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Prioritizing Mitigation of Road Impacts
Grizzly Bear Connectivity
Impacts on River Ecosystems
Lessons and Practices of Y2Y
Trans-boundary Adaptation Strategies
Catalysts or Talking Shops
Climate Change Perceptions
Mitigation, Stewardship, and Adaptation
Adaptation in the North Cascades
Applied Studies
Indigenous Peoples in the U.S.
Enduring People in Vanishing Lands
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November 2014  
Dear Friend of Y2Y,

Artic temperatures strike again in the Yellowstone to Yukon region and remind us of the weather extremes we are bound to see more of in the future.

In this edition, we have a new article about our very own Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative, which discusses the challenges and significance of large landscape conservation. We also have some great new webinar links  for you. Meredith McClure presents on road ecology and the difference and similarities between roadside carcass data and important wildlife corridors, while Clint Muhlfeld will present on climate change impacts on river ecosystems and salmonids.

We feature a new technical report by the North Cascadia Adaptation Partnership as well as a detailed trans-boundary study from the Dutch-German border region, which looks at spatial planning and how to use it in trans-border policy and management.

I am writing this letter from the World Parks Congress in Sydney, Australia, a once-in-a-decade event that brings thousands of people together to work toward collating and communicating the most compelling and inspiring solutions to global challenges, such as climate change, health and supporting human life.

Sincerely,

Gary Tabor Signature
Gary Tabor, Senior Advisor on Climate Change Adaptation
Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
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Recorded Webinar

Date: November 5, 2014
Event Type:  GNLCC Webinar
Host: GNLCC Rocky Mountain Partner Forum
Presenter: Meredith McClure, Center for Large Landscape Conservation

  

Roads pose a growing threat to the iconic wildlife of the Northern Rockies. We created an index of road risk to wildlife based on roadside carcass data, then overlaid corridors modeled by the Western Governors' Association Wildlife Corridors Initiative to understand how risk and connectivity values align. We found that high-risk road segments tended to have low connectivity value, though carnivores tended to be killed closer to corridors than did ungulates.

Click here to access the webinar...  
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Recorded Webinar

Date: July 1, 2014
Presenter: Jeff Burrell
 

  

Restoring grizzly bear connectivity across southwestern Montana is a widely held wildlife conservation priority. Climate change considerations reinforce the importance of this goal, but add challenges. While grizzly bears are inherently adaptable, whether they can successfully adapt to climate change depends in part on how effectively we restore connections that will remain functional as climate changes. 

Watch the webinar here...  
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Upcoming Webinar

Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Time: 2:00 PM EDT (Video will be posted online one to two weeks after presentation date)
Presenter: Clint C. Muhlfeld
 

  

Trout and salmon populations, which play a critical role in many ecosystems and economies, have dramatically declined in the Pacific Northwest due to habitat degradation and fragmentation, and introductions of invasive species, and are expected to be further impacted by future climate change. The goal of the study is to develop and provide novel tools that will help managers predict and respond to potential climate change induced impacts on habitats, populations and economies.

Get the details here...  
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Article

Charles C. Chester. Yellowstone to Yukon: Transborder Conservation across a Vast International Landscape." Environmental Science & Policy (2014).  
 
Today, Yellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y) is widely recognized as one of the earliest trans-boundary "large landscape" conservation initiatives. The Y2Y label applies to a landscape vision, a geographic region, a conservation mission, a network, and an organization. Looking forward, even as Y2Y has achieved tangible success on a number of fronts, it faces myriad challenges that will require an increasingly responsive, open-minded and adaptive approach to conservation.  

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A case study for trans-boundary adaptation strategies

Stefan R�ter et al. "Transboundary ecological networks as an adaptation strategy to climate change: The example of the Dutch-German border." Basic and Applied Ecology (2014).  

 
Establishing ecological networks across national boundaries is essential for species to adapt to shifts in future suitable climate zones. This paper presents a method to assess whether the existing ecological network in the Dutch-German border region is "climate proof." Using distribution data and climate envelope models for 846 species in Europe (mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and butterflies), scientists identified 216 species with climate-induced range shifts in the border region. 


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Article

Regional partnerships as catalysts or talking shops

Anja Bauer and Reinhard Steurer. "Innovation in climate adaptation policy: are regional partnerships catalysts or talking shops?" Environmental Politics 23.5 (2014): 818-838.


In this article, the authors analyze whether and how six regional partnerships catalyze innovations in climate adaptation policies in Canada and England. The partnerships they examine catalyze policy innovations in three distinct ways: through collaboration among the partners, through scaling up their activities beyond the partnerships, and by supporting national adaptation politics. 
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Article  

William James Smith, et al. "Climate change perception, observation and policy support in rural Nevada: A comparative analysis of Native Americans, non-native ranchers and farmers and mainstream America." Environmental Science & Policy 42 (2014): 101-122. 

