Transcript USDA Southeast Regional Climate Hub (SERCH)

USDA Southeast Regional Climate Hub
(SERCH)
Assisting land managers adapt and
plan for the impacts of current climate
variability
Steve McNulty
Director, USDA Southeast Regional Climate Hub
[email protected]
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1991-2012 Air Temperature Change
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You don’t need warming to have major disasters
Enter the Climate Hubs
Baseline rules
• Reagans quote
• No regulatory role
• Working with ARS, NRCS, and FS
• Must be useful to both extension and land
owner
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Vision: Agricultural
production
natural
Mission:
To develop and
deliver and
science-based,
resources maintaind
and strengthened
underto
region-specific
information
and technologies
increasing climate
variability
andmanagers
environmental
agricultural
and natural
resource
that
changeclimate-smart decision-making and
enable
provide assistance to enable land managers to
implement those decisions.
USDA Regional Climate Hubs will provide:
• Technical & Program Support
• Assessments and Forecasts
• Outreach and Education
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Where are the Climate Hubs?
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Revised USDA Climate Hub Regions
Forest Service Lead
ARS / Forest Service
Forest Service Lead
Sub - Hub Locations
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How the hubs work
• find or develop tools or information that could
be of use to the manager for increasing
resiliency and sustainability of land during
times of environmental stress
• share information with
extension/NRCS/private consultants to assess
interest and usefulness
• If useful, train the trainers and increase tool
access and use
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How the hubs work (cont.)
• listen to feedback on tool from land managers
and report needs for improvement or gaps to
WO funding sources.
• Promote new funding to fill gaps in tool or
information directly useful to land managers
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An example tool
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SCIENCE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
USDA Forest Service –
Threat Assessment Centers
Steve McNulty (PI)
Emrys Treasure
Lisa Jennings
Jennifer Moore Myers
Robert Herring
Nancy Grulke
Lisa Balduman
www.forestthreats.org/taccimotool
USDA Forest Service –
Southern Region
Chris Liggett (PI)
David Meriwether
Paul Arndt
USDA Forest Service –
Pacific Southwest Region
Bruce Goines
Lara Polansky
Bradley Burmark
TACCIMO is a web-based application integrating climate change science
with management and planning options through search and reporting tools
that connect land managers with peer-reviewed information they can trust.
Science: Geospatial
Science: Literature
USDA FS Forest Planning
Inputs
Outputs
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Fire
Climate Trends
Freshwater
Ecosystems
Forest Health
Plant Communities
Invasive Species
Animal Communities
Vegetation
Management
Recreation
General Biodiversity
Water Resources
Extreme Weather
Human
Dimensions
Air Quality
Land Use &
Planning
Coastal
Ecosystems
Soil & Geologic
Resources
Photo credits from Bugwood.org: Climate Trends—Petr Kapitola, State Phytosanitary Administration; Fire—Region 2, USFS; Freshwater Ecosystems—Chris Evans, River to River CWMA; Invasive Species—Kerry Britton, USFS; Animal Communities—Alfred Viola, Northeastern University;
Vegetation Mgt.—John D. Hodges, MS State Univ.; Plant Communities—Jason Sharman, Vitalitree; General Biodiversity—David Cappaert, MI State Univ.; Water Resources—Chris Evans, River to River CWMA; Soils—Howard F. Schwartz, CO State Univ.; Land Use—James Denny Ward,
USFS; Disturbance—Ronald F. Billings, Texas FS
TACCIMO Project History
2009: Concept and prototype development
2010: Web application development
– Implementation of basic reporting and explore functionality
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Version 1.0 released: June 2010
– Review and refinement of web application
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Version 2.0 released: October 2010
2011: Content development and web application redesign
– Forest plan and literature development
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Version 2.1 released: April 2011
– Implementation of enhanced reporting and explore
functionality
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Version 2.2 released: October 2011
2012-2014: Continuing development through user support
– Expanded partnerships
– Intensive literature and geospatial
content development
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Version 3.0 expected release: Fall 2013
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Who is using TACCIMO?
• NEPA Analysis and Responding to Public Comments
– NEPA coordinators in the Southern region are using TACCIMO to respond to
public comments regarding climate change and carbon sequestration.
• Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments
– TACCIMO is working with the California Landscape Conservation Cooperative
and non-profit partners EcoAdapt and the Geos Institute to provide the
scientific basis for a vulnerability assessment for the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
• State and Private-Level Forest Management
– Forest managers from the North Carolina Forest Service, Southern Regional
Extension Forestry, and the PINEMAP project used TACCIMO to craft climate
change materials for state level managers and private landowners.
• Everyday Use
– TACCIMO is used for every day climate change needs by federal, state, and
private natural resource professionals, and provides a valuable teaching aid
for climate change education.
Describing the bounds of future climate
TACCIMO Climate Report
Describing the bounds of future climate
TACCIMO Climate Report
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Investigating Effects of Climate Change
TACCIMO Literature Explorer
Investigating Effects of Climate Change
TACCIMO Literature Report
Investigating Effects of Climate Change
TACCIMO Literature Report
Emerging Forest Threats:
Management Options For Healthy Forests
• Pamphlet created in collaboration
with the NC Forest Service Forest
Management Division with reviews
from NCSU Extension Forestry
• Targeted at private forest landowners
engaged in stewardship plans
• Does not explicitly mention Climate
Change or Global Warming
• Summarized from over 300 peerreviewed sources in TACCIMO
• Available at ncforestservice.gov
Visit our Case Studies Page
•For more examples of TACCIMO applications,
visit our case studies page:
http://www.taccimo.sgcp.ncsu.edu/casestudy
http://globalchange.ncsu.edu/
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So, If you are interested in seeing your climate impacts
adaptation work make it into the hands of those folks who can
really use it, please contact me at
[email protected]
or call my office number
919 515-9489
Keep on SERCHing!
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