Enhancing Outreach and Facilitating Climate-Smart Implementation of Strategic Science and Traditional Ecological Knowledge Priorities in the NPLCC

This project built on previous National Wildlife Federation work and literature reviews for the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative (NPLCC). The project report provided an assessment of climate change related challenges, needs, and opportunities to advance landscape-scale conservation, climate change adaptation, and sustainable resource management in the NPLCC.

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2012, Academics & scientific researchers, Academics & scientific researchers, Applications and Tools, CA-2, All tags... Conservation NGOs, Conservation Planning, Conservation Planning, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, LCC Network Science Catalog - LCCScienceCatalog, North Pacific LCC, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, OR-1, OR-1, OR-1, OR-3, OR-3, OR-3, OR-4, OR-4, OR-4, OR-5, OR-5, OR-5, Project, Report, Report, State agencies, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Traditional Ecological knowledge, Tribes, Tribes, Vulnerability Assessment, 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, climate change, completed, conservation priorites, Fewer tags

Preserving Tribal Self-Determination and Knowledge Sovereignty While Expanding Use of Tribal Knowledge and Management in Off Reservation Lands in the Face of Climate Change

For Tribes where significant knowledge of traditional management practices is intact, but where all or part of ancestral lands are managed by other agencies, it is important that the sharing of TEK and implementation of management take place in a manner that promotes rather than hinders Tribal sovereignty and self-determination. This project will identify existing institutional and cultural barriers to the sharing of Tribal TEK and expansion of Tribal management and provide recommendations for their resolution at local, regional and national levels.

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: AK-1, CA-2, Federal resource managers, LCC Network Science Catalog, LCC Network Science Catalog - LCCScienceCatalog, All tags... North Pacific LCC, OR-1, OR-3, OR-4, OR-5, Project, Regional & county planners, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Traditional Ecological knowledge, Tribes, Vulnerability Assessment, WA-1, WA-10, WA-2, WA-3, WA-6, WA-7, WA-8, WA-9, climate change, community vulnerability, completed, traditional ecological knowledge, Fewer tags

North Pacific Forest Landscape Corridor and Connectivity Project: Assessing Landscape and Species Vulnerability

The North Pacific Forest Landscape Corridor and Connectivity Project utilized a landscape connectivity simulator (UNICOR) and a genetic simulation program (CDPOP) to model the functional (dispersal and genetic) connectivity in the North Pacific Landscape. The outputs from these programs indicated areas with high potential for landscape and genetic isolation and low probability of dispersal and colonization. In addition, this project was designed to provide spatially-explicit predictions of current and potential future patterns of fragmentation, prioritization of keystone corridors for protection and enhancement, and identification of places that may require habitat restoration or assisted migration to maintain viability....

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service, Shapefile; Tags: 2011, AK, AK, AK, AK, All tags... AK-0, AK-1, AK-1, AK-1, Academics & scientific researchers, B.C., B.C., B.C., B.C., CA, CA, CA, CA, CA-2, CA-2, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Planning, Conservation Planning, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, Decision Support, Decision Support, Federal resource managers, Forest, Forest, Forest, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, LCC Network Science Catalog - LCCScienceCatalog, NPLCC, NPLCC, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, OR, OR-1, OR-1, OR-1, OR-1, OR-3, OR-3, OR-3, OR-3, OR-4, OR-4, OR-4, OR-4, OR-5, OR-5, OR-5, OR-5, Priority B. Changes in air temperature and precipitation on forests, Project, Report, Science Project, Vulnerability Assessment, Vulnerability Assessment, WA, WA-1, WA-1, WA-1, WA-1, WA-10, WA-10, WA-10, WA-10, WA-2, WA-2, WA-2, WA-2, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-6, WA-6, WA-6, WA-6, WA-7, WA-7, WA-7, WA-7, WA-9, WA-9, WA-9, WA-9, WA. OR, WA. OR, WA. OR, Website, completed, connectivity, connectivity, connectivity, connectivity, corridor, corridor, corridor, corridor, dispersal, dispersal, dispersal, dispersal, forest, genetic, genetic, Fewer tags

Climate Science Conference

The North Pacific LCC helped sponsor the Second Annual Pacific Northwest Climate Science Conference. This two day, regional conference included a panel discussion on federal climate science endeavors in the Pacific NW.

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, All priority topics, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Planning, Data Management and Integration, All tags... Federal resource managers, ID, ID, ID, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC Network Science Catalog, LCC Network Science Catalog - LCCScienceCatalog, NPLCC, OR, OR, OR, OR-1, OR-1, OR-1, OR-2, OR-2, OR-2, OR-3, OR-3, OR-3, OR-4, OR-4, OR-4, OR-5, OR-5, OR-5, Pacific NW, Pacific NW, Pacific NW, Project, Training/Outreach/Workshop, WA, WA, WA, WA-1, WA-10, WA-10, WA-10, WA-2, WA-2, WA-2, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-4, WA-4, WA-4, WA-5, WA-5, WA-5, WA-6, WA-6, WA-6, WA-7, WA-7, WA-7, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, WA-9, WA-9, WA-9, climate adaptation, climate modeling, climate modeling, climate modeling, completed, Fewer tags

Modeling Climate Impacts on the Hydrology of Pacific Northwest Montane Wetland Ecosystems

