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The June 2023 edition of the Tribal Climate Resilience Newsletter is out! Learn about new funding opportunities, resources and upcoming events.
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Megan Moore is an ORISE stakeholder engagement fellow with the North Central and Northwest Climate Adaptation Centers. She is a social scientist with a research background in rural community transitions, climate adaptation strategies, and community resilience across the U.S. West.
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On May 15 - 17, NC CASC climate science lead, Dr. Imtiaz Rangwala, participated in a new multi-disciplinary and international working group effort related to conservation of grassland birds (from Mexico to Canada) in Santa Barbara, CA.
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Nadine Golden is joining us on a 120-day detail as the Assistant Regional Administrator (formerly titled Deputy Director) for the North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center.
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Members of the NC CASC presented posters during the annual CIRES Rendezvous on the University of Colorado Boulder main campus. Dr.
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This webinar discusses findings from the Grasslands Synthesis Project, recently published as USGS Open File-Report 2023-1037 and USGS Open File-Report 2023-1036. Grasslands in the Great Plains are of ecological, economic, and cultural importance in the United States, and understanding how climate change and variability will impact these ecosystems is crucial for successful grassland management in the 21st century.
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Learn more about the Rosebud Sioux Tribe's Climate Adaptation Plan and the Biden-Harris Administration's Inflation Reduction Act Guidebook for Tribal Nations.
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The NC CASC March/April 2023 newsletter is out! Learn more about what our scientists and partners have been up to in the realm of research and outreach.
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Tribal Nations and Alaska Native communities face significant challenges in responding and strengthening resiliency to the extreme weather events and environmental hazards resulting from climate change. The Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Branch of Tribal Climate Resilience (TCR), the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CASCs), and several Tribal Nations/Organizations are collaborating to support a nationwide network of Liaisons. Each Liaison works directly with a regional CASC connecting resources to federally-recognized Tribes in climate adaptation efforts.
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NC CASC’s Dr. Imtiaz Rangwala presented a pre-symposium webinar on April 14, titled Climate Change and Water in the West, for the University of Wyoming’s 2023 CPNR Water Symposium. Dr.
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"Tired Of Being Told To ‘Adapt,’ An Indigenous Community Wrote Its Own Climate Action Plan."
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Last week, contributors and authors convened in Washington, D.C. to work on the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5).
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The Sicangu Lakota (Rosebud Sioux) Tribe partnered with the Tribal Data Sovereignty Initiative and Lark Environmental, with technic
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This presentation explores the social factors that contribute to agency decisions about ecological transformation. Faced with global climate change and ecological transformation, natural resource managers are being forced to reconsider how they engage with stakeholders and make decisions.
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The Sicangu Lakota (Rosebud Sioux) tribe recognizes the climate crisis we are facing, and is planning to adapt and thrive.
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Check out the January/February issue of our newsletter. We strive to update you on NC CASC science, opportunities and events across our region.
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Learn about new job and funding opportunities this spring in the new Tribal Climate Resilience newsletter.
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The Sicangu Lakota (Rosebud Sioux) tribe recognizes the climate crisis we are facing, and is planning to adapt and thrive.
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Climate change, more buildings near flammable vegetation, and accidental human ignitions contributed to wildfires’ increased destructiveness.
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Learn more about the Tribal Grid Resilience Formula funding opportunity; the Karuk Tribe's first-of-its-kind training for controlled burns; and more about the Bison Restoration for the American Prairie
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On January 24-25, 2023 a number of US Fish and Wildlife Service staff and partners working on grassland conservation met in person in Lakewood, CO for the Grasslands-Climate Workshop.
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The NC CASC is excited to welcome a new program assistant, Hailey Robe, to our staff.
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Check out the November/December issue of our newsletter. We strive to update you on NC CASC science, opportunities and events across our region.
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Drought, despite being an episodic phenomenon, is capable of triggering persistent changes to ecosystems, with important consequences for both biodiversity and human communities.
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Learn more about growing interest in Tribal National Parks; how a wildlife crossing was successfully built with Tribal knowledge; and new opportunities like the 2023 Tribal Climate Camp in the January 2023
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Learn more about investments in Tribal climate resilience, putting Indigenous knowledge into practice for climate change, and the upcoming Native youth climate adaptation leadership Congress in this month's Tribal
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Join our next webinar, Fires of Unusual Size: Future of Extreme Wildfire in the Continental United States, featuring Dr. Jilmarie Stephens of the University of Colorado Boulder. December 8, 2022 at 11 AM MST.
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Warm welcome to NC CASC principal investigator, Jennifer Zavaleta Cheek, assistant professor at South Dakota State University.
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Learn more about a peace walk for environmental justice; Native drought resilience; and the future of large landscape conservation. Check out jobs/internships/funding opportunities available this month.
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Check out the September/October issue of our newsletter. We strive to update you on NC CASC science, opportunities and events across our region.
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Caitlin Littlefield (she/her) is a Lead Scientist at Conservation Science Partners. She is a broadly trained landscape ecologist who works at the intersection of forest ecology, conservation biology, and climate change adaptation.
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Join our next webinar, Sustainable Management of Bison in a Changing World, featuring Dr. Jeff Martin of South Dakota State University. November 10, 2022 at 11 AM MDT.
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How institutional context and emotions shape manager decisions to resist, accept, or direct change in transforming ecosystems: a cross- case study in four national parks
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Check out new jobs, events and funding opportunities.
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Join our next webinar, Rapid Ecological Change & Transformation Across the Middle and Southern Rockies During a Previous Climate Warming, featuring Dr. Shelley Crausbay of the US Forest Service. October 20, 2022 at 11 AM MDT.
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This report is an evaluation of how to best support states in the North Central region with further integrating climate-informed planning in State Wildlife Action Plans.
