Transcript North Bay Climate Adaptation Initiative

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North Bay Climate
Adaptation Initiative
www.nbcai.com
Significant climate change is
inevitable.
What are the
climate change
risks to our
region’s
watershed
resources?
How can we
work together
to increase
the resilience
of North Bay
ecosystems to
climate
change?
Public Health
Biodiversity and Habitat*
Ocean and Coastal Resources*
Water Management*
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Agriculture*
Forestry*
Transportation and Energy
Infrastructure
Our purpose is to implement effective climate
adaptation strategies that sustain ecological
and human communities of North San
Francisco Bay watersheds.
Audubon Canyon Ranch
California Department of Fish &
Game
California State Coastal Conservancy
City of Santa Rosa
Community Foundation Sonoma
County
Creekside Center for Earth
Observation
Gold Ridge RCD
Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation
North Coast Regional Water Quality
Control Board
Pepperwood Foundation
PRBO Conservation Science
Prunuske Chatham, Inc.
Sonoma Ecology Center
Sonoma County Agricultural
Preservation and Open Space District
Sonoma County Water Agency
Sonoma Land Trust
Sonoma State University Field Stations
and Nature Preserves
Sotoyome RCD
UC Berkeley
US Geological Survey
Public Policy
Sonoma County’s new Regional
Climate Protection Authority, county
climate plan
Integrate adaptation into everyday
decisions
Leadership recognition
Science & Technology
Down-scale global climate models, predict
localized climate
Predict response of landscape to future
climate
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Use Conservation Commons to share and
analyse data
Interpret science for decision-makers and the
public
Design and implement a climate response
monitoring plan
NBWA-funded project
Watershed summaries of
changes to runoff,
recharge, and stream
discharge
Overlay climate effects
on BAOSC landscape
units and ecological
resources of concern.
Evaluate implications for
a range of watershed
project types.
Flint and Flint 2009
Habitat Restoration & Stewardship
Restore and protect key areas
Increase resilience of lands and
waters
Educate and work with large
landowners, including ag, especially
near streams, wetlands, and corridors
NBCAI and NBWA
“North Bay”
Cutting-edge integration of climate with water
and land use:
water supply approaches, restoration
goals, flood planning, stormwater
management
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