The North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative is pleased to provide this issue of our Climate Science Digest as a service to our partners.  This monthly e-digest highlights emerging information on climate change science, upcoming events, and training opportunities related to natural and cultural resource management throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond. 
 
Much of the information contained in this digest is compiled in partnership between the NPLCC and the 
Northwest Climate Science Center.  Thanks also to others who provided material for this edition, particularly the Pacific Northwest Climate Impacts Research Consortium, the Climate Impacts GroupPacific Northwest Tribal Climate Change Project  and the Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Change and Water News. The contents of the Climate Digest are solely the responsibility of the cited authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the NPLCC or the Northwest Climate Science Center.

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2016 Chugach Regional Resources Commission Climate Change Workshop Outcomes
On March 18, 2016, Chugach Regional Resources Commission (CRRC) held its first annual climate change workshop in Anchorage Alaska. CRRC brought together scientific experts, tribal leaders, community members, and interested public this day-long workshop. The participants enjoyed lectures from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy, experienced lawyers and environmental planners, and the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium’s Healthy Village Environment Program. There were four main topics covered in this initial workshop Ocean Acidification, Fisheries, Climate Change and Fisheries. There were 35 participants in the 2016 workshop that provided valuable insight on first-hand climate change observations from their home. The results from this workshop will be incorporated into future CRRC climate change planning efforts.
Read the full report here

NPLCC Partners Receive Climate Adaptation Leadership Award for Natural Resources
In This Issue:
Learning Opportunities
Tribes & First Nations Resources
Coastal & Marine Ecosystems, Ocean Acidification/Sea Level Rise
Freshwater Aquatic Resources & Ecosystems, Water Resources, Hydrology
Biodiversity/ Species and Ecosystem Response
Fire
Forests
Taking Action
Climate, Weather Reports & Services
List Servers
Other Resources & Tools
We are pleased to announce the awardees of the first National Climate Adaptation Award for Natural Resources including multiple NPLCC partners.
The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community was recognized for addressing climate risks by conducting vulnerability assessments, developing adaptation plans, and implementing on-the-ground adaptation actions for natural and cultural resources in the Pacific Northwest. The NPLCC and the Northwest Climate Science Center co-funded a portion of this work in 2012. 
Dan Isaak of the U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station was recognized for prioritizing climate-informed conservation of aquatic species and habitats in the Western U.S. by mapping cold-water refuges that can support species at risk. The NPLCC and the Great Northern LCC have provided funding to help develop the NorWeST stream temperature database. 
Read the full press release here

Transboundary Climate-Connectivity Project: Final products now available on the NPLCC Conservation Planning Atlas

This project engaged science-practice partnerships to identify potential climate impacts on wildlife habitat connectivity and adaptation actions for addressing these impacts in the transboundary region of Washington and British Columbia. Project products include:
  • A project overview report, which describes the project’s rationale, partnerships, approach, and key findings.

  • Additional reports describing key findings for 13 case studies (including 11 species, a vegetation system, and a region). These reports are provided as appendices to the overview report, and are intended to act as stand-alone resources. They include summary descriptions of the project and assessment process; key climate impacts and adaptation actions for each case study; and all materials used to identify potential climate impacts and adaptation actions for each case study (e.g., habitat connectivity models and projected future changes in species distributions, vegetation communities, and climate variables).

  • An interactive project gallery on the online mapping platform, NPLCC Conservation Planning Atlas. This project gallery includes all project reports and assessment materials, including interactive and downloadable habitat connectivity and climate datasets. Available here. 

Wildland Fire Canada 2016 - Call for Papers
The 2016 Wildland Fire conference will take place this year in Kelowna, BC from October 24th-28th. This year's theme is "Building Resilience." Call for abstracts is now open and topics will focus on anticipating change; designing resilient fire management systems; defining and managing resilient landscapes; and planning smarter, safer, resilient communities. The deadline to submit abstracts is June 30, 2016. Learn more about the conference and submit abstracts here.

