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From the expansion of invasive species to wildfire, from drought to sea-level rise, climate change creates new and evolving challenges for ecosystems across the nation. The USGS National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CASCs) is a partnership-driven program that teams scientific researchers with natural and cultural resource managers and local communities to help fish, wildlife, waters, and lands across the country adapt to changing conditions.
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The CASCs fund scientific projects that generate research, data sets, and tools that natural and cultural resource managers can use to help fish, wildlife, ecosystems, & local communities survive and thrive in a changing climate.
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Our network is comprised of the National CASC and nine regional CASCs, covering the continental U.S., Alaska, Hawai'i, the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands, and the U.S. Caribbean.
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Our bi-weekly Climate Adaptation Insights Newsletter shares our latest news on webinars, events, publications, and other items of interest from the National and Regional CASCs.
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Hotter and Drier Conditions May Not Always Lead to More Wildfire
Alaska ecologists explain how the relationship between wildfire and climate may vary by region, and that not all hot and dry forests are conducive to large wildfire events.
Partnership Work Aims to Support Moose Populations in Minnesota
The U.S. Forest Service, the Midwest CASC and other partners from the Midwest region are working together to examine how climate adaptive forest management strategies can mitigate negative impacts on moose.
Creating Actionable Science Products by Involving End Users at All Stages
Using co-production methods to increase the usefulness of scientific results, products, and tools for a better user experience.
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COVID-19 influences on US recreational angler behavior
Recreational angling in the United States (US) is largely a personal hobby that scales up to a multibillion-dollar economic activity. Given dramatic changes to personal decisions and behaviors resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, we surveyed recreational anglers across the US to understand how the pandemic may have affected their fishing...
Midway, Stephen R.; Lynch, Abigail; Peoples, Brandon K.; Dance, Michael A.; Caffey, Rex Divergent, plausible, and relevant climate futures for near- and long-term resource planning
Scenario planning has emerged as a widely used planning process for resource management in situations of consequential, irreducible uncertainty. Because it explicitly incorporates uncertainty, scenario planning is regularly employed in climate change adaptation. An early and essential step in developing scenarios is identifying “climate futures”—...
Lawrence, David J.; Runyon, Amber N.; Gross, John E.; Schuurman, Gregor W.; Miller, Brian W. Climate change is creating a mismatch between protected areas and suitable habitats for frogs and birds in Puerto Rico
Climate change is altering the spatial distribution of many species around the world. In response, we need to identify and protect suitable areas for a large proportion of the fauna so that they persist through time. This exercise must also evaluate the ability of existing protected areas to provide safe havens for species in the context of...
Campos-Cerqueira, Marconi; Terando, Adam; Murray, Brent; Collazo, Jaime; Aide, Mitchell