News
New Paper by WCS on Climate Adaptation Practice in the US
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.
Announcement of USGS’ first Wildland Fire Science Strategic Plan
We are very pleased to announce that USGS’ first Wildland Fire Science Strategic Plan (Strategic Plan) has been published and is now available.
Release of Climate Change Report and Habitat Management Plan from Partnership Between Wildlife Conservation Society and Wyoming Game and Fish
A climate change workshop and other collaborative activities between Molly Cross, at the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), and Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD), which was funded by the NC CASC, culminated in the release of two published plans.
New Paper: Human activities and weather drive contact rates of wintering elk
A new paper, "Human activities and weather drive contact rates of wintering elk" was recently published in the Journal of Applied Ecology. NC CASC's Geneva Chong co-authored the paper and the project was partially funded by the NC CASC.
New Paper: Climate resilient management in response to flash droughts in US Northern Great Plains
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 Ojima.
New Publications on Fire and Rangelands and Pastures
Two new papers funded by the NC CASC were recently published.
Amanda Cravens and Robin O’Malley Co-Authors on Recent NPS Report
A new report titled Resist-Accept-Direct (RAD)—A Framework for the 21st-century Natural Resource Manager was recently published in the National Park Service Natural Resource Report series.
Article in Nature: How to include Indigenous researchers and their knowledge
An article, "How to include Indigenous researchers and their knowledge" was published by Nature on January 12th.
NC CASC tribal partners participate in development of NIDIS' Tribal Drought Engagement Strategy for the Missouri River Basin & Midwest Drought Early Warning Systems (DEWS)
In order to ensure the inclusion of indigenous perspectives in the implementation of our Drought Early Warning System (DEWS), NIDIS launched a Tribal Drought Engagement initiative in January 2019 in collaboration with the Masters of the Environment Program at University of Colorado-Boulder.
Stefan Tangen co-author on ATNI-led tribal review of the Congressional Action Plan on the climate crisis
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.