North Pacific LCC Project Page: Building Collaboration in the Klamath Basin Through Tribal Youth Internships

The Klamath Basin in Oregon and California is home to a rich abundance of natural and cultural resources, many of which are vulnerable to present and future climate change. Climate change also threatens traditional ways of life for tribal communities, who have deep connections to the region. This project sought to increase the effectiveness of regional climate change adaptation and planning by (1) developing ways to integrate traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) with western science in decision making, (2) building partnerships between tribal, academic, and government institutions, and (3) increasing future capacity to respond to climate change by engaging tribal youth. Through this project, the Quartz Valley...

Tags: Alaska CASC, Indigenous Peoples, Northwest CASC, Tribes and Tribal Organizations

Connectivity Planning to Address Climate Change

Abstract: As the climate changes, human land use may impede species from tracking areas with suitable climates. Maintaining connectivity between areas of different temperatures could allow organisms to move along temperature gradients and allow species to continue to occupy the same temperature space as the climate warms. We used a coarse-filter approach to identify broad corridors for movement between areas where human influence is low while simultaneously routing the corridors along present-day spatial gradients of temperature. We modified a cost–distance algorithm to model these corridors and tested the model with data on current land-use and climate patterns in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The...

Categories: Data, Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: LCC Network Science Catalog, Publication, adaptation, climatic gradients, completed, All tags... conservation planning, corridors, course-filter approach, journal article, reserve design, Fewer tags

NPLCC Guide to Planning Tools

This project will create a targeted and easily understandable guide to tools that support landscape-level planning in the face of climate change for NPLCC partners. The guide will build on previous NPLCC research on decision support needs with an emphasis on tools currently in use in the region. A survey of NPLCC partners will discover who is currently using or planning to use tools in the region, tools they are using, how well these tools are meeting their needs, and regional and outside experts engaged in tool use. Additional tools research will provide information on tools not currently in use in the region that could also provide needed functionality.

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, Ak-1, Alaska, British Columbia, CA-2, All tags... California, Climate change, Conservation Design, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Planning, Conservation planning, Decision Support, Decision Support Tools and Data, Decision support, Federal resource managers, LCC Network Science Catalog, Landscape, Multiple priority topics, NPLCC, OR-1, OR-3, OR-4, OR-5, Oregon, WA-1, WA-10, WA-2, WA-3, WA-6, WA-7, WA-9, Washington, adaptation planning, climate change, completed, landscape planning, planning tools, product, Fewer tags

Pacific Northwest Forest Soils: Creating a Soil Vulnerability Index to Identify Drought Sensitive Areas

This project developed a soil vulnerability index and map indicating where forest cover will be most affected by climate change. Using this map, researchers developed a greater understanding of potential changes in soil moisture and temperature regimes under future climate conditions. They then evaluated how this information could be used to improve vegetation models across the landscape. They compared the results of different modeling approaches to the soil vulnerability map, synthesized the state of knowledge and uncertainty, and introduced management implications for action.

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2011, AK, AK, AK, AK, All tags... AK-0, AK-1, AK-1, AK-1, Academics & scientific researchers, B.C., B.C., B.C., B.C., CA, CA, CA, CA, CA-2, Ca-2, Conservation Planning, Conservation Planning, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, Decision Support, Decision Support, Federal resource managers, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, LCC Network Science Catalog - LCCScienceCatalog, NPLCC, NPLCC, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, OR-1, OR-1, OR-1, OR-1, OR-3, OR-3, OR-3, OR-3, OR-4, OR-4, OR-4, OR-4, OR-5, OR-5, OR-5, OR-5, Priority B. Changes in air temperature and precipitation on forests, Project, Publication, Regional & county planners, Report, Science Project, Vulnerability Assessment, Vulnerability Assessment, WA, WA-1, WA-1, WA-1, WA-1, WA-10, WA-10, WA-10, WA-10, WA-2, WA-2, WA-2, WA-2, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-6, WA-6, WA-6, WA-6, WA-7, WA-7, WA-7, WA-7, WA-9, WA-9, WA-9, WA-9, WA. OR, WA. OR, WA. OR, climate change, climate change, climate change, climate change, completed, product, soils, soils, vegetation model, vegetation model, vegetation model, vegetation model, Fewer tags

Applying Vulnerability Assessment Tools to Plan for Climate Adaptation: Case Studies in the North Pacific LCC - Final Report

The central objective of this project was to answer two questions: 1) how downscaled climate datasets, modeled vegetation changes, and information on estimated species sensitivities can be used to develop climate change adaptation strategies, and 2) how model results and datasets can be made more useful for informing the management of species and landscapes. To answer these questions, we identified enthusiastic partners working in two very different complex landscapes within the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative (NPLCC): 1) the British Columbia Park system, specifically the midcoast region, and 2) the National Wildlife Refuge system in the Willamette Valley, OR. The issues and concerns of each group...

