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March 30, 2011The Clark Fork watershed extends from Butte, MT to Sandpoint, ID and drains nearly the entire western portion of Montana. Based on decades of data and observations, it is clear that the Clark Fork...
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December 15, 2010The Sierra-Costa region of Chiapas, Mexico is home to many threatened and endangered species, endemic species of salamanders and butterflies, and a nationally important bird area with hundreds of...
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December 19, 2010
Malibu’s 21 miles of coastline include some of the world’s most famous beaches and highly valued coastal property. Sea level rise poses an enormous threat to the sandy beaches of Malibu as well as...
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July 3, 2010
Erosion has been a consistent problem at Surfer’s Point, a popular surfing spot in the City of Ventura, California, for more than 20 years. Multiple options were explored by city and non-...
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December 31, 2009
Alaska is experiencing warming temperatures and increases in fire frequency and intensity among other effects of global climate change. The Wilderness Society has created maps of Alaska...
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December 14, 2010Junquillal Beach on the north Pacific coast of Costa Rica is a representative example of many places in Latin American and the Caribbean where wildlife and communities are already feeling the...
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December 19, 2010
The Coast-Smart Communities Initiative is charged with providing a toolbox of resources to help Maryland counties and towns develop climate-smart management policies and on-the-ground measures....
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January 10, 2010
The Massachusetts Bays Project (MBP) was one of six pilot projects to receive a technical assistance award in 2008 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Ready Estuaries Program....
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July 3, 2010
Mexico’s National Strategy on Climate Change (2007) called for establishing biological corridors between protected areas to “improve the adaptive capacities of ecosystems and species.” One effort...
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March 11, 2010
The Miami-Dade Climate Change Advisory Task Force (CCATF) was created in 2006 to review climate change impacts and advise the Board of County Commissioners on priority mitigation and adaptation...
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December 19, 2010
The Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) is located in Aransas Bay northeast of Corpus Christi. The reserve is located in an area where rapid development and increased...
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March 29, 2010The Alaska Lake Ice and Snow Observatory Network (ALISON) project is one of the “Climate Steward” examples provided in the U.S. Global Change Research Program’s Climate Change, Wildlife, and...
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March 12, 2013In 2010, the National Park Service (NPS) received several million dollars to address climate change impacts to park resources including planning, adaptation, mitigation, and monitoring. The...
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January 6, 2011
In 2006, the Climate Change Section of the British Columbia (BC) Ministry of Environment provided funding to help Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park incorporate the impacts of climate change into...
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December 18, 2010
The Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission and Maine Geological Survey have partnered to advance adaptation options in coastal zone land use planning with respect to climate change and sea...
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March 8, 2010
The New Jersey Office of Smart Growth helps to implement the New Jersey State Development and Redevelopment Plan in which climate change...
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April 22, 2013The New York Climate Smart Communities program is a partnership between local communities and six state agencies designed to address climate change. Communities voluntarily sign the Climate Smart...
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January 19, 2010
In 2010, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will host a series of meetings to create tools and strategies to help natural resource managers and decision makers prepare for...
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April 8, 2010
In 2009, a three-day conference was held on strategies for adapting watershed ecosystems to climate change in the San Francisco Bay Area. The conference culminated with the development of the...
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December 18, 2010
The North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (NCDENR) has prioritized climate change as a primary goal. Its Climate Change Initiative provides a framework from which the...
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