North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center

Read the Latest Tribal Climate Newsletter

Read the October 2021 edition of the NC CASC Tribal Climate Newsletter.

Read the latest NC CASC publications

Read the latest NC CASC publications.

Read New Publication on the Resilience of Native Amphibian Communities

A new paper, "Resilience of native amphibian communities following catastrophic drought: Evidence from a decade of regional-scale monitoring," was recently published in Biological Conservation journal and was co-authored by NC CASC postdoc, Wynne Moss.

NC CASC Welcomes Conservations Science Partners Postdoctoral Scientist, Wynne Moss

Wynne is an ecologist and conservation biologist interested in how wild populations respond to environmental stressors, including land use transformation, climate change, and infectious disease.

NC CASC Welcomes Data Scientist, Ty Tuff

Dr. Ty Tuff is our friendly neighborhood data scientist. He is based in Earth Lab’s Analytics Hub where he helps members and affiliates of the lab process, analyze, and publish their hard-won data. He completed his graduate work in CU’s department of Ecology and Evolutionary biology and then left Boulder for a few years to manage a series of large research projects for the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History and for the McGill Sustainable Systems Initiative.

NC CASC PI Shelley Crausbay to Present in NPS RAD Webinar on Bandelier NM TOMORROW!

An assumption of stationarity—i.e. “the idea that natural systems fluctuate within an unchanging envelope of variability”—underlies traditional conservation and natural resource management. This assumption is expressed in widespread reliance on ecological baselines to guide protection, restoration, and other management actions.

When

This is the fourth in a series of webinars focused on providing Tribal resource managers with information and resources related to drought. Speakers include Doug Kluck (NOAA), Mark Junker (Sac and Fox of MO in NE & KS), and Crystal Stiles (NOAA-NIDIS). The webinar was facilitated by Stefan Tangen (GPTWA/NC CASC).

When

This is the 3rd webinar in our Summer Tribal Drought series. The webinar features Doug Kluck (NOAA), Dennis Longknife (Fort Belknap), Melissa Castiano and George Jordan (USFWS), and Britt Parker (NOAA NIDIS).