Categories: Data; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, B.C., BC Provincial parks, British Columbia, Conservation Planning, All tags... Decision Support, Federal resource managers, LCC Network Science Catalog, Multiple priority topics, NPLCC, OR, OR-4, Oregon, Priority B. Changes in air temperature and precipitation on forests, State agencies, Vulnerability Assessment, Willamette Basin, Willamette Valley, adaptation strategies, climate adaptation, climate change, climate change, completed, downscaled climate projections, landscape assessment, product, species sensitivities, vegetation changes, vegetation modeling, vulnerability assessment, Fewer tags

Gathering Our Thoughts: Tribal recommendations on a traditional knowledge management framework for the NPLCC - Tulalip Tribes of WA

This project initiated the first large-scale Tribal government discussions on the relationship of scientific research and traditional knowledge in the activities of the NPLCC. The project: 1. Reviewed existing approaches and protocols related to scientific research and traditional knowledge in the Pacific Northwest, characterized different types of traditional knowledge and the contexts in which these are encountered; 2. Initiated discussions among the 21 member Tribes of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (all other Tribes are welcome to join); 3. Reported on their views; 4. Proposed a framework for the use of TK based on discussions and presented it for a possible consensus by all participants; and 5. Conducted...

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Utilizing Yurok traditional ecological knowledge to inform climate change priorities

The project had 2 broad objectives. The first objective was to meet the needs of the Yurok Tribe in collecting and documenting TEK to inform tribal planning related to climate change impacts to culturally significant wildlife and habitats that support these species. This information is crucial to informing Yurok Tribe resource managers and the Yurok Council as it embarks on climate change adaptation planning. The Yurok Tribes Council and Environmental, Forestry, Wildlife, Fisheries and Cultural Resources Programs will benefit from the knowledge and wisdom gained from the project as the Tribe prepares for climate change impacts. The second objective was to assist the NPLCC in its efforts to integrate Tribal TEK into...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2012, Academics & scientific researchers, CA-2, CA-2, California, All tags... California, California, California, Climate change, Conservation Planning, Conservation Planning, Federal resource managers, Klamath, Klamath, Klamath, Klamath, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, LCC Network Science Catalog - LCCScienceCatalog, Methodology/Protocol, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Project, Report, Science Project, TEK, TEK, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Traditional Ecological knowledge, Tribes, Yurok, Yurok, adaptation strategies, adaptation strategies, adaptation strategies, adaptation strategies, climate change, climate change, climate change, completed, species sensitivities, species sensitivities, species sensitivities, species sensitivities, vegetation changes, vegetation changes, vegetation changes, vegetation changes, Fewer tags

Final Report

Climate change will likely have significant effects on forest ecosystems worldwide. In dryMediterranean regions, such as that in southwestern Oregon, USA, changes will likely be drivenmainly by wildfire and drought. To minimize the negative effects of climate change, resourcemanagers require tools and information to assess climate change vulnerabilities and to developand implement adaptation actions. We developed an approach to facilitate development andimplementation of climate change adaptation options in forest management. This approach,applied in a southwestern Oregon study region, involved establishment of a science–managerpartnership, a science-based assessment of forest and woodland vulnerabilities to climatechange,...

Categories: Data; Tags: LCC Network Science Catalog, completed, product

Final Report: Cultural Adaptation Through Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Climate Change

The Quartz Valley Indian Reservation will partner with tribes, federal agencies and higher education institutions in the Klamath Basin on a tribal youth intern program for the summer of 2014. This program will build on current efforts to integrate western science and TEK for climate change planning and adaptation in the Klamath Basin.

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, California, Climate change, Conservation Design, Conservation Planning, All tags... Federal resource managers, Great Basin LCC, Klamath Basin, Klamath Basin, Klamath Basin Tribal Youth Program, Klamath River, LCC Network Science Catalog, NPLCC, OR-2, Oregon, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Traditional Ecological knowledge, Tribes, aquatic habitat, climate adaptation, climate change, completed, cultural resources, groundwater, product, restoration, thermal refugia, traditional ecological knowledge, Fewer tags

Climate change and Tribal Ecological Knowledge Summer Internship Presentation

The Quartz Valley Indian Reservation will partner with tribes, federal agencies and higher education institutions in the Klamath Basin on a tribal youth intern program for the summer of 2014. This program will build on current efforts to integrate western science and TEK for climate change planning and adaptation in the Klamath Basin.

