CASC Founding Documents

The National Climate Adaptation Science Center (NCASC), formerly named the National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center, was established by Congress in 2008. Housed within the USGS, NCASC was tasked with providing science to help managers of the country's fish and wildlife resources respond to the impacts of climate change. To meet this goal, NCASC established the 8 regional CASCs. The documents found on this page were foundational to the development of the CASCs. For more information about the CASC network, please visit: www.usgs.gov/casc.