This project developed hydrologic projections for diverse wetland habitats (e.g. forest wetlands, wet meadows, small ponds, and riparian wetlands) in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) for the 2020s, 2040s, and 2080s, which can be used to support ecological and landscape-based vulnerability assessments and climate change adaptation planning. The project leveraged existing downscaled climate model scenarios and associated hydrologic datasets developed under separate funding and extended them to examine changes in aquatic habitat.Products developed in this research include new hydroclimatic datasets for assessing changes in the hydroperiod of PNW wetlands. These products are useful to land managers in forecasting ecosystem...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2011, Academics & scientific researchers, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Planning, Conservation Planning, All tags... Conservation Planning, Datasets/Database, Federal resource managers, Hydrologic projections, Hydrologic projections, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, LCC Network Science Catalog - LCCScienceCatalog, NPLCC, NPLCC, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Northwest, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Pre-Strategy, 2013, Project, Report, Science Project, Vulnerability Assessment, Vulnerability Assessment, WA-1, WA-1, WA-6, WA-6, WA-6, WA-6, WA-6, WA-6, WA-6, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, climate change, climate change, climate change, climate change, climate change, climate change, climate change, completed, wetland habitats, wetland habitats, wetland habitats, wetland habitats, wetland habitats, wetland habitats, wetland habitats, 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...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2014, Academics & scientific researchers, British Columbia, Conservation Design, Conservation Planning, All tags... Decision Support, Federal resource managers, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, LCC Network Science Catalog - LCCScienceCatalog, Map, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, OR-1, OR-2, OR-3, OR-4, OR-5, Oak Savannah, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Priority B. Changes in air temperature and precipitation on forests, Project, Report, State agencies, WA-1, WA-10, WA-2, WA-3, WA-4, WA-5, WA-6, WA-7, WA-8, WA-9, Washington, Washington, Washington, Website, completed, onGoing, Fewer tags

Identifying Climate Vulnerabilities and Prioritizing Adaptation Strategies for Eulachon populations in the Chilkoot and Chilkat Rivers and the application of local monitoring systems

This project will complete a tribally-based climate change vulnerability assessment t and adaptation plan for Eulachon that spawn in the Chilkoot and Chilkat rivers near Haines, Alaska. Local monitoring will collect data on spawning populations in the Chilkoot River, and a tribal stakeholder group will be convened to analyze climate change projections, apply traditional knowledge, rank climate vulnerabilities, and prioritized adaptation strategies.

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2013, AK-1, Academics & scientific researchers, Adaptation planning, Adaptation planning, All tags... Adaptation planning, Adaptation planning, Adaptation planning, Adaptation planning, Alaska, Alaska, Alaska, Alaska, Alaska, Alaska, Chilkat River, Chilkat River, Chilkat River, Chilkat River, Chilkat River, Chilkat River, Chilkoot River, Chilkoot River, Chilkoot River, Chilkoot River, Chilkoot River, Chilkoot River, Climate Change, Conservation Plan/Design/Framework, Conservation Plan/Design/Framework, Conservation Planning, Conservation Planning, Eulachon, Eulachon, Federal resource managers, Hydrologic regime shift, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, LCC Network Science Catalog - LCCScienceCatalog, NPLCC, NPLCC, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Priority D. Hydrologic regime changes on anadromous fish, Project, Report, Report, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Traditional Ecological knowledge, Training/Outreach/Workshop, Training/Outreach/Workshop, Tribes, Vulnerabiligy assessment, Vulnerabiligy assessment, Vulnerabiligy assessment, Vulnerabiligy assessment, Vulnerabiligy assessment, Vulnerabiligy assessment, Vulnerability Assessment, Vulnerability Assessment, completed, onGoing, Fewer tags

Sea level rise adaption tools for San Juan archipelago & Salish Sea

A sea level rise vulnerability assessment has been completed for the shorelines of San Juan County Washington. This tool was developed to enhance understanding among land managers, provide a scientific foundation for shoreline management decisions and improve conservation of shoreline processes critical to ecosystem health. This project will create a comprehensive communication strategy that includes improving the model’s credibility, researching adaptation strategies, creating decision support tools, and hosting focus meetings.

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2013, Applications and Tools, Applications and Tools, Changes in sea level and coastal storms, Conservation NGOs, All tags... Conservation Planning, Conservation Planning, Decision Support, Decision Support, Decision support, Decision support, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, LCC Network Science Catalog - LCCScienceCatalog, NPLCC, NPLCC, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Priority C. Effects of changes in sea levels, Private land owners, Project, Regional & county planners, Report, Report, Salish Sea, Salish Sea, Salish Sea, Salish Sea, Salish Sea, Salish Sea, Salish Sea, San Juan County, San Juan County, San Juan County, San Juan County, San Juan County, San Juan County, San Juan County, San Juan Islands, San Juan Islands, San Juan Islands, San Juan Islands, San Juan Islands, San Juan Islands, San Juan Islands, San Juans, San Juans, San Juans, San Juans, San Juans, San Juans, San Juans, Training/Outreach/Workshop, Training/Outreach/Workshop, Vulnerability Assessment, Vulnerability Assessment, WA-2, WA-2, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, adaptation planning, adaptation planning, adaptation planning, adaptation planning, adaptation planning, adaptation planning, adaptation planning, climate change, climate change, climate change, climate change, climate change, climate change, climate change, completed, landscape planning, landscape planning, landscape planning, landscape planning, landscape planning, landscape planning, landscape planning, onGoing, planning tools, planning tools, planning tools, planning tools, planning tools, planning tools, planning tools, Fewer tags

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

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, Climate Change, Conservation Planning, Federal resource managers, Great Basin, All tags... Habitat Conservation Plan, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC Network Science Catalog, LCC Network Science Catalog - LCCScienceCatalog, Multiple priority topics, Project, Region 8 USFWS, State agencies, Vulnerability Assessment, WA-1, onGoing, 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

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

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