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CASC news announcements highlight news from across the CASC network, including new research, upcoming webinars, job postings, and events at the National and regional CASCS. The CASCs also produce original feature stories profiling project success stories, high-interest data products, and CASC scientists.

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New Study Reveals Hidden Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic on Inland Freshwater Fisheries

New Study Reveals Hidden Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic on Inland Freshwater Fisheries

A recent PNAS brief report by an international group of authors, including National CASC fish biologist Abby Lynch, found that the COVID-19 pandemic...

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Flood and Drought Conditions in Massachusetts Under a Changing Climate

Flood and Drought Conditions in Massachusetts Under a Changing Climate

A Northeast CASC supported publication focuses on hydrological extremes in Massachusetts caused by climate change.

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Climate Adaptation Integration Tool (CAIT) Incorporates Climate Information into Local Decision-Making Processes

Climate Adaptation Integration Tool (CAIT) Incorporates Climate Information into Local Decision-Making Processes

In a multi-agency effort supported by the Northwest CASC, scientists from the USGS, U.S. Forest Service, and various NGO’s recently released the...

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Preparing Wildlife for Climate Change: How Far Have We Come?

Preparing Wildlife for Climate Change: How Far Have We Come?

A recent review supported by the Northeast CASC finds that management recommendations for helping wildlife adapt to climate change tend to focus on...

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Steve Jackson, Director of the Southwest and South Central CASCs, Recognized as One of 2020's Most Highly Cited Researchers

Steve Jackson, Director of the Southwest and South Central CASCs, Recognized as One of 2020's Most Highly Cited Researchers

Stephen Jackson, Director of the Southwest and South Central CASCs, is one of three USGS scientists recently recognized as one of 2020's Highly Cited...

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Small Streams Shown to Have Big Water Quality Impacts on Lake Michigan

Small Streams Shown to Have Big Water Quality Impacts on Lake Michigan

The University of Wisconsin – Madison recently posted an article highlighting a study by former Northeast CASC Fellow, Rob Mooney, that shows the...

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Assessing Adaptive Forest Management Strategies for Future Forest Composition Under a Changing Climate

Assessing Adaptive Forest Management Strategies for Future Forest Composition Under a Changing Climate

Northeast CASC-funded researchers review adaptive management strategies in forest ecosystems. 

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Small-Scale Droughts Limit Sagebrush Recovery After Wildfires

Small-Scale Droughts Limit Sagebrush Recovery After Wildfires

A new study supported by the Southwest, Northwest, and North Central CASCs found that a few days of water scarcity during critical growth periods...

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Changes in Texas Stream Flows Could Prove Disastrous for Endangered Freshwater Mussels

Changes in Texas Stream Flows Could Prove Disastrous for Endangered Freshwater Mussels

A South Central CASC project builds off a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service study that highlights how changes in stream flows affect mussel survival...

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Data Release for the Assessment of Past and Future Rain-on-Snow Events in Alaska

Data Release for the Assessment of Past and Future Rain-on-Snow Events in Alaska

Alaska CASC supported researchers created data that explains past characteristics and identifies future changes of rain-on-snow events throughout...

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CASC Participation at the 2020 American Geophysical Union Meeting

CASC Participation at the 2020 American Geophysical Union Meeting

Are you participating in the 2020 American Geophysical Union meeting (December 1-17, 2020)? Check out these presentations from leadership and staff of...

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Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) Helps Develop Better Understanding of Irrigated Agricultural Watersheds Globally

Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) Helps Develop Better Understanding of Irrigated Agricultural Watersheds Globally

A newly-published review supported by the South Central CASC explores how researchers use the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) to understand...

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