Assessing vulnerabilities is a critical step in climate–smart conservation planning. The Central Valley Landscape Conservation Project (CVLCP) participants evaluated the vulnerability of a group of selected priority natural resources by discussing and answering a series of questions for sensitivity, exposure, and adaptive capacity at a workshop held in October of 2015. The vulnerability scores presented in this summary were calculated based on the expertise of the CVLCP participants and are accompanied by a comprehensive literature review (for more details visit
http://climate.calcommons.org/cvlcp). These assessments were conducted as a step toward the Central Valley Landscape Conservation Project’s goal of a coordinated, partner-driven effort to promote a healthy and sustainable Central Valley landscape. While each assessment provides insight into the unique set of current and future climate and non-climate stresses experienced by a particular priority natural resource, evaluated together these assessments enable decision-makers to identify actions that might benefit multiple priority natural resources and enhance the Central Valley ecosystem as a whole.
