News

Announcement, Scientists

Molly Cross Finished FY18 Project on Species of Conservation Concern Planning


NC CASC PI Molly Cross at the Wildlife Conservation Society finished her fiscal year 2018 project, “Enabling Climate-Informed Planning and Decision about Species of Conservation Concern in the North Central Region: Phase 2.


Publications

Resource Stewardship Strategy (RSS) for Wind Cave National Park Published


The Resource Stewardship Strategy (RSS) for Wind Cave National Park has just been published. It acknowledges the NC CASC partnership by Brian Miller, Max Joseph, Travis Williams, and Imtiaz Rangwala in supporting the effort.


Publications

New Paper: Challenges to the Reforestation Pipeline in the United States


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 and Global Change journal.


Webinar

NC CASC Webinar Series: "Our Changing Fire Regimes" March 11th, 2021


There are three ingredients needed for fire: fuel to burn, hot & dry conditions, and an ignition source. People are changing all three. The number of wildfires and the area burned has increased over the past several decades, in western U.S. forests by 1500%.


Announcement

Read the Latest Tribal Climate Newsletter


The March 2021 edition of the Tribal Climate Newsletter has been released.



Publications

New paper: R-R-T (resistance-resilience-transformation) typology reveals differential conservation approaches across ecosystems and time


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.



Publications

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.


Scientists

James Rattling Leaf, Sr. featured in Bay Area Environmental Research Institute's "Connecting Tribal Lands with NASA Remote Sensing Tools" podcast


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.


Publications

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.


Webinar

NC CASC Partner, Kim Davis, University of Montana, to Present in NCASC webinar: "Managing Post-Fire, Climate-Induced Vegetation Transitions"


Please join us on, Thursday, March 11 at 3:00 pm ET for the NCASC webinar: "Managing Post-Fire, Climate-Induced Vegetation Transitions."