The rivers, streams, springs, seeps, wet meadows, and riparian areas of the Upper Snake River Basin have sustained the Tribes since time immemorial. These lands and waters support traditional foods, medicines, materials, cultural practices, and intergenerational knowledge sharing.
Colonization, land conversion, dams, water diversion, and other development have disrupted these systems, and climate change now adds further stress by altering streamflows, raising temperatures, and increasing disturbance.
This toolkit is designed to support river, stream, and riparian restoration in the Upper Snake River Basin. It is intended as a practical, living resource for Tribal managers – whether they are stewarding lands on the reservation, on ancestral territories, or on purchased and controlled lands – to revitalize rivers and the land surrounding them in ways that align with Indigenous values, Indigenous Knowledge, and ecological science.
Whether your community is just beginning to explore the use of Low-tech Process-based Riparian
Restoration or already leading projects on the ground, this guide can provide support at every stage of the process.