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Check out highlights including "planting hope" and nature-based climate solutions.
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Welcome to the new MailChimp version of the NC CASC newsletter. We strive to update you on NC CASC science, opportunities and events across our region.
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Join our next webinar, The Challenge of Planning for Extremes in Natural and Cultural Resources, featuring NC CASC's university director, Dr. William R. Travis. September 8, 2022 at 11 AM MDT.
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The August 2022 issue of the NC CASC Tribal Climate Newsletter is now available online: Highlights include:
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Anthony Ciocco is a USGS Climate Adaptation Scientist who initially joined the NC CASC program in July of 2020 as a BIA Pathways Program Intern.
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NC CASC Research Ecologist Brian Miller and former NC CASC colleague Brecken Robb are co-authors on a new publication, Conservation under uncertainty: Innovations in participatory climate change scenario planning from U.S.
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NC CASC/USGS Research Ecologist is a co-author on a new paper, "Expert perspectives on global biodiversity loss and its drivers and impacts o
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The NC CASC is excited to welcome Kynser Wahwahsuck, the new Tribal Climate Resilience Liaison for the Great Plains Tribal Water Alliance.
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The May/June 2022 issue of the NC CASC newsletter is now available online:
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The July 2022 issue of the NC CASC Tribal Climate Newsletter is now available online:
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Interannual variation in climate contributes to contingency in post-fire restoration outcomes in seeded sagebrush steppe from this project:
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Ella Ho is an undergraduate in the Astronomy and Planetary Sciences department with minors in Space and Atmospheric and Oceanic Science.
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A prolonged drought in the western U.S. has left Colorado River reservoirs seriously depleted.
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The Regional Invasive Species and Climate Change (RISCC) Management network (risccnetwork.org) aims to reduce the compounding effects of invasive species and climate change by synthesizing rele
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The NC RISCC is excited to announce the launch of their new website containing published materials, videos, and other information about the NC RISCC.
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On June 8, NC CASC Climate Science Lead Imtiaz Rangwala presented and discussed "
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The June 2022 issue of the NC CASC Tribal Climate Newsletter is now available for viewing online.
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In this recently published essay in The Conversation, NC CASC Climate Science Lead Imtiaz Rangwala explores the theory of a
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NC CASC consortium partners, Phil Higuera, University of Montana, and
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The NC CASC May 2022 Tribal Climate Newsletter is now available online:
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The Great Plains Tribal Water Alliance is hiring for a full-time Tribal Climate Resilience Liaison.
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The NC CASC Climate Science Support Platform has developed a new R-Shiny app to quantify daily snowfall and rainfall quantities from total daily precipitation data in both observations (gridMET) and future projections (MACAv2-METDATA).
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North American grasslands are a regional priority of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS).
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NC CASC consortium partner, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), has co-authored a study on climate adaptation, "Strengthening monitoring
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The North Central Regional Invasive Species & Climate Change Network, NC RISCC, has shared its first Management Challenge,
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NC CASC/USGS Research Ecologist Brian Miller, Gregor Schuurman, NPS Climate Change Response Program and Amy Symstad, USGS will co-present "Scenario Planning as a Climate Change Adaptation Tool" as part of the National Park Service (NPS)
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NC CASC Research Associate Christy Miller-Hesed is co-author on a recent publication,
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Please join us for our next NC CASC Webinar Series webinar: Identifying Potential Landscapes for Conservation Across the Central Grasslands of North America: Integrating Keystone Species, Land Use, and Climate Change
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The North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center (NC CASC) seeks 3 graduate student mentors to provide peer mentoring to 3 summer undergraduate research fellows.
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NC CASC ecologist Brian Miller, with co-authors Brecken Robb
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A new publication by NC CASC team members and others examines beaver mimicry as a conservation technique to restore streams and manage water that is gaining popularity within the natural resource management community because of a wide va
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The Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP) Tribes and Climate Change Program is delighted to announce that the
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The NPS Climate Change Response program and NC CASC are partnering to deliver a presentation "Participatory Climate Change Scenario Planning: A standard approach, application guidelines, and management outcomes from a decade of research
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Please join us for the next NC CASC webinar on Thursday, April 14, 2022, 11a -12p MDT:
Tools for developing reproducible climate futures for resource planning
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The January/February 2022 issue of the NC CASC newsletter is now available online. In this edition we
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NC CASC Consortium Partner Wildlife Conservation Society's Climate Adaptation Fund has released its request for proposals for the 2022 grant cycle.
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NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) and the
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Join the NC CASC as we celebrate Earth Week 2022 by hosting Climate Solutions Days, an à la carte offering of presentations, workshops and trainings scheduled throughout the week where scientists and practitioners will
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NC CASC PI James Rattling Leaf will present "Developing Tribal Strategies to Deal with a Changing Climate" at the Second Lakota Fo
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NC CASC PI James Rattling Leaf has published a new paper in ESA's Frontiers in Ecology & the Environment titled "What
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NC CASC/USGS Research Ecologist Brian Miller is the primary author of a new publication, "Conservation under uncertainty: Innovations in participat
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NC CASC consortium partner, Phil Higuera, University of Montana, is co-author on a new paper, "Developing strategies to support social-ecological
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On February 24th, Brian Miller, NC CASC Research Ecologist, will be giving an invited presentation to the
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NC CASC/USGS Research Ecologist, Brian Miller, is co-author on a new publication in Environmental Modelling and Software,
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NC CASC's James Rattling Leaf, Sr.
