Spatial Datasets: Riparian Climate Corridors:Identifying Priority Areas for Conservation in a Changing Climate

This includes the following data sets:Pacific Northwest Riparian Climate Corridors: scores attributed to stream lines Pacific Northwest Riparian Climate Corridors: HUC6 Scores by Omernik Ecoregions Pacific Northwest Riparian Climate Corridors: scores attributed to HUC-6 watersheds Potential Riparian Areas in the Pacific Northwest Riparian Mapping Project - Index averaged to HUC 6Protecting and restoring ecological connectivity is a leading climate adaptation strategy forbiodiversity conservation (Heller & Zavaleta 2009, Lawler 2009), because species are expectedto have difficulty tracking shifting climates across fragmented landscapes (Thomas et al. 2004).Connectivity conservation is thus a primary focus of numerous...

Categories: Data; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, Climate Change, Conservation Planning, Data Acquisition and Development, Data.gov North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, All tags... Federal resource managers, Hydrologic regime shift, LCC Network Science Catalog, Oregon, Priority A. Effects of hydrologic regime shifts, State agencies, Vulnerability Assessment, WA-1, WA-2, WA-6, Washington, accepted, adaptation strategies, climate change, completed, final, product, riparian areas, species sensitivities, vegetation changes, Fewer tags

Yellow-cedar decline and recovery: Climate modeling and data assimilation

Background: Yellow-cedar (Callitropsis nootkatensis) is an economically and culturally important tree of the North Pacific coastal rainforest, ranging from northern California through Southeast Alaska. The species has been in decline for many decades, particularly in the northern portion of its range (Southeast Alaska and coastal British Columbia), and is currently under consideration for listing as Threatened or Endangered. Previous work has delineated locations of yellow-cedar stands across the species range, and modeled geophysical features associated with presence of the tree.Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support refinement of a range-wide analysis of bioclimatic factors that support healthy vs....

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: AK-1, Academics & scientific researchers, Alaska, BIOSPHERICINDICATORS, British Columbia, All tags... CA-1, CA-2, CA-3, Callitropsis nootkatensis, DYNAMIC VEGETATION/ECOSYSTEM MODELS, Decision Support, EVERGREEN VEGETATION, FORESTS, Federal resource managers, LCC Network Science Catalog, LCC Network Science Catalog - LCCScienceCatalog, NPLCC, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, OR-1, OR-2, OR-3, OR-4, OR-5, Pacific Northwest, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, RANGE CHANGES, SPECIES MIGRATION, TEMPERATE CONIFEROUS FOREST, TEMPERATE RAINFOREST, Tribes, Vulnerability Assessment, WA-1, WA-2, WA-3, WA-4, WA-6, WA-7, WA-8, WA-9, biota, climate change, environment, onGoing, yellow-cedar, Fewer tags

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

Final Report: Climate Change in the Tongass National Forest Fostering Strategic Collaboration and Informing Sustainable Management of Priority Resources

The Tongass National Forest has identified resources that are important to stakeholders and vulnerable to climate-related stressors. Cooperators will review an action plan and convene a workshop to be held in Southeast Alaska in 2016. The workshop will foster collaboration between scientists, managers, and stakeholders. Workshop goals include: sharing information about climate-related stressors and effects on NPLCC Priority Resources in the Tongass National Forest; developing strategic priorities for improving understanding, reducing risks, and increasing adaptive capacity and resilience; coordinating support for increasing knowledge and informing resource managers

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: AK-0, Alaska, Anadromous fish, Applications and Tools, Change in air temperature and precipitation, All tags... Climate Change, Conservation Design, Conservation Planning, Federal resource managers, Hydrologic regime shift, LCC Network Science Catalog, Monitoring, NPLCC, Priority A. Effects of hydrologic regime shifts, Priority D. Hydrologic regime changes on anadromous fish, Report, State agencies, Tongass Forest, Tongass National Forest, Training/Outreach/Workshop, Tribes, aquatic resources, climate change, final, hydrologic regime shifts, product, Fewer tags

Climate Science Research and Tools Synthesis

A searchable database of climate change researchers, research and tools was developed. This effort was done in cooperation with a similar funded effort by the University of Alaska, SE to cover the North Pacific LCC geographic range.