Second Webinar: Integrating climate change into design and permitting of water crossing structures with WDFW
If you missed last month's NPLCC science-management webinar with Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife we will be hosting a second opportunity on Thursday, July 7th at 10am (Pacific).
REGISTER HERE
Learn more about this project

Learning Opportunities

*All times are Pacific time zone unless otherwise noted

6/9, 11am – Webinar. Climate Change in America's National Parks - Effects of Climate on the Haleakala Silversword and Research to Improve Future Mitigation
6/9 – Webinar. Stock assessments and management strategies, evaluating the interface of policy and science in fisheries ecosystems
6/16 – Webinar. Fishery Catch Projection Model for the West Coast Groundfish Individual Fishery Quota Program
6/17, 1pm-2pm - Webinar. Responses of Alaskan Groundfishes to Ocean Acidification
6/17 – Summit, Vancouver, WA. Science to Policy Summit: Climate Change
6/21, 12-1pm – Webinar. EPA Climate Change Speaker Series: Natural Drivers of Climate Change
6/24 – Symposium, Portland, OR. The Winds of Change? Exploring Climate-Driven Migration and Related Impacts in the Pacific Northwest
7/7, 10-11am, Webinar. Second Opportunity: An applied case study to integrate climate change into design and permitting of water crossing structures
7/11-7/13 - Conference, Sacramento, CA. 2016 AWRA Summer Specialty Conference

8/15-8/18 – Forum, Uncasville, CT. 2016 Tribal Lands and Environment Forum
9/7-9/8 – Forum, Long Beach, CA. California Adaptation Forum
10/18-10/20 – Conference, Davis, CA. Natural Areas Conference
10/19-10/21 – Forum, San Diego, CA. 2016 Climate Strategies Forum, West Coast
11/15-11/16 – Conference, Stevenson, WA. 7th Annual Northwest Climate Conference 
10/18-10/22 - Conference, Davis, CA. 2016 Natural Areas Conference
10/24-10/28 - Conference, Kelowna, BC. Wildland Fire Canada 2016
5/9-5/11/2017 – Forum, St. Paul, MN.
National Adaptation Forum
In 2012 the NPLCC supported the Heiltsuk First Nation to incorporate Traditional Knowledge and Values into ecosystem-based management planning. Learn more. Photo Credit: Kris Krug, Flickr creative commons

Tribe & First Nation Resources

EPA's Tribal ecoAmbassadors Program is soliciting grant proposals.
Proposal deadline is June 17, 2016. The Tribal ecoAmbassadors Program Request for Proposals (RFP #EPA-OITA-AIEO-2016-001) is designed to assist Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCU) to conduct research on environmental and climate change issues within their campus and tribal communities. With this RFP, the EPA is seeking to award several grants of up to $50,000 to enable awardees to prepare course curriculum, conduct their research project, select student participants, and identify equipment and materials necessary to successfully complete their science research study within a one academic year time frame. Specific problems that may be addressed include, but are not limited to: climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation, air quality, water quality, and waste management. EPA will be accepting applications for this RFP through Friday, June 17, 2016, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET).
A webinar will be held Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. (EDT)
Call in Number: 1.866.299.3188
Call in Code: 202.564.9957 
https://epawebconferencing.acms.com/tea/
For a copy of the Tribal ecoAmbassadors Program RFP, please visit
https://www.epa.gov/tribal/tribal-ecoambassadorsprogram

2016 Tribal Climate Camp.
The Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI), Institute for Tribal Government (ITG), United South and Eastern Tribes (USET), and the Department of the Interior's (USDI) Northwest Climate Science Center (NW CSC) and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) are collaborating to offer The Tribal Climate Camp (TTCC) to support teams of tribal leaders, climate change coordinators, planners, and program managers to build skills, gather information, and develop tribal policy needed to address climate change impacts. For tribes who are interested in knowing more about the program, contact Kyle Whyte at kylewhyte@gmail.com or Arwen Bird at: nwclimatecamp@gmail.com. If you have questions on any other aspect of the Tribal Climate Camp, contact Steve Daley-Larsen at stevendl@uidaho.edu. If your tribe has an interest in sending a team to the Tribal Climate Camp (either in 2016 or in the future), contact Don Sampson at: don@seventhgenerationllc.com.

