Thompson highlights how restoring native wetland plants can protect communities from flooding.

Tule beds are a great way of slowing water down and helping water sink back in.

Tribes have known this for a while, right? They have been in relationship with them in a way that the tule can thrive, that expertise can be used to reduce

Thompson says partnering with tribes to work with nature, such as through natural forms of carbon capture, is key to tackling climate challenges.

Kelp beds are critical as we think about cooling the ocean water, sequestering carbon, and tribes have been relying on kelp beds off of their ancestral shores for a very long time.

We need to think what plant and animal communities are going to be helpful in these climate solutions and that tribes know where they've historically been.