MODFLOW-2005 Models for Revisiting "An Exercise in Groundwater Model Calibration and Prediction"

Hypothetical two-dimensional, steady-state groundwater flow models of a previously published 1988 model calibration exercise were developed using the finite-difference computer code, MODFLOW-2005, to demonstrate the power of modern parameter estimation and uncertainty approaches. For this study, an initial run recreated the 1988 "truth" model. The true model was then simplified to account for information not provided the participants in the 1988 calibration exercise. Increasing sophistication was brought to bear to demonstrate how problems identified in 1988 were overcome using modern software approaches. This USGS data release contains all of the input and output to run the model simulations described in the associated...

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Climate Training for Native Tribes of Louisiana and New Mexico

Tribal nations are one of the most vulnerable populations to climate change in the United States, because of their reliance upon the natural environment to sustain traditional ways of life and current lack of training and resources to respond to climate change impacts. This project sought to increase south-central U.S. tribes’ basic knowledge of climate science, connect them with tools to assess their communities’ vulnerabilities, and build their skills to develop adaptation and mitigation strategies. Researchers conducted multiple two-day climate training sessions for Native American tribes in Louisiana and New Mexico. The trainings emphasized regionally specific scientific and social scientific aspects of climate...

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Climate Change/Land Use Change Scenarios for Habitat Threat Assessments on California Rangelands

Why Rangelands: The Central Valley of California, the surrounding foothills and the interior Coast Range include over 18 million acres of grassland. Most of this land is privately owned and managed for livestock production. Because grasslands are found in some of California’s fastest-growing counties, they are severely threatened by land conversion and development. In addition climate change stresses grasslands by potentially changing water availability and species distributions.Maintaining a ranching landscape can greatly support biodiversity conservation in the California Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC) region. In addition ranches generate multiple ecosystem services—defined as human benefits provided...

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