Effects of climate change on aquatic ecosystem & associated social & economic considerations in the

Yakima River Basin.

Yakima River Eastern Washington State

6200 mi²

Alec Maule – Project LeaderDeWayne Cecil – Chief Science Applications, Climate ChangeMark Mastin & Frank Voss (WaWSC) - Physical modelsChris Lynch, (BOR-Yakima) - Water management (RiverWare)Jim Hatten & Tom Batt – Habitat criteria, GIS, DSSMatt Mesa & Jill Hardiman – BioenergeticsPat Connolly & Russ Perry – Fish pop analyses, Cohort survivalJessica Montag (Ft Collins, CO) — Social Scientist Lynne Koontz (Ft Collins, CO) – EconomistDavid Graves & Laura Gephart - Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission

Linking models to predict CC effects: Yakima River Basin

Habitat Physical Population Community

Bioenergetics

Social & Economic analyses

Stakeholders’ WorkshopConceptual Model

Tribal Well-Being

Tribal Well-Being