Greetings EcoAdapt friends and fans,
We hope this message finds everyone well and ready for the New Year. It's that time of the year again when the days start getting longer here in the Northern Hemisphere. We welcomed the Solstice with enthusiasm and know it won't be long before we'll be...
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Greetings EcoAdapt friends and fans,
We hope this message finds everyone well and ready for the New Year. It's that time of the year again when the days start getting longer here in the Northern Hemisphere. We welcomed the Solstice with enthusiasm and know it won't be long before we'll be making plans for the summer. We send our best wishes to you and yours for a wonderful 2012. May all of your conservation dreams come true!
The EcoAdapt team
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While we always find it challenging to briefly summarize EcoAdapt’s diverse and important contributions to the nascent field of adaptation, we hope our
2010 Annual Report provides a representative sampling of our diverse activities and accomplishments. We continue to set the bar high for ourselves and work to bring more adaptation partners into the fold as we continue to incorporate the realities of climate change into conservation, resource management, and all other activities underway by society today. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did bringing it to fruition!
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We are happy to announce that we have received funding from
the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation to expand our State of Adaptation survey to the Great Lakes region. EcoAdapt has undertaken one of the
most comprehensive adaptation surveys to date, with over 1,900 practitioners contacted and over 225...
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We are happy to announce that we have received funding from
the
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation to expand our
State of Adaptation survey to the Great Lakes region. EcoAdapt has undertaken one of the
most comprehensive adaptation surveys to date, with over 1,900 practitioners contacted and over 225 case studies (and counting!) from the salty coasts of
North America and the terrestrial and freshwater environments of the western
U.S. states and Canadian provinces and territories. With this new
funding, we can use our established interview and survey methodology
to investigate and document how people are preparing for or responding to
climate change in the Great Lakes region,
create case studies of different adaptation projects and programs, and
synthesize the results in a white paper. In addition, we plan to share our
results through the Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange (CAKE) and conduct regional climate-focused workshops and
webinars.
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Congratulations to the authors of "Scanning the Conservation Horizon: A Guide to Climate Change Vulnerability" who were awarded the Department
of the Interior Partners in Conservation Award! They were nominated by USGS and received the award because the "...guidebook is being used...
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Congratulations to the authors of "Scanning the Conservation Horizon: A Guide to Climate Change Vulnerability" who were awarded the Department
of the Interior Partners in Conservation Award! They were nominated by USGS and received the award because the "...guidebook is being used across Department of the Interior (DOI) bureaus and the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives to guide standardized vulnerability assessment of the resources it manages..."
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The EcoAdapt Staff are heading off to their annual retreat to review the last year, make plans for an exciting 2012 and have some fun too! Stay tuned for our annual report when we share our goals, challenges and success. Thank you for partnering with us over the last year as we work to create a robust future in the face of a changing climate.
Check out our latest publication. It takes climate change adaptation down to the practical level for folks working on Great Lakes restoration.
See the following press release sent out by our partners at NWF.
Ann Arbor, MI (June 15, 2011)
Climate...
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Check out our latest publication. It takes climate change adaptation down to the practical level for folks working on Great Lakes restoration.
See the following press release sent out by our partners at NWF.
Ann Arbor, MI (June 15, 2011)
Climate change is bringing new challenges to the Great Lakes region and changing the way communities think about conservation. The National Wildlife Federation and EcoAdapt are working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA) to reduce the vulnerability of the Great Lakes area by developing methods to ensure that coastal planning and restoration projects are "climate-smart." Today, these conservation partners are releasing an innovative new guidance, Restoring the Great Lakes' Coastal Future, which factors in regional climate change impacts and provides key recommendations to enhance the durability of Great Lakes restoration.
"Our region has 20 percent of the world's freshwater reserves and a rich collection of fish and wildlife, all of which could be devastated by the impacts of climate change, " said Melinda Koslow, regional campaign manager for the Great Lakes Regional Center for the National Wildlife Federation. "This guidance provides us with a powerful tool to plan for the future and protect our resources."
