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The North Cascadia Adaptation Partnership: A Science-Management Collaboration for Responding to Climate Change

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  • Crystal L. Raymond

    (USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 400 North 34th Street, Suite 201, Seattle, WA 98103, USA)

  • David L. Peterson

    (USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 400 North 34th Street, Suite 201, Seattle, WA 98103, USA)

  • Regina M. Rochefort

    (National Park Service, 810 State Route 20, Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284, USA)

Abstract

The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and National Park Service (NPS) have highlighted climate change as an agency priority and issued direction to administrative units for responding to climate change. In response, the USFS and NPS initiated the North Cascadia Adaptation Partnership (NCAP) in 2010. The goals of the NCAP were to build an inclusive partnership, increase climate change awareness, assess vulnerability, and develop science-based adaptation strategies to reduce these vulnerabilities. The NCAP expanded previous science-management partnerships on federal lands to a larger, more ecologically and geographically complex region and extended the approach to a broader range of stakeholders. The NCAP focused on two national forests and two national parks in the North Cascades Range, Washington (USA), a total land area of 2.4 million ha, making it the largest science-management partnership of its kind. The NCAP assessed climate change vulnerability for four resource sectors (hydrology and access; vegetation and ecological disturbance; wildlife; and fish) and developed adaptation options for each sector. The NCAP process has proven to be a successful approach for implementing climate change adaptation across a region and can be emulated by other land management agencies in North America and beyond.

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  • Crystal L. Raymond & David L. Peterson & Regina M. Rochefort, 2013. "The North Cascadia Adaptation Partnership: A Science-Management Collaboration for Responding to Climate Change," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 5(1), pages 1-24, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:5:y:2013:i:1:p:136-159:d:22654
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    Cited by:

    1. Jessica E. Halofsky & David L. Peterson & Holly R. Prendeville, 2018. "Assessing vulnerabilities and adapting to climate change in northwestern U.S. forests," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 146(1), pages 89-102, January.
    2. Thomas J. Timberlake & Courtney A. Schultz, 2017. "Policy, practice, and partnerships for climate change adaptation on US national forests," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 144(2), pages 257-269, September.

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