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Please join us for the NC CASC Webinar Series Webinar on Thursday, February 10, 2022, 11a -12p MST: "Developing Climate Information for US Fish and Wildlife Service Species Status Assessments Using the Climate Toolbox"
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NC CASC Stakeholder Engagement Lead, Heather Yocum, has co-authored a new publication in Conservation Science and Practice titled
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NC CASC PI James Rattling Leaf was recently interviewed by Directions Magazine for their Geoinspirations Podcast Series: James Rattling Leaf - Responsibility, Reciprocity, Relevance, and Relationality.
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Seth Arens at the Western Water Assessment has published a summary of what we know about the causes of the Marshall Fire, now available on WWA's
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Join Western Water Assessment for our webinar on the Snowtography: Snowpack & Soil Moisture Monitoring Handbook , Friday, January 21, 2022 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (MST)
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Several papers have recently been published from projects sponsored by the NC CASC:
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NOAA, on behalf of the U.S.
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NC CASC wildfire scientists, Jennifer Balch, University of Colorado Boulder, and Phil Higuera, University of Montana, have been fielding numerous media requests for interviews regarding the Marshall Fire in Boulder County last month.
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December urban wildfire. Three words thought unimaginable to exist in the same sentence. That was the case until Thursday, December 30, 2021.
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Read the NC CASC December 2021 Tribal Climate Newsletter, now available online.
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A new paper published in Climate, "Uncertainty, Complexity and Constraints: How Do We Robustly Assess Biological Responses under a Rapidly Changing Climate?"
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This story has has been updated to include links to the video recording and
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Join us on Thursday, December 2nd at 1 PM MT for a Tribal Climate Webinar. The session will provide updates on drought in the Northern Great Plains and an outlook on what to expect for the winter and spring seasons.
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On October 18 – 21, 2021, participants from the Ute Mountain Ute, Southern Ute and Ute Tribe of Utah came together in a virtual setting to attend the Tri Ute Climate Adaptation Workshop, the first in a series of four climate adaptation w
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The work of NC CASC PI and CSP senior scientist Shelley Crausbay and colleagues is currently featured in a special issue of the high-impact journal BioScience. The publications also feature Amanda Cravens and Katie Clifford, two
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NC CASC Research Associate Christy Miller Hesed has published a new paper in the American Meteorological Society Journals,
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The Geo for Good Summit is an annual conference geared toward nonprofits, scientists, government agencies and other change-makers who want
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Read about the R-shiny apps developed by NC CASC's Dr.
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Summer 2021 was a year of extreme weather events in the Intermountain West. Drought conditions that were building since 2019 covered vast areas of the region with extreme and exceptional drought.
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Our partners at the NW CASC are hosting a webinar, "Tribal Experiences in Collaborative Fire Management in the Northwest".
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The ESA Traditional Ecological Knowledge Section will be hosting a webinar series to facilitate a virtual space to welcome and hear from Indigenous voices who work to help sustain and nurture TEK within their communities.
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A new study in Environmental Science & Policy, "Flexible and comprehensive criteria for evaluating climate change adaptation success for biod
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NCCASC Consortium Partner Dr. Molly Cross, Wildlife Conservation Society, was quoted in a German news outlet covering COP26:
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The September/October 2021 issue of the NC CASC newsletter, along with previous editions, is
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Read the Spotlight Section on our website to find more about the addition of the Northern Great Plains Region
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NC CASC Tribal Resilience Liaison, Stefan Tangen and USGS Research Ecologist, Brian Miller provided presentations and facilitated sessions at a workshop from October 18-21, 2021 on Tribal Climate Adaptation Planning.
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Our November Tribal Climate Newsletter is now available online: https://mailchi.mp/6d66e32c5023/tribal-clim
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Are you a resource manager or scientist interested in learning how to work with climate data in Python?
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The BIA Tribal Climate Resilience Program is pleased to announce the availability of funding to support the hiring of Tribal Climate Resilience Liaisons in the North Central, Midwest and Northeast/Southeast regions of the DOI Climate Ada
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A new paper by Brian Miller, USGS and NC CASC Research Ecologist, is now available online in the Landscape Ecology journal.
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James Rattling Leaf will be speaking at an upcoming talk as part of the Alliances for Climate Action: Virtual Forum Series, sponsored by the Resilient Nation Partnership Network, on October 20th from 12-2pm ET.
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NC CASC and USGS Research Ecologist, Brian Miller, will be spe
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Read a summary of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Climate Change Summit held in September in the Spotlight Section on our
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Read the October 2021 edition of the NC CASC Tribal Climate Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/639cab6ed39e/tribal-climate-newsletter-january-48
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A new paper, "Resilience of native amphibian communities following catastrophic drought: Evidence from a decade of regional-scale monitoring," was recently
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Wynne is an ecologist and conservation biologist interested in how wild populations respond to environmental stressors, including land use transformation, climate change, and infectious disease.
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Dr. Ty Tuff is our friendly neighborhood data scientist. He is based in Earth Lab’s Analytics Hub where he helps members and affiliates of the lab process, analyze, and publish their hard-won data.
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Please register for Stewarding transforming landscapes using the Resist-Accept-Direct framework & transformation-oriented natural & cultural science on Oct 6, 2021, 1:00 PM MDT at:
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The fourth in a series of Tribal Drought Webinars, hosted by N
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The Midwest CASC is the ninth and final member to the CASC network.
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USGS and NC CASC Research Ecologist, Brian Miller, will partic
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NC CASC’s consultant to the Great Plains Tribal Water Alliance
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A new NC CASC-funded project, led by PI Amanda Kissel, is now
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This post was updated on October 6th, 2021 with the correct link to the paper.
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NC CASC’s consultant to the Great Plains Tribal Water Alliance, James Rattling Leaf, helped the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe organize and host a two-day C
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Join the National CASC for an upcoming webinar, “Setting Habit
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NC CASC’s Climate Science Lead, Imtiaz Rangwala, and his partn
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On Friday, September 17th, the Department of the Interior (DOI) signed off on a major tribal water rights compact with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of Montana.