"What's particularly exciting about this guidance is the focus on concrete action," said Jennie Hoffman, Program Director for EcoAdapt. "It shows how we can use our understanding of climatic changes to strengthen our work in the Great Lakes."
"Effective conservation requires consideration of climate change impacts on habitats." said Pat Montanio, Director of the Office of Habitat Conservation at NOAA. "This guidance is a great tool to help ensure that coastal restoration projects in the Great Lakes will endure as the climate continues to change."
Applying a climate-smart restoration framework to future restoration projects in the Great Lakes region will greatly benefit people, wildlife, and the environment. You can view the Restoring the Great Lakes' Coastal Future: Technical Guidance for the Design and Implementation of Climate-Smart Coastal Restoration Projects in the Great Lakes Region by visiting the National Wildlife Federation's Global Warming page and clicking on Climate-Smart Conservation.
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On behalf of co-authors Lara Hansen and Jennifer Hoffman, we would like to thank Eagle Harbor Books for hosting a reading of Climate Savvy on April 21, 2011. We would also like to take a moment to thank the attendees for their wonderful questions about climate change adaptation and the steps they...
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On behalf of co-authors Lara Hansen and Jennifer Hoffman, we would like to thank Eagle Harbor Books for hosting a reading of Climate Savvy on April 21, 2011. We would also like to take a moment to thank the attendees for their wonderful questions about climate change adaptation and the steps they can take to address it in their own back-yards. Ironically, during the reading of Climate Savvy, Dr. Hansen referenced a current challenge taking place in the Alligator River of North Carolina. This morning, NPR ran a story about sea level rise in the area and the climate change adaptation efforts taking place there now. Check it out:
http://www.npr.org/2011/04/25/135407972/losing-but-slowly-in-struggle-to-fight-back-the-sea
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Whew! It’s here! Welcome!
It has been a long process in the making. Our website has developed along with our organization. We have come a very long way from our initial placeholder site in 2008, to our site designed via an online site builder which was up from 2009 to a few days ago,...
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Whew! It’s here! Welcome!
It has been a long process in the making. Our website has developed along with our organization. We have come a very long way from our initial placeholder site in 2008, to our site designed via an online site builder which was up from 2009 to a few days ago, and now to our very our professional website!
We are so excited to share it with you and hope you find it both informative and motivational! We have tried to make it representative of EcoAdapt and our collective personality. We certainly hope you will enjoy it.
Please explore our
Team page and read all about the wonderful staff at EcoAdapt. Don’t forget to stop by the
Programs page to find out more about what EcoAdapt does and how we can engage with you in the future.
Also, please come back often as we have plans to leave fun tidbits or ‘easter eggs’ around the site for our friends to find (there may or may not already be one in the Library!).
We hope you enjoy your visit!
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We're happy to announce the release of our report: The State of Marine and Coastal Adaptation in North America: A Synthesis of Emerging Ideas . This is the culmination of a nearly 18 month effort to survey adaptation projects, programs, and activities in the marine and coastal areas of the...
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Climate change experts Drs. Lara Hansen and Jennifer Hoffman consider the implications of climate change for key resource management issues of our time—invasive species, corridors and connectivity, ecological restoration, pollution, and many others. How will strategies need to change to facilitate...
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Climate change experts Drs. Lara Hansen and Jennifer Hoffman consider the implications of climate change for key resource management issues of our time—invasive species, corridors and connectivity, ecological restoration, pollution, and many others. How will strategies need to change to facilitate adaptation to a new climate regime? What steps can we take to promote resilience?
Climate Savvy offers a wide-ranging exploration of how scientists, managers, and policymakers can use the challenge of climate change as an opportunity to build a more holistic and effective philosophy. Based on collaboration with a wide range of scientists, conservation leaders, and practitioners, the authors present general ideas as well as practical steps and strategies that can help cope with this new reality.
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