Watch Our Latest Webinar on YouTube

A recording of our latest webinar, "Drought, Wildfire, and Climate Change: From Scenarios to Real Life through the Eyes of a Scientist-Land Manager," and presented by Koren R. Nydick can be viewed on YouTube.

Climate Futures Toolbox Featured in USGS Project Spotlight

The Climate Futures Toolbox (CFT) was featured in the latest USGS Project Spotlight online. The NC CASC partnered with the National Park Service to create the CFT, a user-friendly software program designed to make climate data more accessible for park managers.

Read the Latest Tribal Climate Newsletter

Read the February 2021 edition of the Tribal Climate Newsletter.

Christy Miller Hesed to Receive Awards

NC CASC Postdoc Christy Miller Hesed and her colleagues - Michael Paolisso, Elizabeth Van Dolah, and Katherine Johnson - are receiving two awards for their work on the Deal Island Peninsula Partnership at the Society for Applied Anthropology conference this March.

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Anthony Ciocco, NC CASC’s BIA Pathways Program Intern, presented the webinar, “Conceptual Models for Integration of Tribal Culture with Tribal Wildlife Management” in January 2021. He discussed his forthcoming presentation with proposed models for Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) integration into Fish and Wildlife Management with the Navajo Nation as an example.

Watch Anthony Ciocco’s Recent Webinar on Tribal Climate and Wildlife Management

Anthony Ciocco, NC CASC’s BIA Pathways Program Intern, presented the webinar, “Conceptual Models for Integration of Tribal Culture with Tribal Wildlife Management” in January.

James Rattling Leaf, Sr. to Present in Two Upcoming Webinars

James Rattling Leaf, Sr. will be presenting in two upcoming webinars.

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.

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Presented by: Koren R. Nydick, Chief of Resource Stewardship at Rocky Mountain National Park Registration link: Register in advance for this meeting: https://cuboulder.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAqf-6spjkjE9c1XO_UYZvDSAFoQQ-JehN0 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Abstract: Scenarios are a great tool to examine possible climate futures, play out potential consequences, and identify preemptive actions to prepare for and adapt to changes. In 2011 as science coordinator at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, I led a fire management futures scenario planning exercise and over the next few years incorporated scenarios into resource stewardship planning for giant sequoias and other priority resources. Almost as soon as the scenarios were written, aspects of them began to play out in real-time, and this experience has continued in my role as Chief of Resource Stewardship at Rocky Mountain National Park. As a result, we are learning about climate change in real-time, including how to react as well as prepare for the future. The emerging picture underscores the urgency of actions to adapt to a changing climate, the critical role of other interacting stressors, and the essential need for triage and prioritization. About the speaker: Koren Nydick has been the Chief of Resource Stewardship at Rocky Mountain National Park since 2018, overseeing the park's work on natural and cultural resources, planning and compliance, fire management, and research. Previously, she was an Ecologist and the park's science coordinator at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in California. Before her career in the National Park Service, Koren lived in Colorado for over ten years, including earning a PhD at Colorado State University and working at the Mountain Studies Institute where she coordinated its first climate change workshop in 2006.
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