OOS 26-8
Elements of success for climate adaptation planning: A USGS perspective

Tuesday, August 11, 2015: 4:00 PM
315, Baltimore Convention Center
Jeffrey T Morisette, CSU NREL, North Central Climate Science Cente, Fort Collins, CO
Dennis S. Ojima, Ecosystem Science and Sustainability and the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Andrew Hansen, Department of Ecology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
Imtiaz Rangwala, University of Colorado, Boulder
Joseph Barsugli, University of Colorado, Boulder
Shannon McNeeley, North Central Climate Science Center, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Arjun Adhikari, Department of Ecology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
Marian Talbert, CSU NREL, North Central Climate Science Cente, Fort Collins, CO
Colin Talbert, Fort Collins Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins, CO
Background/Question/Methods

The U.S. Geological Survey provide science support to the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) agencies and related state and Tribal stakeholders.  Climate change presents a complex and expanding area of science to bring to bear on resource management practices.  DOI established regional Climate Science Centers staring in 2011 to help resource managers take advantage of the best available climate science.  Pragmatically, the integration of climate science into resource manages is manifest in climate-informed adaptation planning and projects.  

Results/Conclusions

This talk will start with an overview of how the North Central Climate Science center is building on the findings and recommendations of both the National Research Council’s 2009 report and the Adaptation chapter of the 2014 National Climate Assessment, and supporting implementation of climate-informed practices.   We will go on to describe our experience in meeting this challenge by utilizing: three foundational science themes (climate research, impacts analysis, and adaptation practices), a physical collaborative workspace, and a funding model that emphasizes the end-user’s needs.

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