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, California, Climate change, Conservation Design, Conservation Planning, All tags... Federal resource managers, Great Basin LCC, Klamath Basin, Klamath Basin, Klamath Basin Tribal Youth Program, Klamath River, LCC Network Science Catalog, NPLCC, OR-2, Oregon, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Traditional Ecological knowledge, Tribes, aquatic habitat, climate change, completed, cultural resources, groundwater, onGoing, product, restoration, thermal refugia, traditional ecological knowledge, Fewer tags

Using Beaver for Climate Change and Conservation Benefits

This project will provide a comprehensive synthesis of beaver recolonization science and techniques for successful reintroduction or population expansion through a thorough, in-depth, coordinated review of all North American beaver-related information, including identification of research gaps and data needs, and recommendations for project implementation. This information will be disseminated through a series of one-day workshops.

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2013, AK-1, Alaska, Alaska, Alaska, All tags... Alaska, Beaver, Beaver, British Columbia, British Columbia, British Columbia, British Columbia, CA-2, CA-2, CA-2, California, California, California, California, Climate Change, Conservation Design, Conservation Design, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Planning, Conservation Planning, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, LCC Network Science Catalog - LCCScienceCatalog, NPLCC, NPLCC, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, OR-1, OR-1, OR-1, OR-2, OR-2, OR-2, OR-3, OR-3, OR-3, OR-4, OR-4, OR-4, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Priority A. Effects of hydrologic regime shifts, Private land owners, Project, Publication, Publication, Regional & county planners, Report, Report, Training/Outreach/Workshop, Training/Outreach/Workshop, WA-1, WA-1, WA-1, WA-10, WA-10, WA-10, WA-2, WA-2, WA-2, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-4, WA-4, WA-4, WA-5, WA-5, WA-5, WA-6, WA-6, WA-6, WA-7, WA-7, WA-7, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, WA-9, WA-9, WA-9, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, climate change, climate change, climate change, climate change, completed, floodplain, floodplain, floodplain, floodplain, onGoing, restoration, restoration, restoration, restoration, wetland systesm, wetland systesm, wetland systesm, wetland systesm, Fewer tags

Climate Change in the Tongass National Forest Fostering Strategic Collaboration and Informing Sustainable Management of Priority Resources

The Tongass National Forest has identified resources that are important to stakeholders and vulnerable to climate-related stressors. Cooperators will review an action plan and convene a workshop to be held in Southeast Alaska in 2016. The workshop will foster collaboration between scientists, managers, and stakeholders. Workshop goals include: sharing information about climate-related stressors and effects on NPLCC Priority Resources in the Tongass National Forest; developing strategic priorities for improving understanding, reducing risks, and increasing adaptive capacity and resilience; coordinating support for increasing knowledge and informing resource managers

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: AK-0, Alaska, Anadromous fish, Applications and Tools, Change in air temperature and precipitation, All tags... Climate Change, Conservation Design, Conservation Planning, Federal resource managers, Hydrologic regime shift, Monitoring, NPLCC, Priority A. Effects of hydrologic regime shifts, Priority D. Hydrologic regime changes on anadromous fish, Report, State agencies, Tongass Forest, Tongass National Forest, Training/Outreach/Workshop, Tribes, aquatic resources, climate change, hydrologic regime shifts, project, Fewer tags

Soil texture for the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative- western Oregon, USA

This dataset represents the soil texture from SSURGO and STATSGO soil descriptions for soil map units in the state of western Oregon that lie within the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative. Soil texture is the mineral particle size distribution of soil particles within a soil horizon. This dataset also documents rock fragments and organic matter that may contribute to water infiltration, storage and relocation within the surface horizons of the soil profile. For reference, see NRCS soil texture triangle: http://soils.usda.gov/technical/aids/investigations/texture/

Tags: LCC, NP LCC, climate, particle size, soil, All tags... texture, Fewer tags

Soil order for the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative- southern Alaska (b), USA

This dataset represents the soil order from SSURGO and STATSGO soil descriptions for soil map units in the state of southern Alaska (b) that lie within the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative.

Tags: classification, climate, lcc, np lcc, order, All tags... soil, taxonomy, Fewer tags

Soil accumulations for the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative- northern California, USA

This dataset represents the soil pH from SSURGO and STATSGO soil descriptions for soil map units in the state of northern California that lie within the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative.

Tags: calcium, clay, gypsum, iron, magnesic, All tags... mineral, saline, silica, smectite, soil, Fewer tags

Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment for San Juan County, Washington

The Healthy Beaches for People and Fish project was completed by Friends of the San Juans in partnership with Coastal Geologic Services, Salish Sea Biological and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife in 2014. Project approach and work was guided by a technical advisory group, which included representatives from The University of Washington, United States Geological Survey, Puget Sound Partnership, Skagit River Systems Cooperative, Samish Indian Nation, San Juan County Public Works, San Juan County Salmon Recovery Lead Entity, The Tulalip Tribes, Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve and the Washington State Departments of Ecology, Natural Resources and Fish and Wildlife. The project contained...

