The North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center is a partnership between the US Geological Survey, the University of Colorado Boulder and six other consortium partners. The NC CASC fosters innovative and applied research in support of Tribal, federal, state, and local natural resource management and decision-making. The North Central center is one of nine regional climate centers in the national CASC network created to help meet the changing needs of land and resource managers across the country. It serves Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas and Nebraska.
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Next Webinar: Integrating Seasonal Dynamics into Risk-Informed Wildfire Planning
Join us for our next webinar, given on Thursday, December 11, 2025, by Jamie Peeler, research scientist at the University of Montana. She will speak about risk-informed wildfire planning through updated fire behavior models.
The Sagebrush Climate Adaptation Menu: A Co-Produced Framework for Actionable Science
Across the American West, sagebrush ecosystems are confronting accelerating climate pressures, including hotter temperatures, altered fire regimes, invasive annual grasses, and shifting moisture patterns that reshape plant communities and wildlife habitat.
