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Faces of Adaptation: Meet Leona Svancara
Leona Svancara is the new assistant regional administrator of the Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center. Her research interests include assessing the effects of climate and landscape change on at-risk fish and wildlife species and their habitats and identifying and implementing conservation actions to address those effects.
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University of Washington Awarded Federal Funding to Host an Expanded Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center
The University of Washington has been awarded $7.4 million to continue hosting the Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center (NW CASC) for the next five years, leading a broad consortium of Northwest university and tribal partners to support natural and cultural resource managers in responding to climate risks and promoting regional resilience.
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Faces of Adaptation: Meet Kylie Avery
Kylie Avery is the Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center’s Assistant Tribal Climate Resilience Liaison through the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI). Kylie is an enrolled Shawnee Tribal Citizen and is based in Seattle, Washington.
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UW Climate Impacts Group Hiring Climate Resilience Specialist
The UW Climate Impacts Group, host of the NW CASC, is hiring Climate Resilience Specialist to synthesize literature, engage with partners and apply research on climate impacts and adaptation, with a focus on resilience planning, prioritization and effectiveness.
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Funding Opportunity: Bureau of Indian Affairs Tribal Climate Resilience Program Now Accepting Applications for 2023 Annual Awards Program
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Branch of Tribal Climate Resilience (TCR) is now accepting applications for its Fiscal Year 2023 Annual Awards Program. TCR will make available approximately $120 million in funding for Tribes and tribal organizations to address the unique impacts of climate change affecting vulnerable tribal communities.
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Faces of Adaptation: Meet Upekala Wijayratne
Upekala Wijayratne, a member of the NW CASC Advisory Committee, is an ecologist with the U.S. Forest Service, in the Northwest Oregon Area Ecology Program. She is based at the Mt.
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New CASC Tribal Liaison Handout Available Now
The Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Branch of Tribal Climate Resilience, the USGS Climate Adaptation Science Centers, and several Tribal Nations and organizations are collaborating to support a nationwide network of Tribal climate resilience liaisons, each of whom works directly with a regional CASC to connect resources to federally-recognized Tribes in climate adaptation efforts: check out a new handout that describes the program and contains contact information for the current CASC Tribal Liaisons.
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Tribal Climate Camp Brings Together CASC Regional Tribes to Advance Climate Action
Written by NW CASC Senior Tribal Climate Resilience Liaison Amelia Marchand & Assistant Tribal Climate Resilience Liaison Kylie Avery
This past March, the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI) held their fifth Tribal Climate Camp (TCC) alongside co-host Navajo Technical University, with funding and support from the Bureau of Indian Affairs Tribal Climate Resilience Program and the Northwest, North Central, and Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Centers.
Faces of Adaptation: Meet Harriet Morgan
Harriet Morgan is the climate change coordinator for Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). In close collaboration with internal and external partners, Harriet is working to facilitate the development and implementation of a coordinated agency response to the impacts of climate change at WDFW.
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2023 Climate Adaptation Leadership Awards Now Accepting Nominations
The Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies is is seeking nominations for its 2023 Climate Adaptation Leadership Awards for Natural Resources! Established in 2016, each year, the Award recognizes the outstanding and exemplary leadership by individuals, agencies, Tribes, businesses, students and youth to build resilience and advance adaptation of America’s vital natural resources in a changing climate.
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