Climate
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Climate
Information about climate change and weather conditions such as drought and floods
- Adapting to Climate Change: A Short Course for Land Managers
- A series of 15 video presentations from the Climate Change Resource Center on climate variability and projections, ecological responses to climate variability, and management responses
- Addressing Climate Change in Long-Term Water Resources Planning and Management: User Needs for Improving Tools and Information
- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation have published a report, "Addressing Climate Change in Long-Term Water Resources Planning and Management: User Needs for Improving Tools and Information," that identifies the needs of local, state, and federal water management agencies for climate change information and tools to support long-term planning. The report seeks to focus research and technology efforts to address information and tools needed for longer-term water resources planning and management. It found there were gaps in the information and tools to help water managers in how to use climate change information to make decisions, how to assess the responses of natural systems to climate change, and how to communicate the results and uncertainties of climate change assessments to decision-makers.
- Carbon Accounting and Management of Lying Deadwood
- This November 2010 report by the Forest Guild, commissioned by the Climate Action Reserve, highlights the differences in carbon storage in major forest types of the U.S. The report discusses the influence that growth cycles, external disturbances, and forest management practices have on LDW. The report also provides an in-depth discussion of various sampling methods and guidance for managers planning dead wood inventories.
- Climate change
- US Environmental Protection Agency website on climate change. Contents: basic information; FAQs, indicators; science; greenhouse gas emissions; health and environmental effects; climate economics; policy; what you can do
- Climate Masters (New Mexico Environment Department)
- Climate Masters (New Mexico Environment Department)
- Drought Task Force
- The New Mexico Drought Task Force recommends strategies for reducing the state's vulnerability to drought.
- Managed Forests in Climate Change Policy: Program Design Elements
- A study paper for the Society of American Foresters to identify and reach consensus on the inclusion of forests and forestry activities in public policies on climate change. Coordinating Authors: Neil Sampson, The Sampson Group, Inc., Steve Ruddell and Matt Smith, Forecon, Inc. December 2007
- Managing Changing Landscapes in the Southwestern United States
- This regional assessment examines the impacts of temperature change from 1951-2006 on natural resources in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah. It documents that warming has already affected habitats, watersheds, and species in the Southwest, by influencing the timing of seasonal events or amplifying the impacts of natural disturbances such as wildfire and drought. The report concludes that to begin adapting to climate change, natural resource managers should reevaluate the effectiveness of current restoration tools, modify resource objectives, learn from climate-smart adaptive management and monitoring, and share information across boundaries.
- US Drought Monitor
- US Drought Monitor
- USDA/NRCS Water Climate Information
- USDA/NRCS Water Climate Information
- Why Climate Change Makes Riparian Restoration More Important Than Ever: Recommendations for Practice and Research
- Seavy, Nathaniel E. et al. 2009. Why Climate Change Makes Riparian Restoration More Important Than Ever: Recommendations for Practice and Research. Ecological Restoration 27:3. September 2009
