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Register for the Inaugural, Virtual International Invasive Species and Climate Change Conference!
There’s still time to register for the inaugural International Invasive Species and Climate Change Conference on January 30 and 31, 2024! This conference, organized by the Regional Invasive Species and Climate Change (RISCC) Management Network and the North American Invasive Species Management Association, is virtual and free to attend.
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Funding Opportunity! NW CASC is Now Accepting Proposals for our 2024-25 Research Fellowship Program!
We’re now accepting proposals for our 2024-2025 Research Fellowship Program! This is a 1-year program that enables graduate students and postdocs from across our Consortium to develop decision-relevant science in collaboration with regional natural and cultural resource managers, while providing training in the principles of actionable science.
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Join an Upcoming Input Session to Learn About NW CASC’s New Faculty Fellowship Program & Provide Feedback
We’re launching a new Faculty Fellowship Program, supporting faculty across our Consortium to take research beyond peer-reviewed publications to formats more easily applied to the decision-making of Northwest resource managers. To ensure that this new program meets the needs of faculty in the NW CASC Consortium, we are hosting info sessions on January 30 at 3pm PT and February 1 at 11am PT to share our vision for the program and to seek feedback that will inform a Request for Proposals later this spring.
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Registration Now Open for the 2024 National Tribal Leaders Climate Summit
Registration is now open for the 2024 National Tribal Leaders Climate Summit, which will convene leaders from Tribes and First Nations to advance Tribal climate change policy and action. This year’s Summit will be held April 15 – 17 at the Muckleshoot Casino Resort.
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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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New NW CASC-Supported Brochure Soon to be Available for Visitors at the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge
On the Southern tip of Washington’s Puget Sound, where the freshwater of the Nisqually River meets the saltwater of the Sound, lies the Nisqually River Delta. Situated within the traditional homeland of the Nisqually Indian Tribe and the site of the Billy Frank Jr.
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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.
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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.
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Help Share the Young Tribal Leaders Art Contest!
Calling all young Tribal artists! The BIA Division of Environmental Services and Cultural Resources Management is hosting a Young Tribal Leaders Art Contest to highlight the perspectives and creativity of Native youth and young professionals across the nation with themes of culture, environment and climate — submissions are due by Saturday January 6, 2024 and winners will be announced in February 2024.
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UW Climate Impacts Group & Partners Mark Release of Fifth National Climate Assessment
UW Climate Impacts Group scientists were among hundreds of authors of the newly-released Fifth National Climate Assessment. The assessment, released roughly every four years by the The US Global Change Research Program, assesses the effects of climate change on a wide range of sectors and for 10 geographic regions across the country.
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