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September 15, 2021
U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit launches new section for the Northern Great Plains Region
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NC CASC’s consultant to the Great Plains Tribal Water Alliance
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A recent news announcement by the National CASC highlighted a publication funded by the NC CASC, "A typology of drought decision making: Synthesizing across cases to understand drought preparedness and response actions."
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The NC CASC welcomes our new Communications Specialist, Ulyana Horodyskyj. Ulyana is a geologist/glaciologist/climate change expert with exten
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Read the September edition of the NC CASC Tribal Climate Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/b28a0130a004/tribal-climate-newsletter-january-48006
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NC CASC USGS Deputy Director, Aparna Bamzai-Dodson, is scheduled to give an upcoming seminar at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) on September 20th at 12:00pm MT.
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James Rattling Leaf is scheduled to speak at the 2021 Resilient Nation Partnership Network (RNPN) Annual Forum: Alliances for Climate Action.
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A new project, “Estimating future high-mountain snowpack to in
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NC CASC's James Rattling Leaf will be speaking at USGS' National Imagery Summit: Landsat and Society, which will be held from August 31st to September 2nd.
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The NC CASC and USDA Northern Plains Climate Hub will hold a series of topic-based listening sessions with the Joint Stakeholder Committee (JSC) and their team members.
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NC CASC’s Adaptation Co-lead, Lisa Dilling, was quoted in an A
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A new article by USGS Research Ecologist and NC CASC partner, Brian Miller, is now available online:
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James Rattling Leaf will moderate a workshop at the FOSS4G (Free and Open Source for Geospace) 2021 Annual International Gathering, "Building Relational &a
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The Joint Fire Science Program has posted Open Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs). Read more:
https://www.firescience.gov/JFSP_funding_announcements.cfm
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The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) is soliciting proposals to conserve and restore grasslands and wildlife species in the Northern Great Plains.
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NC CASC PI, Laura Edwards at South Dakota State University, wa
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Join us for the next Ecological Society of America (ESA) webinar, "Integrating Western Science Into Indigenous Knowledge Processes" on August 20th at 12:00pm EST.
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The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) released its first Indig
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Join us for the next Tribal Climate Webinar on July 27th at 10:00am MT.
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Read the July 2021 edition of the Tribal Climate Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/9d30426339d7/tribal-climate-newsletter-january-4782522?e=675
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NC CASC Climate Science Lead, Imtiaz Rangwala, and his work fo
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NC CASC University Director, Jennifer Balch, and Consortium Pa
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NC CASC University Director, Jennifer Balch, wrote an op-ed that was featured in The Hill before the 4th of July.
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A new project under PI Chelsea Nagy will focus on integrating the research and management of invasive species, climate change, and fire.
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Below is a list of recent publications that were supported by the NC CASC:
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The North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center (NC CASC) invites applications for a part-time Communications Specialist.
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NC CASC University Director, Jennifer Balch, was quoted in a recent AP article on recent cautions in the West on firework use before July 4th celebrations amid a historic drought.
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A new article from the Wildlife Conservation Society (@WCSAdapts), a North Central CASC Consortium Partner, and co-authored by PI Molly Cross, introduces a rapid assessment framework to make nature conservation more resilient to climate
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Join the Ecological Society of America (ESA) for their upcoming webinar on July 23rd at 12:00pm EST, "Guidelines for the Use of Traditional Knowledges." NAU's Anne Marie Chischilly will discuss Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and
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The NC CASC and USDA Northern Plains Climate Hub will hold a series of topic-based listening sessions with the Joint Stakeholder Committee (JSC) and their team members.
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Imtiaz Rangwala, the NC CASC’s Climate Science Lead, was quote
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Join the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP) for the virtual course, "Introduction to Climate Change Adaptation Planning (Western Region)," from August 9th-13th.
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NC CASC Consortium Partner and PI Phil Higuera, at the Univers
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A new USGS tool, the "Land Treatment Exploration Tool" was just released as a part of a NC CAS
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Read the June 2021 edition of the Tribal Climate Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/40629d05a9d5/tribal-climate-newsletter-january-4767070?e=675
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Three new projects, all with USGS PI's, are now up and running at the NC CASC. Information about each project can be viewed below.
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A paper co-authored by the NC CASC’s Climate Science Lead, Imt
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Watch the latest tribal webinar, "Tribal Drought Conditions and Actions in the North Central," which discusses the updates and projections on drought conditions in the Missouri River Basin focused on Tribal lands.
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A new paper was published that discusses the lessons learned from the Campfire Conversations at the 2020 Annual Meeting for the Society for Range Management.
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The NC CASC's Tribal Climate Leaders Program (TCLP) was featured in the 2021 Edition of CIRES annual magazine, "Spheres." The feature included quotes from James Rattling Leaf, Sr., an NC CASC partner, and William Crawford, a stu
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Three new papers, all funded by the NC CASC, are published and available online. Read them below:
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Join the North Central Climate Collaborative (NC3) for their upcoming virtual conference, Advanced Climate Change Topics: North Central Climate 201 from June 8th-10th.
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We hope the shift into spring is bringing each of you so much wellness.
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Read the May 2021 Edition of the Tribal Climate Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/3167e950ac00/tribal-climate-newsletter-january-4753510?e=6758
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A new paper was recently published in the Journal of Weather, Climate, and Society, "
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The Getches-Wilkinson Center at CU Law is hosting the webinar, "Land, Water, and People: The Natural Resource Priorities of the Biden Administration," on May 13th from 5:00-6:15pm MDT as part of their webinar series, "The Climate Justice
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The NC CASC is proud to announce our four new summer graduate research assistants, who will be helping NC CASC researchers with summer projects.
