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species was initially designated as invasive, we now consider it a culturally significant organism.
Example of Changes to Biological Conditions & Contributed Services There are many biological and environmental changes that are not within the control of our management but influence what we do to protect organisms or the resources they provide to people. These may include, but not limited to invasive species, droughts, tornadoes, disease, and climate change. Flooding, for example, can have dramatic consequences to our ecosystem as a source of change from the biological conditions and contributed services box of the model (Fig. 1). Flooding of our road culverts is a result of external and natural processes that occurs independent of our management that threatens Brook Trout ( Salvelinus fontinalis ) populations (Poplar-Jeffers et al. 2009). To respond, our program develops information summaries about habitat degradation and trout population assessments that is transferred to tribal council for funding requests to mitigate the issue (social and cultural decisions). If funded, we work with EBCI engineering and Department of Transportation to 1) develop bank stabilization and riparian restoration, 2) install bottomless culverts for fish (of all age classes) to pass under low flow conditions, and 3) continue staff funding to monitor Brook Trout.
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