RSS Supplemental Guidance: Integration of Climate Change Scenario Planning into the RSS Process
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The NC CASC's Brian Miller and the National Park Service team are excited to announce the publishing of the Resource Stewardship Strategy (RSS) Supplemental Guidance. RSSs are strategic plans for NPS units, intended to help park managers achieve and maintain desired resource conditions. This document provides a repeatable methodology to more thoroughly address climate change in RSSs through scenario planning – a tool for supporting management decisions in the face of uncertainty. Scenario planning enables stakeholders to identify key climate sensitivities of resources, examine a range of relevant and plausible future conditions, and explore management options that can be effective across scenarios.