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James Rattling Leaf, Sr., will participate in the panel, “Plan
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James Rattling Leaf, Sr., will participate in the panel, “Coll
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NC CASC Consortium Partner, Laura Edwards, will present in the South Dakota State University (SDSU) Extension Drought Hour on May 24th. She will give a climate update for South Dakota based on data from the U.S. Drought Monitor.
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On April 19th, NC CASC Consortium Partner, Laura Edwards, was featured in the Sout
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Please join us for the NC CASC webinar on Thursday, May 13, 2021, 11a -12p MDT:
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The NW CASC organizes an annual Ecological Transformation Deep Dive to identify emerging clim
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On Wed March 17, the leadership teams of the North Central CASC, NOAA's Western Water Assessment, and USDA Northern Plains Climate Hub met virtually for their bi-annual retreat.
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USGS Research Ecologist Brian Miller will give a conference presentation on new software developments that facilitate modeling interactions between wildlife and their environment.
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This post was updated on May 4th, 2021.
Wednesday, April 28, 2021 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM MDT
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NC-CASC Consortium Partner Wildlife Conservation Society has released a call for proposals for the Climate Adaptation Fund , which supports the imple
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Read the April edition of the Tribal Climate Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/a47f67e57d06/tribal-climate-newsletter-january-4740466?e=6758500
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On April 21st, James Rattling Leaf Sr., will give a presentation titled, “Engaging
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A paper funded by the NC CASC was recently published in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management titled, "The impact of production network economies on spatially-contiguous conservation—Theoretical model with evidence from t
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On March 31st, Stefan Tangen and Dr. Valerie A.
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NC CASC Consortium Partner, Molly Cross, testified on a March 23rd, 2021 hearing o
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USGS released a new multi-agency report on sagebrush, "Sagebrush Conservation Strategy—Challenges to Sagebrush Conservation".
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NC CASC Climate Science Lead, Imtiaz Rangwala, is co-author of a new paper published in Nature, “Seasonal to multi-year soil moisture drought forecasting”.
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USGS Deputy Director, Aparna Bamzai-Dodson, was featured on one of USGS’ Instagram accounts,
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The presentation recording from our latest webinar, "Our Changing Fire Regimes" on March 11th was posted to YouTube.
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NC CASC Webinar Series: Demographic uncertainty and disease risk drive climate-informed mountain goat management
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On March 4th, PI Phil Higuera at the University of Montana, gave a talk for the As
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The NC CASC is looking to hire three Graduate Research Assistants for summer 2021:
Climate Data, Tools and Science Support Summer 2021 Graduate Research Assistant
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NC CASC PI Molly Cross at the Wildlife Conservation Society finished her fiscal year 2018 pro
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NC CASC Research Scientist, Kimberley Davis at the University of Montana, is listed as a co-author on a recent publication, "Challenges to the Reforestation Pipeline in the United States," which was published in the Frontiers in Forests
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Presented by: Jennifer Balch, NC CASC University Director, University of Colorado-Boulder
Thursday, March 11, 2021, 11a-12p MST
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The March 2021 edition of the Tribal Climate Newsletter has been released.
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NC CASC' Molly Cross is a co-author on a recently published paper, "R-R-T (resistance-resilience-transformation) typology reveals differential conservation approaches across ecosystems and time" in the Nature Journal.
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North Central CASC Consortium Partner, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), has published a new analysis of the ways that conservation practitioners in the U.S. are embracing climate change in their work.
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James Rattling Leaf, Sr. was recently featured in the podcast, "Connecting Tribal Lands with NASA Remote Sensing Tools", hosted by the Bay Area Environmental Research Institute. The podcast can be heard on the following stations:
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We are very pleased to announce that USGS’ first Wildland Fire Science Strategic Plan (Strategic Plan) has been published and is now available.
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Please join us on, Thursday, March 11 at 3:00 pm ET for the NCASC webinar:
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James Rattling Leaf, Sr., was featured in the February 22nd episode of Warm Regards, "Indigenous Climate Knowledge and Data Sovereignty," where he discussed traditional ecological knowledges and the Indigenous relationship with climate a
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James Rattling Leaf, Sr., will be speaking at the Posner Center event, "Climate Justice and Indigenous Rights" on February 25th from 11am-12:30pm.
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A CU professor, two regents, and alumni testified before the Colorado Senate Education Committee for a bill that would grant in-state tuition to members of American Indian nations with historical ties to Colorado.
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NC CASC consortium partners, Phil Higuera and Kim Davis, University of Montana, held a workshop, "Managing Post-fire Vegetation Under Climate Change" on February 3-4, 2021 for land managers in the North Central region.
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The Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP) Climate Change Program is hosting an informational webinar on Tuesday, March 2, featuring the
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A climate change workshop and other collaborative activities between Molly Cr
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A recording of our latest webinar, "Drought, Wildfire, and Climate Change: From Scenarios to Real Life through the Eyes of a Scientist-Land Manager," and presented by Koren R.
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The Climate Futures Toolbox (CFT) was featured in the latest USGS Project Spo
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Read the February 2021 edition of the Tribal Climate Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/a59bf13f5abc/tribal-climate-newsletter-january-4261129?e
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NC CASC Postdoc Christy Miller Hesed and her colleagues - Michael Paolisso, Elizabeth Van Dolah, and Katherine Johnson - are receiving two a
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Anthony Ciocco, NC CASC’s BIA Pathways Program Intern, presented the webinar,
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James Rattling Leaf, Sr. will be presenting in two upcoming webinars.