Upcoming Pacific Northwest Tribal Climate Change Network Conference Call Dates
  • June 15, 2016
  • July 20, 2016
  • August 17, 2016
  • September 21, 2016
  • October 19, 2016
  • November 16, 2016
  • December 21, 2016
The PNW Tribal Change Network hosts monthly calls to foster communication between tribes, agencies, and other entities about climate change policies, programs, and research needs pertaining to tribes and climate change. To join the network e-mail list and receive call information, please contact Kathy Lynn. For more information on the network visit here.
 
In 2013, the NPLCC funded Friends of the San Juan Islands to develop a vulnerability assessment for the shorelines of San Juan County, WA. Learn more about the project here. Photo credit: Matt Binns, Flickr Creative Commons

Coastal/Marine Ecosystems/Ocean Acidification/Sea Level Rise

Juvenile starfish rebound in pockets of the Pacific: Seastar populations along the coast of western North America experienced a drastic two-year decline due to an epidemic wasting disease. However, according to an article by the Associated Press, Oregon State University’s marine biologist Bruce Menge and his colleagues have recorded a massive rebound of larval seastars since 2015. The cause of the epidemic and this sudden boom in seastar population remains largely unknown. 
Associated Press news article
 
Ocean's oxygen running low: University of Washington oceanographer Curtis Deutsch and colleagues have recently published a new study examining the distinction between naturally varying and climate-induced declines in dissolved oxygen levels of the world’s oceans. Using a large ensemble of a single Earth System model, the authors developed a global map of changing oxygen levels and found that it was possible to discern climate-driven changes from other sources. They found that for each degree of warming, oxygen concentration declined by 2 percent. Warmer waters lead to a more stratified ocean which consequently cuts off oxygen supply to habitable parts of the marine ecosystem. Furthermore, increased ocean temperatures cause the metabolic rate of marine species to increase, thus requiring increased oxygen consumption. 
Global Biogeochemical Cycles Journal article

 

Freshwater Aquatic Resources and Ecosystems,Water Resources, Hydrology



Special issue of Northwest Science devoted to climate change impacts on the Skagit River Basin: A new issue of the journal Northwest Science is devoted to assessing climate change impacts on the Skagit River Basin in Washington. The issue features articles by scientists from across the Pacific Northwest as well as Larry Wasserman, Environmental Policy Director of the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. The Skagit is responsible for over 30% of freshwater entering Puget Sound and is one of the most important sources of water in Western Washington. It is also home to all six salmon species that can be found in Puget Sound, which includes steelhead and Chinook salmon.

Two-Meter Temperature and Precipitation from Atmospheric Reanalysis Evaluated for Alaska: Alaska is experiencing effects of global climate change that are due, in large part, to the positive feedback mechanisms associated with polar amplification. The major risk factors include loss of sea ice and glaciers, thawing permafrost, increased wildfires, and ocean acidification. Reanalyses, integral to understanding mechanisms of Alaska’s past climate and to helping to calibrate modeling efforts, are based on the output of weather forecast models that assimilate observations. This study evaluates temperature and precipitation from five reanalyses at monthly and daily time scales for the period 1979–2009. 
 
Five centuries of U.S. west coast drought: The drought along the west coast of the U.S. that began in 2012 formed in relation to a high-pressure ridge linked to internal atmospheric variability. In this recently published study, University of North Carolina scientist Erika Wise examined this most recent drought (the occurrence, spatial patterns, and associated circulation features) through a paleoclimate context by linking atmospheric circulation to surface hydroclimate patterns. Spatial reconstructions of upper atmosphere pressure patterns and cool-season drought showed that drought along the U.S. west coast has occurred periodically since 1500 C.E. These droughts were also found to be associated with a strong ridge centered along the Pacific Northwest coast.
 
