Technical Letter: Astrogeology 6: Manned Lunar Exploration Investigations Report Apollo Field Operations Test II

Systems and shirt-sleeve operations tests were conducted at the Bonito Flow test site from April 5 through April 9. The tests provided the opportunity to evaluate field test logistics, systems compatibility, systems operation, and geological field and control center operations. This report summarizes the evaluations that bear on the potential usefulness of systems and operations.

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Online Climate Change Impacts Course to Inform Managers about Planning for the Future

Most resource managers need to take climate impacts into account when making decisions during the course of their career, whether their work protects native species populations, reduces the impact of extreme storms on infrastructure, or improves water quality in a watershed. Professional training that develops an understanding of the climate system, how it is changing, and what that means for various natural and cultural resources can help improve long-term management outcomes. However, not all agencies or organizations have the capacity to provide this important training, limiting the ability of managers to interpret complex climate data and address climate-related questions. Therefore, this project developed...

Categories: Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2015, CASC, Completed, Data Visualization & Tools, Data Visualization & Tools, All tags... Projects by Region, Science Tools For Managers, Science Tools for Managers, Science Tools for Managers, South Central, South Central CASC, open content, outreach, training, Fewer tags

Species Distribution Modeling and Conservation Planning Training Workshop

Most natural resource managers, planners and policy makers are now dependent upon spatially explicit environmental suitability and spatial allocation analyses to inform policy and management decisions. However, staff across agencies has been unable to stay current on understanding and applying these new data, tools and analyses. Currently, this information may be underutilized or used inappropriately, which could result in poor decisions. Two training curricula were developed – one for managers and one for GIS analysts – on current best practices for developing and using spatial information to support conservation decision making. The training materials are open-source and widely distributed to California LCC stakeholders.

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Final Report: Online Climate Change Impacts Course to Inform Managers about Planning for the Future

We have developed an online, interactive course to provide an integrative understanding climate change called “managing for a changing climate”. Content includes the components of the physical climate system, the range of natural climate variability, external drivers of climate change such as anthropogenic contributions of greenhouse gases, climate models and projections, climate assessments, economics, policy, and vulnerability, and impacts and decision making. Over 50 short videos (3-10 min) have been created with expert guests from a variety of academic, government, and industry institutions. The course has been offered as a freely available for anyone worldwide three times with over 1000 total registrants; and...

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Data Visualization & Tools, Outreach, Science Tools For Managers, South Central CASC, Training

Structured decision making for climate change adaptation to conserve San Francisco Bay tidal marsh ecosystems

This project brought together natural resource managers, conservation coordinators and planners, and scientists working at multiple scales within the San Francisco Bay to develop a spatially-explicit decision framework that cuts across jurisdictional boundaries while accounting for uncertainties about climate change. In particular, the SDM framework allows managers within the Bay to identify a recommended strategy among a set of alternative strategies that may vary among its subregions (e.g. North Bay, South Bay, East Bay). Management priorities will be those that yield the greatest expected conservation benefits across the Bay considering multiple objectives including endangered species recovery (e.g. California...

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Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Strategies for Focal Resources of the Sierra Nevada

This project supports a collaborative, multi-stakeholder effort led by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to develop a largescale vulnerability assessment and associated adaptation strategies for focal resources of the Sierra Nevada. The purpose of this effort is to provide information and tools for Forest Planning and management (e.g., NEPA analyses, Forest Plan revisions, Climate Scorecard) and other natural resource management (e.g., SWAP) and conservation efforts to prepare for climate change impacts in the Sierra Nevada. Specifically, our objectives are to: (1) assess the vulnerability of focal resources to climate change, (2) use spatial analysis and expert input to prioritize conservation areas or actions, and...

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Climate Change Adaptation Training for Tribes

FY2014Workshops that provide tribal representatives with an introduction to planning for climate change impacts.

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