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Implementation UpdateNE Climate Science Center
Briefing and Listening SessionU.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceRegion 3, Bloomington, MNJanuary 10, 2012
Rachel Muir, Interim Director, DOI NE Climate Science Center
Presentation Structure
This is good news for nature resourceManagement!
Why?When? (Official as of 12/2011)Where?Who?What (will the center do?)How? (structure, partnerships, finances) –
And Listen!
Why Regional Climate Science Centers?
• Modeled, in part, after Fish and Wildlife Cooperative Research Units;
• Create linkages and synergy among University and Federal research;
• Strengthen linkages between fundamental and applied research and monitoring;
• Address the challenges of management at a regional scale – the appropriate and practical scale for climate studies.
Where and Who the Participating Universities was a competitive
Process Directed by DOI• Multiple university consortiums applied;• Proposals were evaluated by the USGS Climate
Mission Area and interviews conducted;• Decisions were determined by a panel of DOI
Resource Management Agencies;• Results of the 2012 completion were announced
by the Secretary October 7, 2011;• Funding Approved by President’s Signature on
12/16/2011.
Climate Science Centers--Regions
North Central
SoutheastSouth Central
Southwest
Northwest
Northeast
Alaska
Pacific Islands
Eight Regions, Initiated between 2010 and 2012
National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center
2011
2011
2010
2010
20102012
2012
2012
Northeast Region22 states, 10 of the 21 LCC regions, over 130 million people and multi-ecoregions– Extreme gradients in environments and threats– Limited federal lands, pattern of ownership and
management dominated by relatively small and privately owned parcels
– Complex history of species extirpations, invasions, range extensions, and restorations
– Complex climate predictions of regional impacts– Wide array of stakeholders
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST
Richard Palmer (Lead PI)
COLLEGE OF MENOMINEE NATION
Melissa Cook (Lead PI)
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITYRadley Horton (Lead PI)
MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY
Linda Deegan (Lead PI)
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTAAnthony W. D’Amato (Lead PI)
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI COLUMBIA
Frank R Thompson III (Lead PI)
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
Lewis Gilbert (Lead PI)
U.S. Department of the Interior
Climate Science Center
Mission
Provide science-based tools and information needed to develop and implement management strategies to adapt to and/or prevent adverse impacts of climate change on fish and wildlife resources and their habitats,
orProviding the science for natural and cultural resource adaptation to climate change.
Goals
Partnerships with natural resource managers to address their highest priority science needs;
Partnerships with the scientific community to develop needed information and tools;
Delivery of robust tools and information at applicable scales directly to resource manager;
Focus on climate change adaptation in the context of other actions/stresses, etc.
Achieving Goals Through Coordinated Management
• NE-CSC Director• Stakeholder Advisory Council
(SAC)• Science Implementation Panel
(SIP)• Consortium Research Council and
University Leads
NORTHEAST CLIMATE SCIENCE CENTER (NE-CSC)
Management will engender –
• Engaged stakeholders (Federal, State, Tribal, NGOs, …..)
• Innovative, practical and stakeholder identified research
• Strong leadership from the primary research campus • Sustainable partnerships between each member of
the Consortium
Adaptive Management
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US
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Global Climate Models
Monitoring and Feedback
Local/Regional InformationEcological
UnderstandingForecasts of Ecol Response
Focus Ecosystems/Habitats for the Northeast/Midwest
Climate Adaptation Research and Monitoring for Northeast and Midwest Habitats:
UrbanCoasts and Oceans*AgriculturalForested and MontaneFreshwaterPrairies and Plains
*including the Great Lakes
Climate Change Adaptation Model and Interaction with Partners
Adaptation needs met: changes in policy, management, etc.
Monitoring and data collection
Science and model development
Syntheses and assessments
Development of analytic and decision-
making tools
Planning, analysis, and decision-making
Agencies, states, local governments, tribes, NGOs, & private landowners
CSCsLCCs
Getting Down to Business – Near- Term Tasks
• Begin development of science plan for the CSC – a bottoms up, partner-driven process achieved through outreach activities;
• Establish interim Advisory Council to begin establishing protocols for final Council and identifying Regional Science Priority Needs.
• Partners support Interim Director in consultation with Consortium members to identify and fund priorities for 2011 cycle.
Direct Financial Support
• Five year budget as currently planned:– $7.5 Million projected for 5 years; – One year (2012) funding -- $1.5 million to
Universities for facility, post-docs, grad and undergrad with research directed toward partner-driven needs;
– First year – Approximately $.6 million directed toward research and outreach to be obligated by 6/2012.
Request to Partners
• Identify near-term and long term climate science needs;
• Collaborate with partners, (agencies, LCCs Joint Ventures, Fish Habitat Partnerships) in finding shared science needs:
• Provide forums for outreach;• Participate in development of interim and
final advisory council and science teams.
Points of Contact
Points of Contact for DOI – NE –CSC:Rachel Muir – Interim Director
Richard Palmer, Principal InvestigatorUniversity of Massachusetts
• On the web -- http://www.cns.umass.edu/neclimate/doi-csc/section-4-1