Post-fire disturbance impacts on snow hydrology in the Oregon Cascades: Hydrologic models of snow-dominated watersheds that have experienced severe forest fires require an understanding of the post-fire disturbance impacts on snow hydrology. Oregon State University scientists Kelly Gleason and Anne Nolin studied the impact of post-fire disturbance on the radiative forcing of snow hydrology in the Oregon Cascades. The authors studied the radiative forcing impacts on in a charred forest of the Oregon Cascades that experienced severe forest fires in 2011. They measured snow albedo (reflectivity), monitored snow and micrometeorological conditions, sampled snow surface debris, and modeled snowpack energy and mass balance in adjacent burned and unburned forest sites. These field measurements showed that charred forests accelerate radiative forcing and advance snow disappearance for several years following fire.
 
First EPA National Wetland Assessment: The EPA has released its first ever nationwide report on the health of U.S. wetlands, finding that one-third of them are in poor condition. The report measured the biological, physical, and chemical stresses acting upon U.S. coastal marshes, prairie potholes, central plain meadows, and other natural areas encompassed by the definition of ‘wetland’. Concerning wetlands in the Western U.S., the report found that 72% have high or very high levels of stress from nonnative plants. Additionally, relative to the rest of the country, many wetland areas in the western U.S. tested high on the index for contamination of heavy metals. Read the full National Wetland Condition Assessment using the link below.
An NPLCC-supported project with University of Washington developed hydrologic projections for diverse wetland habitats in the Pacific Northwest. Learn more. Photo credit: Maureen Ryan

Biodiversity/Species & Ecosystem Response

One third of North American Birds at Risk of Extinction Due to Human Activity and Climate Change: The North American Bird Conservation Initiative’s latest "State of the Birds" report finds that more than one-third of North America’s 1,154 native bird species are at high risk of extinction due to climate change and other manmade factors. Thirty-seven percent of the continent’s bird species across 10 different habitat types need "urgent conservation action." Forty-nine percent were identified as having moderate risk, while just 14 percent were marked as low risk. Researchers categorized bird species based on their population size, population trends, population distribution and threats to both breeding and non-breeding members of the species.

Canadian prairies in for radical changes even in a low-carbon future: The scientists at the university’s Prairie Climate Centre have unveiled the Prairie Climate Atlas, a publicly available, interactive website featuring climate data, geovisualizations and multimedia presentations that explain how Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba will change over the course of this century under a range of scenarios. At launch, the atlas revealed some disconcerting long-term temperature projections for the region, which has long expected to be harder hit by climate change than much of the rest of North America.

How biodiversity buffers fisheries against climate change: An international team of researchers used data collected by citizen scientist SCUBA divers at nearly 2,000 sites around the world to investigate relationships between biodiversity and biomass. They found that warmer water temperatures increase biomass, but temperature variability decreases it. They also found that sites with greater species richness and diversity had higher biomass, and that species diversity was the second strongest predictor of biomass. Analysis showed that, while changing temperatures did reduce reef fish biomass, the effect was halved in the most diverse ecosystems. That’s “possibly because species-rich communities harbor fishes with a range in thermal niches,” speculate the authors. More biodiverse ecosystems are simply more likely to include fish species able to withstand the coming changes. 
 
Squid Are Thriving While Fish Decline: This study represents the first global-scale database of cephalopod population numbers from 1953 to 2013. The authors compiled historical catch rates for 35 species from all over the world and found consistent increases across the three cephalopod groups in all habitat types, from open ocean to tidepools. These results contrast starkly with population patterns in marine vertebrates, many of which declined by nearly half from 1970 to 2012. The authors are currently investigating potential causes of the increase in cephalopods, but suspect that climate change and overfishing may play a role. Warming oceans, while detrimental to some fish, may create beneficial growing conditions for some cephalopods, and overfishing could potentially reduce cephalopod predators.
New York Times Story

Fire

 
Are insect outbreaks helping reduce forest fires?: Researchers from the University of Vermont and Oregon State University examined the interaction between insect outbreaks and fire severity. Published in Environmental Research Letters, the authors used spatial models and statistical analyses to map 81 fires as well as insect outbreaks over a 25-year period in Oregon and Washington state. Specifically, the study looked at mountain pine beetle and western spruce budworm outbreaks. Findings from this study suggest that the presence of both insects generally reduced wildfire severity by decreasing the abundance of live vegetation susceptible to wildfire at multiple time lags. Because this is contrary to common assumption, the authors recommended a precautionary approach to forest management policies.
 
