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Upcoming Video Storytelling Workshop Will Kick Off Indigenous Youth Photo Contest
The Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI) is hosting a Video Storytelling Workshop with Oregon State University’s Multimedia Team on Tuesday, August 11th at 12 PM (PT). This workshop is geared towards BIPOC youth, but all are welcome.
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WA Representative Derek Kilmer Invests in Climate Resilience, Showing Continued Support for the NW CASC
The recently passed FY21 House Interior Appropriations bill includes nearly $63 million to support the national network of Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CASC), including the Northwest CASC. These investments will allow the CASC network to continue to provide actionable science and research that directly address many of the climate-related challenges unique to different regions of the country.
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Indigenous Youth Video Contest Now Accepting Submissions!
The Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians’ Indigenous Youth Video Contest seeks to explore impacts of climate change through the eyes and experiences of Indigenous youth, especially around themes of traditional knowledge, youth empowerment and climate resilience.
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NW CASC’s Mary Ann Rozance and Colleagues Receive Award for Course Design on Environmental Policy, Planning and Activism
Urban rivers, though central to human life, are often places of conflict and racial inequities caused by uneven power dynamics. Why is this? How are decisions made about urban environments and what are the social and ecological outcomes of these decisions?
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Climate Change Refugia Special Issue: Buying Time for Biodiversity to Adapt in a Changing World
Human-caused climate change will rapidly alter ecosystems in the Northwest and around the world, putting species that inhabit them under severe stress. These sweeping ecological changes will leave little time for species and ecosystems to adapt to new conditions, resulting in extinctions and large-scale ecosystem transformations.
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Improving Refugia Identification by Combining Landscape and Species-Based Approaches
Identifying and protecting climate change refugia — areas relatively buffered from climate change that can help species persist in a warming climate — is increasingly important for conservation planning. Until recently, the approaches used to identify refugia at broad scales mainly focused on landscape features and climate conditions.
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A Broader View of Disturbance Refugia in a Changing Climate
Many natural disturbances, like wildfires, which have helped to maintain ecosystem processes and biodiversity in the past, are worsening under climate change and are threatening biodiversity. There is increasing recognition of the role of disturbance refugia — locations disturbed less severely or less frequently than the surrounding landscape — as legacies important to sustaining species under rapid ecological change.
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Faces of Adaptation: Sean Finn
Sean Finn lives in Boise, Idaho and is a Science Coordinator in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Science Applications Program. Sean’s work mostly involves infusing science into conservation decision-making across large landscapes.
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Hear from NW CASC & CIG Scientists at Upcoming EarthLab Showcase
Interested in the work happening at the University of Washington and beyond to address climate change and other large-scale environmental challenges? The UW EarthLab All-Hands Showcase is your opportunity to attend virtual lightning talks from more than 20 professionals all working toward a healthier, more sustainable future.
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Faces of Adaptation: Davia Palmeri
Davia Palmeri is the Conservation Policy Coordinator for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW), representing the agency on the NW CASC Stakeholder Advisory Committee. In her role at ODFW, she helps the Department prepare for and respond to crosscutting conservation issues between its fish and wildlife divisions, including climate change, renewable energy development and conservation funding.
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