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A new paper, "Human activities and weather drive contact rates of wintering elk" was rece
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A new paper, "Climate resilient management in response to flash droughts in the US Northern Great Plains", funded by the NC CASC, has been published in the journal Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability by PI Dennis S O
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Presented by: Koren R. Nydick, Chief of Resource Stewardship at Rocky Mountain National Park
Thursday, February 11, 2021, 11a -12p MST
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Two new papers funded by the NC CASC were recently published.
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NC CASC PI Shelley Crausbay will work directly with the Ute Mountain Ute deci
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A new report titled Resist-Accept-Direct (RAD)—A Framework for the 21st-centu
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The November/December 2020 issue of the NC CASC newsletter is available online:
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An article, "How to include Indigenous researchers and their knowledge" was published by Nature on January 12th. Read the article: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00022-1
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A four-part Ecological Drought National Webinar Series, hosted by NIDIS, USGS
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James Rattling Leaf, Sr. will be a panelist in the American Meteorological Su
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The January 2021 edition of the Tribal Climate Newsletter was released.
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Congratulations to James Rattling Leaf, Robin O’Malley and Chad McNutt who have been awarded seed funding from Rising Voices for their project "Enabling Tribal Data Sovereignty: Supporting Great Plains and Northern Rockies Tribes Data Ne
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Revised
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On December 8th, NC CASC
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The December 2020 edition of the Tribal Climate Newsletter is released.
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During a press briefing for AGU 2020, Kelsey Satalino from CIRES/NIDIS highlighted the National Integrated Drought Information System's (NIDIS) Drought Portal (
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The 2020 Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change is an international research collaboration that monitors and reports annually on the relationship between health and climate, and its implications for national gov
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Earth Lab and the USGS are hiring a CU Boulder undergraduate Data Science & Remote Sensing Intern.
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Group on Earth Observations (GEO) is holding the GEO Indigenous Summit 2020 virtually from December 7-9th. James Rattling Leaf Sr.
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The USGS Land Change, Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (LCMAP) initiative is offering two Mendenhall Fellowships to improve its land change products.
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Imtiaz Rangwala Featured in KRDO
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On Friday, October 15th, James Rattling Leaf Sr.
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(Washington, D.C., November 12, 2020) – Twenty-first century agriculture involves cutting-edge science, technology, business management – and you. Today, the U.S.
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NIDIS Releases Tribal Drought Engagement Strategy for the Missouri River Basin and Midwest Drought Early Warning Systems (DEWS)
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The Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI) has released its Tribal Review of the U.S. House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis' Congressional Action Plan, co-authored by NC CASC Tribal Liaison, Stefan Tangen.
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At its regular meeting on Thursday, Nov.
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NC CASC PI James Rattling Leaf, Sr. will present "Every Tribe has a Climate Story: Climate Assessment Planning on Tribal Lands in the Great Plains" on November 19 at NTGISC's 11th Annual National Tribal GIS Conference (virtual).
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Dr. Jilmarie Stephens is a bio-micro-meteorologist studying plant-atmosphere interactions in a changing climate, from surface layer turbulence to ecosystem scale climate, carbon, and water fluxes.
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NC CASC PI James Rattling, Sr. has been elected Chair of ESA's Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) Section.
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A new study supported by the Southwest, Northwest, and North Central CASCs found that a few days of water scarcity during critical growth periods dramatically limited post-fire sagebrush regeneration across the Great Basin.
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The NC CASC hosted a fully remote Climate Data 101 in Python workshop for resource managers and climate scientists on Friday, October 30th, 2020. There was overwhelming interest in the workshop with 115 RSVPs for 45 spots.
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On Friday, November 6th, James Rattling Leaf Sr., participated in
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PI: Davis (UM) : Science to Inform Post-fire Conifer Regeneration and Reforestation Strategies Under Changing Climate Condit
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Celebrate Native American Heritage month with James Rattling Leaf, Sr , Rosebud Sioux Tribe, University of Colorado-Boulder and Robert Newman, University of North Dakota from ESA’s Traditional Ecological Knowledge Section as we explore:
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NC CASC PI James Rattling Leaf, Sr. was featured in a Space.com article: "With pandemic thwarting workshops, NASA training for tribes goes digital".
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“Building Relational and Effective Partnerships with Indigenous Communities” with James Rattling Leaf, Sr.
Tue, November 17, 2020
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM MST
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NC CASC partner, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is working with the American Bison Society to celebrate National Bison Day on November 7th, an annual commemoration of the ecological, cultural, historical, and economic contribution o
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Christy Miller Hesed is an environmental anthropologist and conservation biologist whose work focuses on engaging diverse stakeholders in climate change adaptation planning.
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Initiative by Board of Regents results in history-minded reflection: https://connections.cu.edu/stories
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A new paper has been published in the journal, Ecosphere, called "Linking surface and subterranean climate: implications for the study of hibernating bats and other cave dwellers." The lead author is Meredith McClure, the lead s
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Consortium Partner, Phil Higuera at the University of Montana, co-authored a recent publication discussing climate change and the record-setting 2020 fire season, "Record‐setting climate enabled the extraordinary 2020 fire season in the
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A new paper has been published, "Small scale water deficits after wildfires create long-lasting ecological impacts." This paper was funded by the NC CASC.
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On October 28-29th, USGS NC CASC employees Brian Miller, Brecken Robb, and Danika Mosher, along with staff from the NPS Climate Change Response Program, NPS Biological Resources Division, and Scenario Insight, LLC, are co-facilitating a
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A new paper co-authored by NC CASC's Imtiaz Rangwala was published today, "Projections of Mountain Snowpack Loss for Wolverine Denning Elevations in the Rocky Mountains."
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Imtiaz Rangwala and Shelley Crausbay wrote a short article, "Ecological Drought Enters Unfamiliar Territory," for the National Integrated Drought Information System's (NIDIS) ecodrought publication.
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Registration for this event has reached capacity.
