Natural and cultural resource managers across the country have begun to use a tool known as "scenario planning" to help prepare for climate change effects that may unfold in the future. In this process, scientific projections are used to identify different plausible, relevant, and divergent climate conditions for a particular area, and then through a participatory process, scientists and resource managers develop "scenarios" which describe the implications of these different conditions for resources and management. The North Central CASC has been working with the National Park Service (NPS) Climate Change Response Program (CCRP) to encourage and support national parks in incorporating climate science and scenario planning into their park management and planning processes. These efforts have helped resource managers to better prepare for the uncertainty of how climate will affect their resources and wild lands. To enhance the capacity and scope of these engagements, the North Central CASC brought on two new individuals with expertise and technical skills related to ecological responses to climate. Over the next two years, these individuals will serve as liaisons between the North Central CASC and the NPS CCRP, and as resources in the development and application of climate change scenarios with NPS and other resource management partners. They will help to plan and facilitate scenario planning workshops, synthesize scientific literature on the climate sensitivities of priority resources, develop and apply ecological response models to enhance scenario planning applications, co-produce reports and literature on the outcomes of scenario planning engagements, and evaluate the efficacy of scaling up scenarios from the individual park level to the regional level to broaden their use and applicability for resource managers.
James Rattling Leaf, Sr. discusses tribal issues with regard to natural hazards and climate change in the "2020 Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change" panel presentation
The 2020 Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change is an international research collaboration that monitors and reports annually on the relationship between health and climate, and its implications for national governments.
Earth Lab/USGS Data Science & Remote Sensing Internship
Earth Lab and the USGS are hiring a CU Boulder undergraduate Data Science & Remote Sensing Intern. The intern will work for the duration of the Spring 2021 semester (10-13 hours/week) and Summer 2021 (20-30 hours week) on a project delineating watersheds for small waterbodies with USGS 3DEP lidar data in Python.
James Rattling Leaf Sr., to Speak at the GEO Indigenous Summit 2020
Group on Earth Observations (GEO) is holding the GEO Indigenous Summit 2020 virtually from December 7-9th. James Rattling Leaf Sr. will be speaking during the Opening Ceremony, and is moderating the COVID-19 and Education/Intergenerational Knowledge Transfer panels.
EROS Offers Two Postdoctoral Land Change Fellowships for 2021
The USGS Land Change, Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (LCMAP) initiative is offering two Mendenhall Fellowships to improve its land change products.
Watch James Rattling Leaf Sr.'s Latest CIRES Presentation
James Rattling Leaf Sr. gave a recent presentation for the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, called “Building Relational and Effective Partnerships with Indigenous Communities.”
Imtiaz Rangwala Featured in KRDO Story About Colorado’s Record Fire Season
Climate Science Lead, Imtiaz Rangwala, was quoted in a November KRDO story, “How to rebuild after Colorado’s devastating wildfire season”.
Link to Watch James Rattling Leaf Sr. in ADSA Annual Meeting Panel Now Available
On Friday, October 15th, James Rattling Leaf Sr. participated in the panel “From Data Sovereignty to Data Science: Implications for American Indian Self-Determination” at the 2020 Academic Data Science Alliance Annual Meeting.
USDA Announces Scholars Programs for Students at Historically Black and Tribal Land-Grant Colleges and Universities
Twenty-first century agriculture involves cutting-edge science, technology, business management – and you. Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announces scholarships to help you build a career path in agriculture, food, natural resource sciences, and many more agriculture-related subjects.
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.
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