EcoAdapt -::- Meeting the Challenges of Climate Change

Wetlands provide critical services for both natural communities and human society. They are also among the most sensitive ecosystems to climate change. However, resources to support scientific evaluation and management of wetlands have lagged behind that of other ecosystem types. Th... [show full overview]

Wetlands provide critical services for both natural communities and human society. They are also among the most sensitive ecosystems to climate change. However, resources to support scientific evaluation and management of wetlands have lagged behind that of other ecosystem types. This one-day free interactive workshop is designed as a forum for introducing and exchanging feedback on a new suite of mapping and hydrologic modeling resources designed to support management, restoration, and climate adaptation efforts for Pacific Northwest freshwater wetlands. Our goal is to support the production of tools that are both useful (for actual resource management) and used (in the workflow). This workshop will facilitate knowledge and idea exchange among managers, consultants, and researchers working on wetlands in the Pacific Northwest region. For more information see Workshop Goals and Detail, and the links below.

Many thanks to the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative for providing funding for this workshop and the following workshop organizers:

Lara Hansen, EcoAdapt, Maureen Ryan, University of Washington & Simon Fraser University, Alan Hamlet, Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, Wendy Palen, Earth 2 Ocean Research Group, Simon Fraser University, Meghan Halabisky, University of Washington, Regina Rochefort, North Cascades National Park, Se-Yeun Lee, Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, and Alex Score, EcoAdapt.

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Agenda

Workshop Materials

Presentations

Climate Adaptation

Brodie, J.F., E. Post, D. Doak, eds. 2012. Wildlife Conservation in a Changing Climate. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Glick, P., B.A. Stein, N.A. Edelson, eds. 2011.Scanning the Conservation Horizon: A Guide to Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment. National Wildlife Federation, Washington, D.C.

Hansen, L.J. and J.R. Hoffman. 2011. Climate Savvy: Adapting Conservation and Resource Management to a Changing World. Island Press, Washington DC.

Hansen, L., J. Hoffman, C. Drews, E. Mielbrecht. 2009. Designing climate-smart conservation: guidance and case studies. Conservation Biology 24: 63-69.

Regional Climate Impacts

Elsner, M.M., L. Cuo, N. Voisin, J.S. Deems, A.F. Hamlet, J.A. Vano, K.E.B. Mickelson, S.Y. Lee, D.P. Lettenmaier. 2010. Implications of 21st century climate change for the hydrology of Washington State, Climatic Change. doi: 10.1007/s10584-010-9855

Freshwater Systems

Bates B.C., Z.W. Kundzewicz, S. Wu, J.P. Palutikof, Eds. 2008. Climate change and water. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Secretariat, Geneva.

Burkett, V., J. Kusler. 2000. Climate change: potential impacts and interactions in wetlands of the United States. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 36: 313-320.

Carpenter, S.R., S.G. Fisher, N.B. Grimm. 1992.Global change and freshwater ecosystems. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 23:119-139.

Erwin, K.L. 2009. Wetlands and global climate change: the role of wetland restoration in a changing world. Wetlands Ecology and Management 17:71-84.

Winter, T.C. 2000. The vulnerability of wetlands to climate change: a hydrologic landscape perspective. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 36: 305-311.

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