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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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Register for NW CASC’s 12/12 CV ReWorkshop: Updating Your CV to Contextualize Your Contributions in Societally Engaged Research
Join the NW CASC’s interactive workshop on December 12, designed to support you in incorporating narrative elements into your CV that help contextualize your skills and experiences and better communicate your work.
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NW CASC’s 2023 Deep Dive Products Now Available
After months of collaborative work, the NW CASC is excited to share the products from its 2023 Deep Dive, Rising Seas and the Coastal Squeeze: Managing Inland Migration of Coastal Habitats in Response to Sea Level Rise, which convened Northwest scientists, natural resource managers and communities to collaboratively review what is known about coastal squeeze and to identify research and capacity needs for building resilience of shoreline and estuarine habitats in a changing climate.
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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.
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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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Call for Co-Authors: Volume 2 of the Status of Tribes and Climate Change Report
Convened by the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals, the Status of Tribes and Climate Change Working Group invites individuals with a passion for tribal communities, climate change, and Indigenous knowledges to express their interest in co-authoring Volume 2 of the Status of Tribes and Climate Change Report by filling out a form by September 14, 2023.
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Now Hiring! NW CASC Postdoctoral ORISE Fellow
The NW CASC is now hiring a postdoctoral ORISE Fellow to support the development of a next-generation version of the Climate Change Vulnerability Index (CCVI), a tool used by state and other wildlife management partners to conduct climate change vulnerability assessments for species.
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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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