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Helping Montana Prepare for Emerging Threats
As temperatures rise and precipitation patterns shift, wildlife across the North Central part of the United States face challenges that extend beyond changes to their habitats. What can conservation agencies do to prepare?
Ulyana Horodyskyj Peña
Tackling Woody Encroachment Across the Great Plains
Across the Great Plains, the spread of trees and shrubs into historically open grasslands is changing landscapes and creating new challenges for conservation. Learn more in this new Spotlight Story.
Ulyana Horodyskyj Peña
The 2026 RCAP Wraps Up!
This summer, seven graduate students joined scientists and natural resource managers to tackle some of the most pressing climate adaptation challenges across the North Central region of the United States.
Ulyana Horodyskyj Peña
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.
Ulyana Horodyskyj Peña
NC CASC's Practitioner Tools Workshop: Building Climate Adaptation Capacity with Tribal Resource Professionals
In early June, scientists at the North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center (NC CASC) gathered with tribal resource managers for a day-and-a-half of hands-on learning, in-depth conversation, and relationship-building around climate adaptation science and tools.
Imtiaz Rangwala
The NC CASC Annual Consortium Meeting
The North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center (NC CASC) held its Year 2 Consortium Meeting from June 2 - 3, 2026, at the Sustainability, Energy and Environment Community (SEEC) building on the University of Colorado Boulder East Campus.
Ulyana Horodyskyj Peña
Rapid Climate Assessments for a Changing Future
The NC CASC's Rapid Climate Assessment Program (RCAP) is an initiative designed to accelerate actionable climate adaptation science across the region. Since launching in 2023, RCAP has supported short-term, high-impact projects that pair graduate researchers with scientists, land managers, Tribal partners, and decision-makers to tackle pressing climate challenges.
Ulyana Horodyskyj Peña
Rooted in Knowledge: Advancing Climate Adaptation Through the Tribal Adaptation Menu
The Tribal Climate Adaptation Menu is a tool specifically built to empower Tribal Nations and agencies to integrate Indigenous perspectives into climate planning, ensuring that the protection of natural resources also means the protection of cultural heritage.
Ulyana Horodyskyj Peña
Adapting to Changing Snowpack: Implications for Water in the Western United States
Winter in Colorado this year offered a compelling reminder that climate change is already reshaping hydrologic patterns across the western United States.
Ulyana Horodyskyj Peña
Bringing Clarity and Order to the Climate Adaptation Toolkit
Climate adaptation science has matured rapidly over the past two decades. In that time, scientists, agencies and practitioners have developed an impressive array of planning processes and guides, decision tools and conceptual models. Read more about how these resources fit together.
Imtiaz Rangwala