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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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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 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, 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 United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Make sure you check it out on CAKE, along with all the case studies detailed in the report.
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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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