On June 11, 2020, the North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center, in coordination with CU Boulder Earthlab and CIRES and the US Fish and Wildlife Service, hosted a Snow Collider virtual workshop, that brought snow data modellers and natural resource managers together to discuss and iterate on snow-related data and information needs, model limitations, and next steps for modeling future snow projections.

Principal Investigator Dr. Phil Higuera at University of Montana is leading a new project, “Anticipating forest vulnerability to fire-catalyzed ecosystem change.”

In November 2019, the USGS released a Request for Proposals (RFP) to members of the NC CASC consortium or USGS scientists for proposed science projects related to high-priority natural or cultural resource management issues that can benefit from science to support climate-informed planning and adaptation management.

A new paper, “Fire as a Fundamental Ecological Process: Research Advances and Frontiers” (co-authored by Phil Higuera and Jennifer Balch) was recently covered in the Journal of Ecology’s Blog.

The NC CASC is excited to announce the launch of a new webinar series that will highlight ongoing research from the seven state NC CASC network, as well as feature topics of critical importance to natural resource managers and other stakeholders within the NC CASC region.

Nicole DeCrappeo is the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Director of the Northwest and North Central Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CASCs) and brings a strong research background, proven leadership skills and a deep commitment to advancing the state of climate adaptation science and practice.

USGS has hired Indigo Bannister, a masters student at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara, as a virtual summer intern, starting in June.

Join Western Water Assessment's Jeff Lukas and Liz Payton for an overview of the recently released report, "Colorado River Basin Climate and Hydrology: State of the Science," followed by Q&A.

James Rattling Leaf Sr., the NC CASC's Consultant to the Great Plains Tribal Water Alliance, was interviewed by Diana Mastracci for the Group on Earth Observations (GEO).

NC CASC and Earth Lab have recently released the Drought Index Portal (DrIP) through the University of Colorado, Boulder. DrIP is a web analytic resource to display, compare, and extract time series for various indicators of drought in the contiguous United States.