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Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center
- College of the Environment
- University of Washington

Regionally relevant science
for a changing climate

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The mission of the Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center is to deliver science to help fish, wildlife, water, land and people adapt to a changing climate

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NW CASC Faculty Fellow Claire Willing Named Ecological Society of America Early Career Fellow

Claire Willing, University of Washington assistant professor of environmental and forest science and current NW CASC Faculty Fellow, was named an Early Career Fellow by the Ecological Society of America. This program recognizes scientists for contributions to advancing and applying ecological knowledge within eight years of completing a doctorate.

Now Accepting Applications for the NW CASC Faculty Fellowship Program!

We are now accepting applications for our Faculty Fellowship Program, designed to support faculty in our consortium in taking their research beyond peer-reviewed papers to formats more easily applied to decision-making of Northwest resource managers.

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May 28 Science, Spotlights

Collaboration and Cooperation are at the Center of Pygmy Rabbit Conservation in the Northwest

Until recent decades, little was known about the pygmy rabbit, a small rabbit facing big threats in the Great Basin and the neighboring intermountain areas it inhabits. Weighing in at only one pound, this tiny rabbit depends on underground burrows in native sagebrush ecosystems, which are being reduced by wildfire, invasive species, climate change and development.

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