Wisconsin
Adaptation work featured at regional water resources meeting
 Work being done as part of the Northwoods Climate Change Response Framework was highlighted at the recent Tribal Surface Water Quality and Monitoring Strategy/Clean Water Act 319 workshop. This EPA-sponsored meeting brought together more than 70 people from across the region representing tribal natural resources departments, the EPA, and other organizations to discuss a range of topics related to water quality. NIACS staff provided information on observed and projected regional climate impacts and the NCCRF, and Naomi Tillison and Cyrus Hester of the Bad River Natural Resources Department discussed their work with NIACS to develop an adaptation project through the Shared Landscapes Initiative. Contact Maria Janowiak for more information.
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Minnesota
NIACS and TNC launch adaptation demonstration project
 The Minnesota chapter of The Nature Conservancy recently received a grant from the Climate Adaptation Fund of the Wildlife Conservation Society to conduct climate-adaptive forest management activities in Minnesota. The project areas will cover roughly 2,000 acres across a variety of ownerships in northeastern Minnesota. NIACS collaborated with TNC on the project proposal and will work with TNC and the landowners involved in the project to develop this effort as a demonstration project within the Northwoods Climate Change Response Framework. Please contact Stephen Handler or Meredith Cornett to learn more! ________________________________________________________ |
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Great Lakes Region
New series of assessment and adaptation projects funded by GLISA
 The Great Lakes Integrated Science and Assessment center (GLISA) recently announced that five projects have been awarded funding for the 2012 GLISA Climate Assessment Grants program. GLISA is a is a collaboration of the University of Michigan and Michigan State University, with the participation of Ohio State University and Michigan Sea Grant. The 2012 Climate Assessment Grant projects cover a range of topics, from community adaptation to agricultural best management practices. To learn more, please contact David Bidwell.
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| Suggested Reading
The State of Climate Change Adaptation in the Great Lakes
EcoAdapt has released a new synthesis report, The State of Climate Change Adaptation in the Great Lakes Region, which summarizes key regional climate impacts as well as examples of over 100 climate change adaptation activities (including the Climate Change Response Framework). This report will be a great asset to people working on climate change throughout the region, both as an example of what's already being done to adapt and as a "directory" of natural resource managers and projects. Read the report and the case studies to find real world examples of how other people in similar disciplines or regions are incorporating climate change into their work! To learn more, contact Rachel Gregg.
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| Suggested Webinars
November 14 - Climate change impacts on ecosystems: the big picture and a few "zoom-in" forays
Peter Reich, U of Minnesota Dept. of Forest Resources and Institute on the Environment
Climate change is altering the face of our planet, a home already massively re-engineered by humans for agriculture, water, transport and human settlement. Climate change will act in many ways at once, modifying not just average conditions, but increasing the frequency of heat waves, droughts and major storm events, and triggering floods, fires and biotic disturbances as well. Reich will provide a brief overview of these issues and describe his own work on this topic.
November 20 - Climate change and forest ecosystem vulnerability in the Lake States: how to account for wildfire?
Stephen Handler, NIACS and the USFS Northern Research Station
Stephen will introduce a regional effort to incorporate climate change considerations into forest management, the Climate Change Response Framework. Future wildfire conditions have been one of the trickiest factors to consider for forest managers, so this webinar will be a discussion focused on getting input from the community of wildfire professionals in the Lake States. Learn more and sign up!
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