There remains a significant gap in integrated quantitative and qualitative methods for studying rural climate change perception and policy support, especially with regard to Native Americans. The objectives of this paper are to utilize a multi-method approach of integrating surveys, interviews, video, literature and fieldwork in innovative ways to perform comparative primary research regarding the climate change assumptions, risk perceptions, policy preferences, observations and knowledge among rural Nevada's tribes and tribal environmental leaders, non-native ranchers and farmers, and America's general public.
 


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A theology of climate change mitigation, stewardship, and adaptation
Benjamin CD Diara, Omaka Kalu Ngele, and Chukwuedozie K. Ajaero. "Theology of Climate Change Mitigation, Stewardship and Adaptation: The Place of the Church." Journal of Environment and Earth Science 4.20 (2014): 44-49.      

While most Christians appreciate the beauty of nature, many do not realize that there is a strong biblical basis for creation care, and that, in fact, many ethical values are particularly relevant to the ecological question. This research spells out clearly why and how Christian Churches should be involved in tackling the issue of climate change and the resultant ecological problems facing the world today.
       

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Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the North Cascades
Crystal L. Raymond, David L. Peterson, and Regina M. Rochefort. "Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the North Cascades region, Washington." Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-892. Portland, OR: Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, (2014).       

The North Cascadia Adaptation Partnership, composed of Forest and Park Service entities along with the University of Washington's Climate Impacts Group, worked for more than two years to create this document. It identifies climate change issues relevant to resource management and possible solutions to these huge, complex and varied challenges. Sections on the threats and management strategies for wildlife, vegetation, access and much more are included in this technical report.
  

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Book

Jean P. Palutikof, Sarah L. Boulter, Jon Barnett, David Rissik 
John Wiley & Sons, Oct 27, 2014 - Science - 496 pages

Australia's social-ecological systems have a long history of adapting to climate variability and change, and in recent decades the country has been a world-leader in implementing and researching adaptation, making this book of universal relevance to all those working to adapt our environment and societies to climate change. The book advances knowledge about climate change adaptation practices through a series of case studies. In addition to 38 case studies across these sectors, the book contains horizon-scoping essays from international experts in adaptation research, including Hallie Eakin, Susanne Moser, Jonathon Overpeck, Bill Solecki and Gary Yohe.       
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Book

Julie Koppel Maldonado, Benedict Colombi, Rajul Pandya
Springer, 2014 - Business & Economics - 174 pages
    
With a long history and deep connection to the Earth's resources, indigenous peoples have an intimate understanding and ability to observe the impacts linked to climate change. Traditional ecological knowledge and tribal experience play a key role in developing future scientific solutions for adaptation to the impacts. This book explores climate-related issues for indigenous communities in the United States, including loss of traditional knowledge, forests and ecosystems, food security and traditional foods, as well as water, Arctic sea ice loss, permafrost thaw and relocation. The book also highlights how tribal communities and programs are responding to the changing environments.
     
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Jules Pretty 
Cornell University Press, Oct 29, 2014 - Nature - 256 pages
    
In The Edge of Extinction, Jules Pretty explores life and change in a dozen environments and cultures across the world, taking us on a series of remarkable journeys to show that there are many different ways to live in cooperation with nature. The author's travels take him among the Maori people along the coasts of the Pacific, into the mountains of China, and across petroglyph-rich deserts of Australia. These are but a few of the many exotic and intriguing locales on Pretty encounters his global journey of discovery. From these accounts of people living close to the land and close to the edge emerge a larger story about sustainability and the future of the planet.   
     
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Advancing Climate Change Adaptation Understanding and Practice within the Yellowstone to Yukon Region

Advisory Team Members:

Greg Pederson  PhD - US Geologic Survey Northern Rockies Office, Bozeman, MT
Lara Hansen PhD - Chief Scientist, EcoAdapt, Seattle, WA
Fiona Schmiegelow PhD - University of Alberta, Boreal Initiative, Whitehorse, Yukon
Ric Hauer PhD - University of Montana, Flathead Lake Biological Station, MT
Molly Cross PhD - Wildlife Conservation Society, Bozeman, MT
Charles Chester PhD - Brandeis University, Y2Y, Cambridge, MA
Wendy Francis LLM - Program Director, Y2Y, Banff, AB
Jim Pojar PhD - Northwest Institute, Smithers, BC
Bob O. Manteaw PhD - Climate Change Adaptation Strategy Coordinator Climate  Change Secretariat Alberta Environment
John Wilmshurst PhD - Ecosystem Science Coordinator, Jasper National Park. AB
Anne Carlson PhD - Climate Associate, Northern Rockies Regional Office, The Wilderness Society, Bozeman, MT
Gary M. Tabor VMD MSc - Senior Advisor on Climate Change Adaptation, Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative & Executive Director, Center for Large Landscape Conservation