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Climate Change: The People's Forest

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The People’s Forest -
How the Menominee are facing climate change. Reporting by Alexandra Tempus and photos by Lauren Justice for Orion Magazine
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  • Beth Waukechon, 37, who grew up with ties to both the reservation and the german culture of her mother's side of the family, felt more pulled towards the Menominee traditions. “There’s a sense you get when you cross the reservation line, and I don’t know how to explain it, completely. Like I’m allowed to breathe.” The Menominee in northern Wisconsin are preparing for the ways in which climate change could affect their forest in the future, in which invasive species could impact the life cycle of trees in the area. 95 percent of the land is occupied by trees here, and the forest is so dense that the reservation’s sharp outline is visible from space. The land owned by the neighboring community of Shawano County is recognizable by the sudden and stark division of forest and open fields. <br />
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  • A climatological map of Wisconsin shows Shawano and Keshena. The Menominee in northern Wisconsin are preparing for the ways in which climate change could affect their forest in the future, in which invasive species could impact the life cycle of trees in the area. 95 percent of the land is occupied by trees here, and the forest is so dense that the reservation’s sharp outline is visible from space. The land owned by the neighboring community of Shawano County is recognizable by the sudden and stark division of forest and open fields. <br />
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  • The Menominee in northern Wisconsin are preparing for the ways in which climate change could affect their forest in the future, in which invasive species could impact the life cycle of trees in the area. 95 percent of the land is occupied by trees here, and the forest is so dense that the reservation’s sharp outline is visible from space. The land owned by the neighboring community of Shawano County is recognizable by the sudden and stark division of forest and open fields. <br />
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  • (Left to right) Skewnik, 5, Wapanuhkiw, 8, and Opehtaw, 6, Oct. 23, 2018, are the children of Beth Waukechon and Guy Reiter. The Menominee in northern Wisconsin are preparing for the ways in which climate change could affect their forest in the future, in which invasive species could impact the life cycle of trees in the area. 95 percent of the land is occupied by trees here, and the forest is so dense that the reservation’s sharp outline is visible from space. The land owned by the neighboring community of Shawano County is recognizable by the sudden and stark division of forest and open fields. <br />
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  • Chris Caldwell, director of the Sustainable Development Institute at the College of Menominee Nation, sits for a portrait in an outdoor classroom on the reservation. When discussing potential effects of climate change on the land, Caldwell says, "for Menominee, it's more of an issue because we have a limited finite, land base now. We don't have access to those ancestral territories. It's more pressure on a smaller piece of land.” The Menominee in northern Wisconsin are preparing for the ways in which climate change could affect their forest in the future, in which invasive species could impact the life cycle of trees in the area. 95 percent of the land is occupied by trees here, and the forest is so dense that the reservation’s sharp outline is visible from space. The land owned by the neighboring community of Shawano County is recognizable by the sudden and stark division of forest and open fields. <br />
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  • The sawmill of The Menominee Tribal Enterprises on the Neopit Mill Pond Oct. 23, 2018. “A lot of people come here looking for a magic bullet,” says Marshall Pecore. “Menominees believe generally that man is part of the land. The rest of society believes man owns the land.” The Menominee in northern Wisconsin are preparing for the ways in which climate change could affect their forest in the future, in which invasive species could impact the life cycle of trees in the area. 95 percent of the land is occupied by trees here, and the forest is so dense that the reservation’s sharp outline is visible from space. The land owned by the neighboring community of Shawano County is recognizable by the sudden and stark division of forest and open fields. <br />
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  • Beth Waukechon and her husband Guy Reiter with their children, (left to right) Skewnik, 5, Wapanuhkiw, 8, and Opehtaw, 6. The Menominee in northern Wisconsin are preparing for the ways in which climate change could affect their forest in the future, in which invasive species could impact the life cycle of trees in the area. 95 percent of the land is occupied by trees here, and the forest is so dense that the reservation’s sharp outline is visible from space. The land owned by the neighboring community of Shawano County is recognizable by the sudden and stark division of forest and open fields. <br />
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  • The Menominee in northern Wisconsin are preparing for the ways in which climate change could affect their forest in the future, in which invasive species could impact the life cycle of trees in the area. 95 percent of the land is occupied by trees here, and the forest is so dense that the reservation’s sharp outline is visible from space. The land owned by the neighboring community of Shawano County is recognizable by the sudden and stark division of forest and open fields. <br />
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Photo by Lauren Justice
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