The North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center is a partnership between the US Geological Survey, the University of Colorado Boulder and six other consortium partners. The NC CASC fosters innovative and applied research in support of Tribal, federal, state, and local natural resource management and decision-making. The North Central center is one of nine regional climate centers in the national CASC network created to help meet the changing needs of land and resource managers across the country. It serves Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas and Nebraska.
Precision in Actionable Science
A new framework from the U.S. Geological Survey challenges scientists to think more carefully about who their research is actually intended to serve. Rather than assuming a generic "resource manager" will use the results, the framework encourages researchers to answer six simple questions: Who? What? When? Where? Why? And How?
Conservation enhances resilience of the US "Duck Factory"
A new study published in BioScience offers encouraging news. While climate change is expected to reduce the region's overall capacity to support breeding waterfowl, strategic conservation efforts are helping build resilience into the landscape.
