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2025 CASC Annual Summary

2025 CASC Annual Summary

Explore highlights from our science activities and key initiatives across the CASC network in Fiscal Year 2025.

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Study Outlines a Range of Possible Fire Futures for Alaska

Study Outlines a Range of Possible Fire Futures for Alaska

Alaska CASC researchers project a future with more wildfire activity, showing that the annual area burned is likely to increase under all modeled...

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Low-Flow, High Stakes: CAP Fellows Review Climate-Driven Flows and Management Across the U.S.

Low-Flow, High Stakes: CAP Fellows Review Climate-Driven Flows and Management Across the U.S.

In a new publication, the 2022-2024 Climate Adaptation Postdoctoral Fellows cohort explores how climate-driven low-flows in rivers alter water quality...

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New Data Visualizations Dive into Inland Fisheries as Food Sources

New Data Visualizations Dive into Inland Fisheries as Food Sources

Three new data visualizations highlighting recreational inland fisheries harvest have been added to the USGS Earth is in Flux science visualization...

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Understanding the 2026 El Niño: Regional Insights for Managers

Understanding the 2026 El Niño: Regional Insights for Managers

As forecasts point to a very strong 2026 El Niño, new CASC webpages offer insights to support resource management.

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Reeling in Cleaner Data: Experts Use AI to Support Resilient Inland Fisheries

Reeling in Cleaner Data: Experts Use AI to Support Resilient Inland Fisheries

An interdisciplinary team of fisheries science experts is using artificial intelligence to help tackle one of the most data-limited areas of...

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Advancing the Science and Management of Range Shifts

Advancing the Science and Management of Range Shifts

Scientists from the USGS Climate Adaptation Science Centers published a new paper outlining a research agenda for supporting management of species...

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Understanding Uncertainty, Four Realms at a Time

Understanding Uncertainty, Four Realms at a Time

By melding scientific measures with human emotional responses and values, National CASC researchers and partners discuss a more holistic way to...

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Connect with the CASCs at the 2026 Ecological Society of America Meeting

Connect with the CASCs at the 2026 Ecological Society of America Meeting

Explore CASC representation at the 2026 Ecological Society of America Meeting (July 26 - 31, 2026).

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A New Framework for Making Actionable Science More Actionable

A New Framework for Making Actionable Science More Actionable

Researchers propose a practical approach to help scientists better understand and serve natural resource managers. 

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USGS Participates in 2026 Native American Fish and Wildlife Society National Conference

USGS Participates in 2026 Native American Fish and Wildlife Society National Conference

USGS staff from multiple centers participated in the 2026 Native American Fish and Wildlife Society’s national annual conference. 

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Species on the Move: Northeast CASC Researchers Discuss Species Range Shift in Recent Podcast Episode

Species on the Move: Northeast CASC Researchers Discuss Species Range Shift in Recent Podcast Episode

In a recent episode of Ask MIT Climate, a climate-focused podcast of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northeast CASC Research Ecologist Toni...

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