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Integrating climate-informed planning into State Wildlife Action Plans in the north central United States

State fish and wildlife agencies are required to submit a State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP) every 10 years to be eligible for grants through the State Wildlife Grant Program. With the next round of revisions due in 2025, the U.S. Geological Survey North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center is evaluating how to best support states with further integrating climate-informed planning in their SWA
Authors
Kimberly E Szcodronski, Indigo Bannister, Blake R. Hossack, Alisa Wade
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Climate Adaptation Science Centers, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center

Engaging with stakeholders to produce actionable science: A framework and guidance

Natural and cultural resource managers are increasingly working with the scientific community to create information on how best to adapt to the current and projected impacts of climate change. Engaging with these managers is a strategy that researchers can use to ensure that scientific outputs and findings are actionable (or useful and usable). In this article, the authors adapt Davidson’s wheel o
Authors
Aparna Bamzai, Amanda E. Cravens, Alisa Wade, Renee A. McPherson
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Climate Adaptation Science Centers, Fort Collins Science Center

Non-USGS Publications**

Wade, A.A., Grant, A., Karasaki, S., Smoak, R., Cwiertny, D., Wilcox, A.C., Yung, L., Sleeper, K. and Anandhi, A., 2020. Developing leaders to tackle wicked problems at the nexus of food, energy, and water systems. Elem Sci Anth, 8(1), p.11. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.407
Whitlock C, Cross W, Maxwell B, Silverman N, Wade AA. 2017. 2017 Montana Climate Assessment. Bozeman and Missoula MT: Montana State University and University of Montana, Montana Institute on Ecosystems. 318 p. doi:10.15788/m2ww8w. Available from http://montanaclimate.org/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/2017-Montana-Climate-Assessment-lr.pdf.
Wade AA, Hand BK, Kovach RP, Muhlfeld CC, Waples RS, Luikart G. 2017. Species climate change vulnerability assessments: from pseudo to science. Biodiversity and Conservation. Available from https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-016-1232-5.
Wade AA, Hand BK, Kovach RP, Luikart G, Whited DC, Muhlfeld CC. 2016. Accounting for adaptive capacity and uncertainty in assessments of species’ climate-change vulnerability. Conservation Biology. Available from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/cobi.12764.
Hand BK, Muhlfeld CC, Wade AA, et al. 2016. Climate variables explain neutral and adaptive variation within salmonid metapopulations: the importance of replication in landscape genetics. Molecular Ecology 25:689–705. Available from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/mec.13517.
Kovach RP, Muhlfeld CC, Wade AA, Hand BK, Whited DC, DeHaan PW, Al-Chokhachy R, Luikart G. 2015. Genetic diversity is related to climatic variation and vulnerability in threatened bull trout. Global Change Biology 21:2510–2524. Available from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gcb.12850.
Wade AA, McKelvey KS, Schwartz MK. 2015. Resistance-surface-based wildlife conservation connectivity modeling: Summary of efforts in the United States and guide for practitioners. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-333. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 93 p. Available from https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/48464.
Wade AA, Beechie TJ, Fleishman E, Mantua NJ, Wu H, Kimball JS, Stoms DM, Stanford JA. 2013. Steelhead vulnerability to climate change in the Pacific Northwest. Journal of Applied Ecology 50:1093–1104. Available from https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2664.12137.
Beechie TJ et al. 2012. Restoring salmon habitat for a changing climate. River Research and Applications 29:939–960. Available from https://www.salmonrecovery.gov/Files/APR/Section%202%20Literature%20Cited/Beechie%20et%20al%202013_RRA%20restoring%20salmon%20habitat%20for%20a%20changing%20climate.pdf.
Wade AA, Theobald DM, Laituri MJ. 2011. A multi-scale assessment of local and contextual threats to existing and potential U.S. protected areas. Landscape and Urban Planning 101:215–227. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232387224_A_multi-scale_assessment_of_local_and_contextual_threats_to_existing_and_potential_US_protected_areas.
Wade AA, Theobald DM. 2009. Residential development encroachment on US protected areas. Conservation Biology 24:151–161. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19624528.
Theobald DM., Wade AA, and Wilcox G. 2008. Analyzing risks to protected areas using the human modification framework: A Colorado case-study. Forest Encyclopedia –USFS Threats to Wildlands. http://www.forestencyclopedia.net/p/p3649.
Lauenroth WK, Wade AA, Williamson MA, Ross BE, Kumar S, Cariveau DP. 2006. Uncertainty in calculations of net primary production for grasslands. Ecosystems 9:843–851. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/226520789_Uncertainty_in_Calculations_of_Net_Primary_Production_for_Grasslands.

**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.

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Climate Science and Adaptation Planning Support for State Wildlife Action Plans (SWAPs) in the North Central Region

State Wildlife Action Plans are intended to provide proactive planning and guidance for the management of rare or imperiled species, including Species of Greatest Conservation Need. States must update their State Wildlife Action Plans every 10 years, but planners often lack the capacity or resources to integrate climate change into their planning. Revised State Wildlife Action Plans for most state
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Climate Adaptation Science Centers
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Climate Science and Adaptation Planning Support for State Wildlife Action Plans (SWAPs) in the North Central Region

State Wildlife Action Plans are intended to provide proactive planning and guidance for the management of rare or imperiled species, including Species of Greatest Conservation Need. States must update their State Wildlife Action Plans every 10 years, but planners often lack the capacity or resources to integrate climate change into their planning. Revised State Wildlife Action Plans for most state
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Science and Products