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SDSU One of Four Schools Chosen to Lead the Upper Missouri River Snowpack Monitoring System, Awarded $12.8 Million Contract
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On September 15th, Imtiaz Rangwala gave a virtual guest lecture to a graduate class at the University of Wyoming, “Understanding and Quantifying Impacts of Regional Climate Change." Watch it here:
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Closing the Gap Between Climate Change Ecology Research and Resource Management
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James Rattling Leaf, Sr. will be on a panel of speakers at an upcoming Environmental Law Institute webinar, "Swept Away: Safeguarding Tribal Cultural Heritage from the Impacts of Climate Change".
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Consortium Partner, Phil Higuera, and Research Ecologist, Kim Davis, at the University of Montana are authors on a recently published paper that discusses findings of fire-catalyzed vegetation shifts in ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir for
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The Academic Data Science Alliance (ADSA) released their Quarterly Newsletter, which features updates on the Data Science Leadership Summit, the ADSA Annual Meeting, and event reminders.
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A new paper, "A new framework to map fine resolution cropping intensity across the globe: Algorithm, validation, and implication," was recently published. The paper and project were funded by the NC CASC.
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Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day!
Right Relationship Boulder is co-sponsoring an exciting series of online events to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day from October 9th-12th.
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Western Water Assessment webinar: Colorado River Basin Climate and Hydrology, Part 3: Current Understanding of Processes, Patterns, and Variability
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Determining Successful Management and Restoration Strategies for Pinyon-Juniper Communities in the Face of Changing Climate and Wildfire
Project Summary:
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NC CASC consortium partners Phil Higuera and Kim Davis from th
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sponsored by The Boulder Labs Diversity Council:
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Several members of the North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center (NC CASC) participated in last week’s 2020 National Tribal and Indigenous Climate Conference.
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Sarah Burton is a USGS Data Steward serving the North Central CASC as well as the South Central and Pacific Island CASCs.
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Collaborative Commitment among South Dakota State University, Bison Organizations
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NC CASC consortium partner, Shelley Crausbay (CSP) and Climate Science Lead,
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A film, "Holding Back the Snowpack ," explores the suite of tools stakeholders in the Big Hole Valley are using to improve riparian habitat along the Big Hole River. (
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This article has been updated to include events posted after September 17, 2020.
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From September 21-25, Brian Miller, NC CASC/USGS Research Ecologist, along with Danika Mosher and Brecken Robb from the NPS Climate Change Response Program and Denver Service Center, are co-facilitating a remote workshop on climate chang
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New publication on project funded by the NC CASC: M. Doidge, D. A. Hennessy, and H.
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The Climate Futures Toolbox (CFT) R package which provides easy and robust access to MACA climate data has reached version 0.3.0: https://gith
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Greetings from the High Plains Regional Climate Center!
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Recent publications by NC CASC principal investigators focus on flash drought, fires (not funded by the NC CASC):
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NC CASC consortium partners Shelley Crausbay, Conservation Science Partners, and Molly Cross, Wildlife Conservation Society, have been awar
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This paper was part of the project "Characterizing Historic Streamflow to Support Drought Planning in the Upper Missouri River Basin: Paleohydrologic Resources for Drought Planning and Improved Operations in the Upper Missouri River Bas
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The NC CASC is proud to welcome a new research assistant, Danika Mosher.
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Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, host of the Northwest CASC Tribal Liaison, announces Youth Video Contest focused on climate change and the environment:
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NC CASC University Director Jennifer Balch talks wildfires and climate change on KUNC's Colorado Edition: Feeling the Heat
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NC CASC team members partnered with Earth Lab and CIRES partners to compile a list of resources on current fires and air quality: https://cir
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NC CASC University Director Jennifer Balch quoted in CPR News, "Colorado Wildfires Are Climate Change ‘In The Here And Now’ — And A Sign Of Summers To Come".
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NC CASC University Director Jennifer Balch quoted in AP News article about climate change, California wildfires.
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Several papers were recently published from NC CASC projects. Read the papers below:
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Landscape Evaporative Response Index (LERI), a tool used to remotely-sense high-resolution information of the evaporative response from the land in near real time, is featured in the August 13th edition of
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On July 22-23, NC CASC team members joined colleagues from NOAA, DOI and USDA to participate in the virtual, semi-annual Three Centers Retreat.
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The NC CASC is seeking a post doc for the new Grasslands Project.
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NC CASC's Brian Miller and Imtiaz Rangwala, along with other USGS researchers, are co-authors in a new report, "Ecological Forecasting—21st Century Science for 21st Century Management".
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Phill Higuera, University of Montana Associate Professor of Fire Ecology and NC CASC consortium partner, discusses potential COVID19 impacts on fire management during the 2020 fire season in an article featured in the Montana Free Press:
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Jane Wolken is a forest ecologist that works at the nexus of climate science research, program coordination and communication.
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The North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center (NC CASC) is pleased to announce the launch of the Tribal Climate Leaders Program that will support Native American students pursuing a graduate degree at the
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"Economic Arm of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Works With World Wildlife Fund and Department of the Interior To Create Historic Public Private-Partnership For Plains Bison Restoration" - read more
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Advanced registration is required for this webinar.
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This post has been updated to include a link to the meeting summary.
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Principa
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The North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center (NC CASC) is excited to announce the launch of a new webinar series that will highlight ongoing research from the
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Thursday, June 18th, 2020
11:00am to noon (MDT)
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James Ra
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NC CASC and Earth Lab have recently released the Drought Index Portal (DrIP) through the University of Colorado, Boulder.
