News & Events | Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center

Apr 30 Partners, People

Faces of Adaptation: Meet Patrick Freeland

Patrick Austin Freeland is the new Senior Tribal Climate Resilience Liaison for the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI). Patrick is Este Hotvltvlke Mvskokvlke (Wind Clan, Muscogee Nation of Oklahoma) and brings a deep commitment to advancing sovereignty and fostering collaborative efforts to address climate change.

Feb 28 Partners, People

Faces of Adaptation: Meet Alison Ainsworth

We are excited to announce that Alison Ainsworth has joined our NW CASC Advisory Committee! Alison Ainsworth is a science advisor and ecologist for the National Park Service (NPS) and an affiliate assistant professor in the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences at the University of Washington (UW).

Dec 14 Partners, People

Faces of Adaptation: Meet Sarah Fesenmyer

Sarah Fesenmyer, a member of the NW CASC Advisory Committee, is a Fish & Wildlife Supervisor at the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Columbia-Pacific Northwest regional office in Boise, Idaho. Prior to this position, Sarah worked for the National Marine Fisheries Service for 15 years on salmon recovery in the Columbia River Basin.

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Dec 4 Announcements, People

NW CASC University Director Meade Krosby Joins Secretary Haaland’s New Advisory Council for Climate Adaptation Science

Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center’s University Director, Dr. Meade Krosby, has been chosen to serve on Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland’s new Advisory Council for Climate Adaptation Science (ACCAS). Dr.

Nov 28 Partners, People

Tribal Climate Resilience Liaisons Connect Regional Tribes with Resources Across the CASC Network

The Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Branch of Tribal Climate Resilience (TCR), the USGS Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CASCs), Tribal Nations and regional Tribal organizations collaborate to support a national network of Tribal Climate Resilience Liaisons (Tribal Liaisons) who connect Tribes with resources to support their climate adaptation efforts.

Oct 19 Announcements, Science, People, Spotlights

Welcoming Our 2023-24 NW CASC Research Fellows

Join us in welcoming our 2023-24 NW CASC Research Fellows as they kick off their fellowship activities this fall! Each year, the NW CASC’s Research Fellowship Program enables a cohort of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from NW CASC’s consortium universities to develop decision-relevant science in collaboration with regional natural resource managers and decision-makers.

Oct 17 Partners, People

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.

Aug 31 Partners, People

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.

August 6-11, 2023 Science, People

NW CASC Researchers Headed to Annual Ecological Society of America Meeting

Researchers from the Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center will be gathering at the 108th Annual Ecological Society of America meeting, to be held in Portland, Oregon the week of August 6-11.

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Jun 30 Partners, People

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.