The USGS Western Ecological Research Center has worked with federal, Tribal, state, and local partners to establish a network of study sites in 17 estuaries along the Pacific Coast, examining the climate change effects on tidal wetlands with high-quality local data, downscaled models, and projected storm effects.
The project’s lead scientists have convened these partners in the coastal study site areas in locally hosted workshops to:
Learn about site-specific baseline data and modeling results, coast-wide trends, and data gaps;Help identify how local results may be incorporated into conservation, planning, and adaptation case studies; andProvide feedback on a coast-wide science needs assessment.
Information learned from workshop participants is being shared with the North Pacific and California LCCs.