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A newly-published article, partially funded by the North Central CASC and co-authored by Alaska CASC scientists Stephen Gray and Jeremy Littell, examined data collected from tree-rings to reconstruct historic natural streamflows and aid
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The North Central Climate Adapatation Science Center (NC CASC) has released a new R package, Climate Futures Toolbox, with the goal to
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The NC CASC is looking to hire a National Park Service Research Assistant. Job description and application information follow:
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Western Water Assessment Director and NC CASC PI Lisa Dilling, along with fellow scientists at Western Water Assessment, released a major report on the state of the science and practice for the Colorado River.
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NC CASC scientists Brian Miller and Imtiaz Rangwala are currently preparing for an upcoming virtual workshop, May 5-6, where they will assist the National Park Service with scenario planning activities to inform future grazing managemen
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An article, "Monitoring and Predicting Drought on our Grasslands" by NC CASC scientist Imtiaz Rangwala has been featured in Grasslands News, the USDA’s National Grasslands Council’s Spring 2020 Newsletter.
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USGS scientist Gabriel Senay and others have published a paper on the operational global actual evapotranspiration (ET) product that has been used by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network for use in drought monitoring and early warnin
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The USGS has released a new handout on the state of knowledge on pinyon-juniper (PJ) communities.
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Priya Nanjappa, Director of Operations, Conservation Science Partners (CSP) was recently appointed by Colorado Governor Jared Polis to serve on the Wildlife Stamp Habitat Committee for the state of Colorado.
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The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is pleased to announce a new round of grantmaking through its Climate Adaptation Fund, a program that supports projects that implement effective interventions for wildlife and ecosystem adaptation
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Every region of the United States is susceptible to drought.
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NC CASC scientists Brian Miller (USGS) and Imtiaz Rangwala (CU-Boulder) will present at the 2020 Rocky Mountain National Park
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The Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP) has announced the 2020 National Tribal & Indigenous Climate Conference.
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The Great Plains Tribal Water Alliance has announced its 2020 spring water conference:
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A revised draft of the North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center Tribal Engagement Strategy (2019-2024), updated 1/20/2020, is available for review
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Researchers from CSU’s Center for Collaborative Conservation and other authors, including NC CASC’s Imtiaz Rangwala, discuss adaptive cattle management for healthy
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NC CASC ecologist, Brian Miller, partnered with NPS to publish a report on scenario planning as a climate
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USGS researchers, looking to understan
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In addition to numerous reports and fact sheets, at least 15 articles in high-impact journals were published in 2019 that were in part funded by the NC CASC:
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Due to delays stemming from COVID19, this announcement has been updated to reflect a new application review date of July 13.
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NC CASC ecologist Brian Miller is collaborating with NPS Denver Service Center, Climate Change Response Program, and park staff to develop a climate-informed Resource Stewardship Strategy (RSS) for Yellowstone National Park's Northern Ra
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The NC CASC has posted an update to its Strategic Science Plan draft.
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The USGS National Wildlife Health Center, in partnership with the USGS Climate Adaptation Science Center Network, is leading a one-year project to understand and prepare for emerging challenges related to fish and wildlife health, diseas
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FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
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The North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center is happy to announce that the leri R package, which facilitates access to the NOAA Landscape Evaporative Response Index
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The Great Plains Tribal Water Alliance and the Great Plains Tribal Chairman's Association present the 2019 Fall Water Conference, "Protecting Tribal Water and Lands: Vision and Planning to adapt to a Changing Climate"
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The NC CASC welcomes Dr. Alisa Wade to our team as our new research coordinator.
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Tribal Climate Leaders Program:
Are you interested in a graduate degree exploring how climate may impact natural and cultural resources and resilience?
The North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center is s
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"Drought & Change in the Mancos Watershed", a research brief for planners and managers in the Mancos River Valley in southwest Colorado, was produced by the Mountain Studies Institute and included input from NC CASC partners.
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Jordan Matula has joined the NC CASC team as a BIA Pathways Program intern.
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by Noah Williams, NC CASC Intern
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NC CASC intern Rebecca Reath is a senior at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, with a concentration in Biological and Geospatial Sciences.
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Noah Williams recently joined the NC CASC as an intern to work with the NC CASC's Tribal Resilience Liaison, Stefan Tangen.
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With support from the USGS Community for Data Integration (CDI), researchers at the North Central CASC will develop and implement an efficient and robust “Climate Scenarios Toolbox” to help on-the-ground management partners access and in
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Leah Wasser is the recipient of the 2019 CU Boulder Open Educator Award from the CU Student Government and the University Libraries.
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The U.S. Geological Survey is pleased to announce the following fiscal year 2018 projects funded via the North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center:
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NC CASC University Director Jennifer Balch will be featured in the Nova special, "Inside the Megafire", airing on PBS on May 8.
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One of the biggest challenges facing resource managers today is not knowing exactly when, where, and how climate change effects will unfold.
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Several members of the NC CASC will present at the National Adaptation Forum in Madison, WI, April 23-25:
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On December 19, 2018, The Great Plains Tribal Water Alliance Board traveled to Boulder to discuss opportunities for engagement with other CU and Boulder-area groups interested in working with the GPTWA, NC CASC, and indigenous communities.
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The Science to Action Fellowship is provided through a partnership between the USGS National Climate Adaptation Science Center (NCASC) and Michigan State University (MSU).
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Members of the Great Plains Tribal Water Alliance Board will travel to Boulder to meet with NC CASC teams on December 19 to discuss synergistic opportunities.
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NC CASC USGS Deputy Director Aparna Bamzai-Dodson will chair the session "PA14B: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Drought and Drought Decisions" at the American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting in W
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Dr. Jennifer Balch, Assistant Professor of Geography, University of Colorado Boulder, Director of Earth Lab and University Director of North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center
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Researchers will focus on science in support of natural resource management, addressing tribal, federal, state and local needs
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