03401624785c8%2Fdsc9916-edit.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"tk\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                The sun sets over Flathead Lake on the Flathead Indian Reservation. Durglo said he and other leaders are doing their best to prepare for an uncertain future, and he&#8217;s working to share successful climate approaches as far and wide as possible. &#8220;I want my great, great, great grandkids to say my Papa started this,&#8221; he said.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><br \/>\n                    Ryan Kellman\/NPR<br \/>\n                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><br \/>\n        Ryan Kellman\/NPR<br \/>\n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Knowledge, once learned, cannot be taken away,&#8221; Wagner said. Federal funds may completely disappear, he said, but &#8220;it&#8217;s not going to take away the truth, and we have that knowledge now, and we will continue on our path to protect what&#8217;s out there.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>There are still state dollars that can help with Durglo&#8217;s smoke mitigation efforts, but to move forward with other projects, he&#8217;s getting creative. He&#8217;s applying for grants through private entities rather than the federal government. <\/p>\n<p>He and Wagner are meeting with other tribes this summer to prioritize their most pressing climate projects. 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