Recent Advances and Remaining Uncertainties in Resolving Past and Future Climate Effects on Global Fire Activity: Scientists Alton Williams and John Abatzoglou recently published a synthesis report on the current advances and uncertainties surrounding the effects of climate on global fire activity. The authors first discussed recent scientific advances toward the discovery of a positive relationship between fire activity and aridity, noting an observed increase in both over the past several decades and the subsequent consequences anthropogenic effects may have on global fire regimes and the terrestrial biosphere. The authors then examined the various models used to study future fire responses to climate change. They described the specific uses for macro-scale models, correlation-based models, and process-based models. The synthesis also emphasized the observation-based research that must continue in order to evaluate interactions between fire, vegetation, climate, and humans.

Forests

 

Study deems 'sudden oak death' unstoppable: A type of water mold canonically known as “sudden oak death” is a pathogen that attacks over 100 different species of trees and shrubs by cracking them open and drying them out. This disease, which has been spreading throughout coastal California since 1995, causes forests to become more susceptible to wildfire and lose their role as carbon storages. In a recently published study, scientist Nik Cunniffe and colleagues used a mathematical model to examine the spread of the disease over time. They discovered that, since 2002, the disease has become too widespread and exhibited too fast of a spreading rate to plausibly stop the epidemic. Sudden oak death has also been observed in parts of Oregon, demonstrating the large jumps that the pathogen can take. The models developed through this study were used to recommend control strategies for managing the disease. The authors found that cutting down trees at the “wave-front,” where the disease will subsequently spread, is more effective than cutting down trees at the core of infection.
University of Cambridge press release
The Science Explorer news article
 
Scientists create new model to map warming-related threats: Scientists from Washington State University recently published a study on how U.S. forests will respond to climate change. The authors developed a new quantitative tool, called a Tolerance Distribution Model, that allows for the assessment of landscape-level impacts of climate change. Using this model, the scientists were able to project how forests will change in composition and range across North America. Included in their findings was a projection of the Pacific Northwest; as this region continues to get warmer and wetter, it may become more conducive for forests species currently growing in south-eastern China, southern Brazil, or sub-saharan Africa. 
Climate Change News article

Taking Action


Issues with guidance for climate change adaptation plans at a local level: In this new study, scientists from the University of North Carolina and University of Michigan examined 44 climate-adaptation plans being implemented in local communities around the U.S. Using a multivariate regression model, the authors were able to research how the quality of plans varied across communities. The study found that all plans used multiple sources for compiling data and analyzing future impacts, however most failed to develop a detailed action plan with defined priorities. Higher quality plans were associated with the engagement of elected officials and those authored by planning departments, giving insight into how to improve upon local climate-adaptation plans.

West Coast leaders have signed a cross-border climate agreement that would see an electric-vehicle charging network from Vancouver to Los Angeles: Representatives from the governments of BC, Washington, Oregon and California and the cities of Los Angeles, Oakland, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle and Vancouver met last Wednesday in the Golden Gate city to sign the Pacific North America Climate Leadership Agreement. The accord—covering a region home to some 53 million residents and sometimes romantically referred to as ‘Cascadia’—aims at an integration of low-carbon policies and achieving common metrics and standards across all jurisdictions, emphasizing buildings, transport, waste and energy.
 

Climate and Weather Reports and Services

Rainfall generates a new source of airborne organic particles: Scientists from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have discovered a new source of atmospheric organic particulate that has not yet been accounted for in climate models: tiny soil particles that become airborne after a rain event. This new study quantified the effect of raindrop impaction on the generation of these atmospheric particles using experimental irrigation in the Southern Great Plains, OK. The scientists found that, after rainfall, microscopic organic particles from the soil were ejected into the air and contributed up to 60% of atmospheric particles. After studying the physical and chemical properties of these solid particles, the scientists suggested that they could play a critical role in the formation of clouds and subsequent radiative forcing. The authors emphasize the importance of including this source of airborne particle in climate models, particularly for agricultural and grassland ecosystems.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory press release
 
