{"id":468,"date":"2024-12-10T11:08:41","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T11:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/?page_id=468"},"modified":"2026-01-21T21:17:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T21:17:55","slug":"supporting-a-seasonal-round-knowledge-hub","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/en\/supporting-a-seasonal-round-knowledge-hub\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting a Seasonal Round Knowledge Hub"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Healing Lands, Relationships, and Supporting a Seasonal Round\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The seasonal round is a year-round system of harvesting and stewardship practiced by West Moberly and Saulteau First Nations across their ancestral territories. It relies on the predictable movement and availability of plants and animals, including moose and caribou, at specific times and places. Today, the seasonal round is adapting to the challenges posed by climate change, industrial legacy impacts, and shifts in wildlife dynamics.<\/span><\/p>

This Knowledge Hub builds on the success of the Indigenous-led recovery of the Klinse-Za caribou herd, a globally recognized model of conservation. As caribou management transitions from emergency measures (like wolf reduction and maternal penning) to long-term habitat restoration, community leadership remains central. However, these efforts may bring trade-offs for other culturally important species like moose. Understanding how moose, caribou, and predators coexist in a changing landscape is critical.<\/span><\/p>

To monitor this transformation, the project is deploying a large network of remote cameras across Klinse-Za habitat. This will allow researchers and community Guardians to track changes in species distribution and abundance over time, providing key data to guide decisions about where and how to support different species across the landscape. Indigenous knowledge and community values shape the interpretation and application of this research, ensuring it reflects the Nations\u2019 visions for the land.<\/span><\/p>

Importantly, this work supports the restoration of relationships between people, land, and wildlife, while protecting the flexibility and resilience of the seasonal round. As climate and ecosystems continue to shift, so too will the harvesting practices that have sustained these Nations for generations. Through this collaborative, knowledge-braided approach, communities will maintain influence over local ecological futures\u2014safeguarding not only biodiversity, but also cultural continuity and Indigenous self-determination.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Knowledge Leaders:\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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  • Clayton Lamb<\/span><\/i> \u2013 Project Scientist, Biodiversity Pathways \/ N\u00eekan\u00ease Wah tzee Stewardship Society (NWSS)<\/span><\/li>
  • Chief Roland Willson<\/span><\/i> \u2013 West Moberly First Nations, NWSS Board of Directors<\/span><\/li>
  • Naomi Owens-Beek<\/span><\/i> \u2013 Saulteau First Nations, NWSS Board of Directors<\/span><\/li>
  • Carmen Richter<\/span><\/i> \u2013 Saulteau First Nations, NWSS Board of Directors<\/span><\/li>
  • Tamara Dokkie<\/span><\/i> \u2013 West Moberly First Nations, NWSS Board of Directors<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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    Hub Goals:\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    • Support the continuation and revitalization of the seasonal round as a culturally grounded harvesting and stewardship practice<\/span><\/li>
    • Monitor and understand shifting wildlife communities in response to habitat restoration, climate change, and ecological disturbance<\/span><\/li>
    • Ensure community values guide restoration and land-use decisions that affect culturally significant species<\/span><\/li>
    • Bridge Indigenous and Western knowledge systems to inform long-term caribou and moose conservation<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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      Location: <\/b>This project is rooted in the territories of West Moberly First Nations and Saulteau First Nations in what is now called the Peace Region of northeast British Columbia, focused on the Klinse-Za caribou recovery area.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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      Additional Resources:\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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      Watch this video on Indigenous-led caribou conservation by David Moskowitz<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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