Categories: Data, Publication; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: LCC Network Science Catalog, Publication, Report, San Juan County, WA, San Juan Islands, All tags... Vulnerability Assessment, Washington, coastal vulnerability, completed, sea level rise, Fewer tags

Current and Future Abundance of North Pacific Birds in the Context of Climate Change - GIS Files

This project acquired, federated and curated approximately one million new observations to the Avian Knowledge Network. These new observations, in addition to millions of existing records, were used to model the distribution and abundance of 26 species of land birds in the southern portion of the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative (NPLCC) region including CA, OR and WA. The models were based on climate and modeled vegetation.Using the models, maps were created showing the distribution and abundance of each species for current (late 20th century) conditions and projected the models to future conditions (2070) based on five regional climate models. The bird models were also used to create maps of conservation...

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2011, Academics & scientific researchers, Assessenspecies migration, BIOSPHERICINDICATORS, CA-2, All tags... CA-2, California, California, Climate Change, Conservation Planning, Conservation Planning, Conservation Planning, Conservation Planning and Design, Data.gov North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Decision Support, Decision Support, Decision Support Tools and Data, Federal resource managers, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, NPLCC, NPLCC, NPLCC, North Pacific Birds, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, OR-1, OR-1, OR-3, OR-3, OR-4, OR-4, OR-5, OR-5, Oregon, Oregon, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Pre-Strategy, 2013, Science Project, State agencies, WA-1, WA-1, WA-10, WA-10, WA-2, WA-2, WA-3, WA-3, WA-6, WA-6, WA-7, WA-7, WA-9, WA-9, Washington, Washington, abundance, abundance, climate models, climate models, completed, dataset, distribution, distribution, geoscientificInformation, land birds, north Pacific birds, product, Fewer tags

Humboldt Bay NWR Sea-level rise modeling

This project applied sea-level rise (SLR) modeling approaches along the Pacific coast tidal gradient at a parcel scale through improved data collection tools and collaboration relevant to land managers. At selected salt marsh parcels in both the North Pacific and California LCCs, data collection techniques were employed to assess detailed baseline habitat elevations; tidal ranges, microclimate, and extreme weather events; sediment supply sources; vegetation community composition; and vertebrate population indices. The design provides resource managers with information on the value of different datasets and methods including their uncertainty, as well as determines their usefulness in climate change adaptation planning...

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North Pacific Forest Landscape Corridor and Connectivity Project: Assessing Landscape and Species Vulnerability - Spatial Data

Montane Conifer Connectivity of areas of high elevation and high human footprint in the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative study area. This application provides Montane Conifer Connectivity for 2000 and 2080 (A1B).The three primary geospatial layers used in this analysis were a digital elevation model (DEM), a vegetation layer, and a human footprint layer. Due to the geographic extent of the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, digital elevation models from different sources had to be used to create one seamless DEM. The digital elevation models were obtained from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM), the United States Geologic Survey, and the Government of the Yukon Territory....

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: AK, AK-1, Academics & scientific researchers, B.C., CA, All tags... CA-2, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Planning, Data, Decision Support, Federal resource managers, Forest, LCC Network Science Catalog, NPLCC, OR-1, OR-3, OR-4, OR-5, Priority B. Changes in air temperature and precipitation on forests, Vulnerability Assessment, WA-1, WA-10, WA-2, WA-3, WA-6, WA-7, WA-9, WA. OR, accepted, completed, connectivity, corridor, dispersal, genetic, product, Fewer tags

North Pacific Forest Landscape Corridor and Connectivity Project: Assessing Landscape and Species Vulnerability - Final Report

Overview Land and resource managers in the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative (NPLCC) currently lack conservation planning tools that can directly feed into the planning, design, delivery, and monitoring of ecosystems across all levels of biodiversity from genes to ecosystems. The North Pacific Forest Landscape Corridor and Connectivity Project utilized a landscape connectivity simulator (UNICOR) and a genetic simulation program (CDPOP) to model the functional (dispersal and genetic) connectivity in the North Pacific Landscape. The outputs from these programs indicated areas with high potential for landscape and genetic isolation and low probability of dispersal and colonization. In addition, this...

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: AK, AK-1, Academics & scientific researchers, B.C., CA, All tags... CA-2, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Planning, Decision Support, Federal resource managers, Forest, LCC Network Science Catalog, NPLCC, OR-1, OR-3, OR-4, OR-5, Pacific Northwest, Priority B. Changes in air temperature and precipitation on forests, Vulnerability Assessment, WA-1, WA-10, WA-2, WA-3, WA-6, WA-7, WA-9, WA. OR, completed, connectivity, connectivity, corridor, dispersal, genetic, habitat corridors, product, Fewer tags