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Abstract (from Ecology and Society): Coastal ecosystems in the eastern U.S. have been severely altered by human development, and climate change and other stressors are now further degrading the capacity of those ecological and social systems to remain resilient in the face of such disturbances. We sought to identify potential ways in which local conservation interests in the Lowcountry of South Carolina (USA) could participate in a social process of adaptation planning, and how that process might ultimately be broadened to engage a more diverse set of partners. We engaged participants through a combination of informal meetings, workshops, and other collaborative interactions to explore how the conservation community...
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National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs) along the East Coast of the United States protect habitat for a host of wildlife species, while also offering storm surge protection, improving water quality, supporting nurseries for commercially important fish and shellfish, and providing recreation opportunities for coastal communities. Yet in the last century, coastal ecosystems in the eastern U.S. have been severely altered by human development activities as well as sea-level rise and more frequent extreme events related to climate change. These influences threaten the ability of NWRs to protect our nation’s natural resources and to sustain their many beneficial services. Through this project, researchers are collaborating with...
Categories: Project;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: 2015,
Adaptive management,
CASC,
Completed,
Data Visualization & Tools, All tags...
Data Visualization & Tools,
Drought, Fire and Extreme Weather,
Drought, Fire and Extreme Weather,
Extreme Weather,
Extreme Weather,
Forests,
Forests,
Landscapes,
Landscapes,
Projects by Region,
Science Tools for Managers,
Science Tools for Managers,
Sea-Level Rise and Coasts,
Sea-Level Rise and Coasts,
Social Science,
Social Science,
Southeast,
Southeast CASC,
State of the Science,
State of the Science,
Water, Coasts and Ice,
Water, Coasts and Ice,
coastal refuge,
global change,
optimization,
portfolio analysis,
reserve design,
resource allocation,
sea-level rise,
structured decision making, Fewer tags
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The Red River Stakeholder Engagement project’s primary objective was to uncover areas of concern for stakeholders who live, work, and play along the Red River Basin. It examined the complexity of the cultural-geographic landscape across the Red River Basin. By focusing on both the geographic and the cultural, we gain a better understanding of how individuals, communities, and organizations interact with the basin and with one another, how they are currently experiencing changes, and what they perceive a changing climate means for them. This cultural-geographic approach recognizes that stakeholders’ concerns, priorities, and actions likely vary across space-and also vary in their cultural significance. For example,...
Categories: Data,
Project;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: 2016,
Applications and Tools,
Conservation NGOs,
Data Acquisition and Development,
EARTH SCIENCE, All tags...
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS > RIVERS/STREAM,
EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS,
Federal resource managers,
Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative,
LCC,
LCC Network Science Catalog,
Policy makers & regulators,
Project,
RIVERS/STREAMS,
Regional & county planners,
Report,
SURFACE WATER,
SURFACE WATER FEATURES,
State agencies,
TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE,
Training/Outreach/Workshop,
Tribes,
completed,
environment, Fewer tags
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The Red River Stakeholder Engagement project’s primary objective was to uncover areas of concern for stakeholders who live, work, and play along the Red River Basin. It examined the complexity of the cultural-geographic landscape across the Red River Basin. By focusing on both the geographic and the cultural, we gain a better understanding of how individuals, communities, and organizations interact with the basin and with one another, how they arecurrently experiencing changes, and what they perceive a changing climate means for them.This cultural-geographic approach recognizes that stakeholders’ concerns, priorities, and actions likely vary across space-and also vary in their cultural significance. For example,...
Categories: Data;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: Conservation NGOs,
EARTH SCIENCE,
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS > RIVERS/STREAM,
EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS,
Federal resource managers, All tags...
HUMAN DIMENSIONS,
LCC Network Science Catalog,
Private land owners,
RIVERS/STREAM,
RIVERS/STREAMS,
Regional & county planners,
Report,
SURFACE WATER,
SURFACE WATER FEATURES,
State agencies,
TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE,
Tribes,
completed,
environment, Fewer tags
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Abstract (from USGS Publications Warehouse): This final report summarizes activities, outcomes, and lessons learned from a 3-year project titled “Climate Change Adaptation for Coastal National Wildlife Refuges” with the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) and local partners in the surrounding South Carolina Lowcountry. The Lowcountry is classified as the 10-county area encompassing the coastal plain of South Carolina (this report specifically focuses on Berkeley, Charleston, and Georgetown Counties). The goals of this work, sponsored by the U.S. Geological Survey’s Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center (SECASC), were to foster active engagement with stakeholders; to develop a comprehensive definition...
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