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: AK-0, Academics & scientific researchers, Alaska, B.C., CA, All tags... CA, CA, CA-2, Conservation NGOs, Data Management and Integration, Datasets/Database, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC Network Science Catalog, LCC Network Science Catalog - LCCScienceCatalog, Multiple priority topics, NPLCC, OR, OR, OR, OR-1, OR-1, OR-1, OR-3, OR-3, OR-3, OR-4, OR-4, OR-4, OR-5, OR-5, OR-5, Pre-Strategy, 2013, Project, Report, State agencies, WA, WA, WA, WA-1, WA-1, WA-1, WA-10, WA-10, WA-10, WA-2, WA-2, WA-2, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-6, WA-6, WA-6, WA-7, WA-7, WA-7, WA-9, WA-9, WA-9, adaptation strategies, adaptation strategies, adaptation strategies, climate change, climate change, climate change, completed, reserachers, Fewer tags

Final Report Developing a comprehensive interagency stream temperature database and high-resolution NorWeST climate scenarios for the NPLCC

Existing stream temperature data will be compiled from numerous federal, state, tribal, and private sources to develop an integrated regional database. Spatial statistical models for river networks will be applied to these data to develop an accurate model that predicts stream temperature for all fish-bearing streams in the US portion of the NPLCC. Differences between model outputs for historic and future climate scenarios will be used to assess spatial variation in the vulnerability of sensitive fish species across the NPLCC.

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, California, Climate Change, Conservation Planning, Data Management and Integration, All tags... Decision Support, Federal resource managers, Hydrologic regime shift, LCC Network Science Catalog, NPLCC, NorWest, OR-1, OR-2, OR-3, OR-4, OR-5, Oregon, Priority D. Hydrologic regime changes on anadromous fish, Report, State agencies, Stream temperature, WA-1, WA-10, WA-2, WA-3, WA-4, WA-5, WA-6, WA-7, WA-8, WA-9, Washington, climate change, completed, product, stream network models, temperature model, Fewer tags

2011 WildLinks Conference

WildLinks 2011 Conference brought together transboundary scientists and managers to share information on the latest science , policies, and efforts to address climate adaptation for species and habitats on both sides of the border.

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, Adaptation planning, B.C. North Cascades, Conservation Design, Conservation NGOs, All tags... Conservation Planning, LCC Network Science Catalog, Multiple priority topics, NPLCC, Project, Regional & county planners, Training/Outreach/Workshop, WA, WA-2, WA-6, climate change, completed, corridors, habitat connectivity, Fewer tags

The Available Science Assessment Project: Evaluating Adaptation Actions for Sea Level Rise and Coastal Change

Practitioners struggle with how to identify, prioritize, and implement climate adaptation actions that can effectively reduce vulnerability; these decisions may be more easily made and successfully implemented if they are informed by scientific evidence. EcoAdapt, the Institute for Natural Resources, and the Northwest Climate Science Center have partnered on the Available Science Assessment Project (ASAP) to synthesize and evaluate scientific knowledge on specific adaptation actions to determine the implementation conditions under which these actions may be most effective; we are examining the science behind sea level rise adaptation actions in the Northwest. We will convene managers and scientists at in-person...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: CA-1, CA-2, Climate Change, Conservation NGOs, Decision Support, All tags... Federal resource managers, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC Network Science Catalog, LCC Network Science Catalog - LCCScienceCatalog, OR-1, OR-2, OR-3, OR-4, OR-5, Project, State agencies, Vulnerability, Vulnerability Assessment, WA-1, WA-2, WA-3, WA-4, WA-6, WA-7, WA-8, WA-9, Washington, onGoing, Fewer tags