Catastrophic fires may ebb with added moisture: According to the National Interagency Fire Center’s latest Wildland Fire Outlook report, wet weather from El Niño may cause drop in the number of wildfires experienced in the U.S. compared to the record-breaking fire season in 2015. The mountainous West has had large amounts of snowpack, potentially delaying the start of the fire season, particularly in higher-elevation forested areas. Overall, this is a positive outcome of El Niño, however the Outlook projected the Pacific Northwest to have “normal significant wildland fire potential” due to the warmer-than-average weather experienced in the month of April that led to a drop in snowpack.
 

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Other Resources and Tools

 

Landscape Conservation Cooperatives: Natural systems and landscapes are impacted by increasing land use pressures and widespread resource threats amplified by a rapidly changing climate. These changes are occurring at an unprecedented pace and scale. By leveraging resources and strategically targeting science to inform conservation decisions and actions, Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCCs) are a network of partnerships working in unison to ensure the sustainability of America's land, water, wildlife, and cultural resources. To learn more about our neighboring LCCs please visit the Great Northern LCC, Great Basin LCC, Northwest Boreal LCC, Western Alaska LCC, Aleutian and Bering Sea Islands LCC, and Pacific Islands Climate Change Cooperative. For even further information on LCCs please visit the LCC Network page. 

Climate Science Centers: The Climate Science Centers (CSCs) provide actionable scientific information, tools, and techniques that land, water, wildlife, and cultural resource managers and other interested parties can apply to anticipate, monitor, and adapt to climate change impacts. The NPLCC works closely with the Northwest CSC, Alaska CSC, and Southwest CSC.

Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC): The Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC) is a regional climate service centre at the University of Victoria that provides practical information on the physical impacts of climate variability and change in the Pacific and Yukon Region of Canada.

University of Washington's Climate Impacts Group: The Climate Impacts Group (CIG) is an internationally recognized interdisciplinary research group studying the impacts of natural climate variability and global climate change ("global warming").

Oregon Climate Change Research Institute: The Oregon Climate Change Research Institute (OCCRI), based at Oregon State University (OSU), is a network of over 150 researchers at OSU, the University of Oregon, Portland State University, Southern Oregon University, and affiliated federal and state labs. 

University of Oregon's Tribal Climate Change Project: The Tribal Climate Change Project is a collaborative project between the University of Oregon Environmental Studies Program and the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station. The project focuses on understanding needs and opportunities for tribes in addressing climate change, examining the government-to-government relationship in a climate context and exploring the role of traditional knowledge in climate change studies, assessments and plans.

The Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals: The Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals provides training, assistance and educational resources to tribes on climate change issues.

PNW Tribal Climate Change Network: The PNW Tribal Climate Change Network fosters communication between tribes, agencies, and other entities about climate change policies, programs, and research needs pertaining to tribes and climate change. 

National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy: The National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy will provide a unified approach—reflecting shared principles and science-based practices—for reducing the negative impacts of climate change on fish, wildlife, plants, habitats and associated ecological processes across geographic scales. Learn more

Climate Change, Wildlife, and Wildlands Toolkit: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in partnership with the National Park Service and with input from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, developed a kit for use when talking with the public about how climate change is affecting our nation's wildlife and public lands. Learn more .   

FWS Climate Change Response: How do partnership efforts such as Landscape Conservation Cooperatives and the National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy fit into the Service's overall  response to accelerating climate change? How is our agency reducing its carbon footprint? What is our agency doing now to reduce the impacts of climate change on fish, wildlife and plants? Learn more

FWS Climate Change Information Toolkit: A key part of the Service's climate change strategy is to inform FWS staff about the impacts of accelerating climate change and to engage partners and others in seeking collaborative solutions. Through shared knowledge and communication, we can work together to reduce the impacts of climate change on fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats.  Here are some resources   that can help. 

Safeguarding Wildlife from Climate Change Web Conference Series: The FWS and National Wildlife Federation have developed a series of web conferences to increase communication and transfer of technical information between conservation professionals regarding the growing challenges of climate change. Learn more
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