Integrating climate-informed planning into State Wildlife Action Plans in the north central United States

State fish and wildlife agencies are required to submit a State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP) every 10 years to be eligible for grants through the State Wildlife Grant Program. With the next round of revisions due in 2025, the U.S. Geological Survey North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center is evaluating how to best support states with further integrating climate-informed planning in their SWA
Authors
Kimberly E Szcodronski, Indigo Bannister, Blake R. Hossack, Alisa Wade
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Climate Adaptation Science Centers, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center

Engaging with stakeholders to produce actionable science: A framework and guidance

Natural and cultural resource managers are increasingly working with the scientific community to create information on how best to adapt to the current and projected impacts of climate change. Engaging with these managers is a strategy that researchers can use to ensure that scientific outputs and findings are actionable (or useful and usable). In this article, the authors adapt Davidson’s wheel o
Authors
Aparna Bamzai, Amanda E. Cravens, Alisa Wade, Renee A. McPherson
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Climate Adaptation Science Centers, Fort Collins Science Center

Non-USGS Publications**

Wade, A.A., Grant, A., Karasaki, S., Smoak, R., Cwiertny, D., Wilcox, A.C., Yung, L., Sleeper, K. and Anandhi, A., 2020. Developing leaders to tackle wicked problems at the nexus of food, energy, and water systems. Elem Sci Anth, 8(1), p.11. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.407
Whitlock C, Cross W, Maxwell B, Silverman N, Wade AA. 2017. 2017 Montana Climate Assessment. Bozeman and Missoula MT: Montana State University and University of Montana, Montana Institute on Ecosystems. 318 p. doi:10.15788/m2ww8w. Available from http://montanaclimate.org/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/2017-Montana-Climate-Assessment-lr.pdf.
Wade AA, Hand BK, Kovach RP, Muhlfeld CC, Waples RS, Luikart G. 2017. Species climate change vulnerability assessments: from pseudo to science. Biodiversity and Conservation. Available from https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-016-1232-5.
Wade AA, Hand BK, Kovach RP, Luikart G, Whited DC, Muhlfeld CC. 2016. Accounting for adaptive capacity and uncertainty in assessments of species’ climate-change vulnerability. Conservation Biology. Available from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/cobi.12764.
Hand BK, Muhlfeld CC, Wade AA, et al. 2016. Climate variables explain neutral and adaptive variation within salmonid metapopulations: the importance of replication in landscape genetics. Molecular Ecology 25:689–705. Available from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/mec.13517.
Kovach RP, Muhlfeld CC, Wade AA, Hand BK, Whited DC, DeHaan PW, Al-Chokhachy R, Luikart G. 2015. Genetic diversity is related to climatic variation and vulnerability in threatened bull trout. Global Change Biology 21:2510–2524. Available from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gcb.12850.
Wade AA, McKelvey KS, Schwartz MK. 2015. Resistance-surface-based wildlife conservation connectivity modeling: Summary of efforts in the United States and guide for practitioners. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-333. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 93 p. Available from https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/48464.
Wade AA, Beechie TJ, Fleishman E, Mantua NJ, Wu H, Kimball JS, Stoms DM, Stanford JA. 2013. Steelhead vulnerability to climate change in the Pacific Northwest. Journal of Applied Ecology 50:1093–1104. Available from https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2664.12137.
Beechie TJ et al. 2012. Restoring salmon habitat for a changing climate. River Research and Applications 29:939–960. Available from https://www.salmonrecovery.gov/Files/APR/Section%202%20Literature%20Cited/Beechie%20et%20al%202013_RRA%20restoring%20salmon%20habitat%20for%20a%20changing%20climate.pdf.
Wade AA, Theobald DM, Laituri MJ. 2011. A multi-scale assessment of local and contextual threats to existing and potential U.S. protected areas. Landscape and Urban Planning 101:215–227. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232387224_A_multi-scale_assessment_of_local_and_contextual_threats_to_existing_and_potential_US_protected_areas.
Wade AA, Theobald DM. 2009. Residential development encroachment on US protected areas. Conservation Biology 24:151–161. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19624528.
Theobald DM., Wade AA, and Wilcox G. 2008. Analyzing risks to protected areas using the human modification framework: A Colorado case-study. Forest Encyclopedia –USFS Threats to Wildlands. http://www.forestencyclopedia.net/p/p3649.
Lauenroth WK, Wade AA, Williamson MA, Ross BE, Kumar S, Cariveau DP. 2006. Uncertainty in calculations of net primary production for grasslands. Ecosystems 9:843–851. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/226520789_Uncertainty_in_Calculations_of_Net_Primary_Production_for_Grasslands.

**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.

link
Image of a western meadowlark

Climate Science and Adaptation Planning Support for State Wildlife Action Plans (SWAPs) in the North Central Region

State Wildlife Action Plans are intended to provide proactive planning and guidance for the management of rare or imperiled species, including Species of Greatest Conservation Need. States must update their State Wildlife Action Plans every 10 years, but planners often lack the capacity or resources to integrate climate change into their planning. Revised State Wildlife Action Plans for most state
By
Climate Adaptation Science Centers
link

Climate Science and Adaptation Planning Support for State Wildlife Action Plans (SWAPs) in the North Central Region

State Wildlife Action Plans are intended to provide proactive planning and guidance for the management of rare or imperiled species, including Species of Greatest Conservation Need. States must update their State Wildlife Action Plans every 10 years, but planners often lack the capacity or resources to integrate climate change into their planning. Revised State Wildlife Action Plans for most state
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