An Applied Case Study to Integrate Climate Change into Design and Permitting of Water Crossing Structures

We will translate existing modeled hydroclimatic data into metrics used for water crossing design and replacement. WDFW permits (Hydraulic Code Rules, Chapter 220-110 WAC) and provides technical guidance for construction of hundreds of fish passable culverts, a number which is expected to rise dramatically in response to a 2013 federal court injunction directing the state to repair thousands of culverts that inhibit salmon migration. Current WDFW design guidance does not account for changes in hydrology resulting from climate change. This project will support the development of designs that maintain desired performance (e.g. connectivity benefits to aquatic organisms) throughout water crossings expected life.This...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2014, Academics & scientific researchers, Anadromous fish, Applications and Tools, Climate Change, All tags... Climate Change, Climate Change, Climate Change, Climate change, Conservation Design, Conservation Planning, Culverts, Decision Support, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, LCC Network Science Catalog - LCCScienceCatalog, NPLCC, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Priority A. Effects of hydrologic regime shifts, Priority D. Hydrologic regime changes on anadromous fish, Project, Regional & county planners, Report, State agencies, Stream-road crossing, Training/Outreach/Workshop, WA-1, WA-10, WA-2, WA-3, WA-4, WA-5, WA-6, WA-7, WA-8, WA-9, Washington, anadromous salmonids, completed, culverts, habitat connectivity, onGoing, stream-road crossing, Fewer tags

How to Adapt to Climate Change - a Practical Workshop for Protected Area Managers

The workshop “How to Adapt to Climate Change” was held on May 10, 2015 at the University of Victoria by B.C. Parks and Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC). The goal of this workshop was to introduce protected area managers to the concept of rapid assessment and conceptual modelling for adaptation to climate change. It was led by Tory Stevens (B.C. Parks) and Trevor Murdoch (PCIC). The workshop was attended by several participants that are protected area mangers and other interested parties from B.C. Parks, the Capital Regional District, Parks Canada, Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks and Ekos Communications.

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Cascadia Partner Forum: Furthering adaptation coordination and planning for species and ecosystems in the transboundary Cascadia landscape

The project’s goals were to further planning, science, and adaptation networks within the transboundary Cascadia ecosystem through various efforts. WildLinks is an annual meeting bringing together natural resource practitioners, funders, and decision makers throughout the ecosystem to share information and coordinate around adaptation planning on priority issues in Cascadia. Each annual meeting had a clear set of objectives established that drove the agenda of the meeting. New science is being developed through the Washington Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Working Group that brings together the scientific community specific to the transboundary landscape of focus for this work. Finally, the Cascadia Partner Forum...

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Incorporating Spatial Heterogeneity in Temperature into Climate Vulnerability Assessments for Coastal Pacific Streams

This project will assess impacts of climate change on stream resources by considering the role of thermal heterogeneity and altered hydrologic regimes. The project will look at streams in Washington, Oregon, and California to develop a case study that stream stewards and conservation planners can use to assess vulnerability for Pacific salmon.Successful adaptation strategies for freshwater biota will consider how spatial patterns in water temperature may respond to climate change. Using remotely sensed spatially continuous maximum water temperature data for~ 30 large rivers throughout the lower portion of the NPLCC, we will map locations of cold water patches, identify potential hydroclimatic and landscape drivers,...

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Implementing Climate-Smart Resource Management Across Multiple Ownerships in Southwestern Oregon

This project will implement climate-smart restoration planning and practices for forest landscapes in the Rogue Basin. Using recommendations from the Rogue Basin Action Plan for Resilient Watersheds and Forests in a Changing Climate, this project will facilitate management objectives to implement, prioritize, and mainstream projects that will ensure effective response to climate change in southwestern Oregon.

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2014, Climate Change, Climate Change, Conservation Planning, Decision Support, All tags... Federal resource managers, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, OR-4, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Priority B. Changes in air temperature and precipitation on forests, Private land owners, Project, Report, Rogue Basin, Rogue River, State agencies, Training/Outreach/Workshop, Website, onGoing, Fewer tags

Cross-boundary Planning for Resilience and Restoration of Endangered Oak Savannah and Coastal Douglas-fir Forest Ecosystems

This project aims to support dry forest and savannah habitats in The Georgia Basin. Management objectives are to synthesize existing data into GIS tools that will prioritize land acquisition and conservation investment. These tools will be used throughout British Columbia, Washington & Oregon to facilitate cross-boundary planning for the endangered forest and Savannah habitat.Project Objectives: a) synthesize existing regional models of invasive/native species distribution and terrestrial ecosystem mapping, forest age and climate change to deliver GIS tools to prioritize land acquisition and conservation investment throughout the Georgia Basin; b) integrate those tools with US partners to facilitate cross-boundary...

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Create a Climate-Informed Habitat Conservation Plan

The Services goal with this project is to bridge the gap between guidance documents and field staff who develop Habitat Conservation Plans (HCPs). Results from this project are expected to serve as a model for national-level guidance and practice for incorporating climate change information into HCPs.FY2014Cofunded with the Great Basin LCC PR 0040166614

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Nooksack River Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment, Restoration Planning, and Adaptation Plan

This project will look at how climate change has altered hydrologic systems, Pacific salmon habitat, and survival of salmon in the Nooksack River watershed. It will develop an adaptation plan that can be adopted and integrated into management plans. Project Objectives for NPLCC funding: 1. Assess climate change impacts on fish and fish biology and inform salmon habitat restoration actions aimed at perpetuating all nine salmonid species in the Nooksack River basin in the face of climate change (partially funded by proposed NPLCC funding). 2. Conduct a vulnerability assessment that will ultimately reduce sensitivity, reduce exposure, and increase adaptive capacity of salmon to climate change impacts (partially funded...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, Climate Change, Conservation Planning, Decision Support, Nooksack River, All tags... Priority A. Effects of hydrologic regime shifts, Priority D. Hydrologic regime changes on anadromous fish, Regional & county planners, Report, Training/Outreach/Workshop, Tribes, Vulnerability Assessment, WA-1, project, salmonids, vulnerability assessment, Fewer tags