July 2017 Newsletter
July 2017 Newsletter
Welcome to the Southeast Climate Science Center’s July 2017 Newsletter.
In this newsletter you will find:
SE CSC News
Resources
Notable Publications
Tribal News
Partner News
Webinars
Upcoming Events
Opportunities
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Southeast Climate Science Center News
Applications are Now Being Accepted to Host the North Central and Southwest Climate Science Centers. Climate Science Center host institutions are expected to provide expertise and experience to achieve the CSC mission of identifying climate/global change impacts to and effective adaptation strategies for land; water; fish and wildlife; nearshore, coastal and cultural heritage resources; and the ecosystem services upon which human communities depend. Host Institutions will be eligible for projects and project funding as a component of this agreement. Closing Date: September 7, 2017 at 3:00 PM EDT. Learn more.
Deputy Director Ryan Boyles participated in a panel discussion with other federal and regional partners (USDA Climate Hubs, NWS, Climate Prediction Center, National Centers for Environmental Information, NOAA Regional Climate Centers) at the annual meeting of the American Association of State Climatologists in June, where he provided an overview of the CSC network.
Director Jerry McMahon and Deputy Director Ryan Boyles, along with USGS scientist Wilson Laney and Water Resources Research Institute Director Susan White, met with five visitors from Africa and Asia as part of the State Department International Visitors Leadership Program. Topics of discussion included issues around coastal management such as fisheries, coastal zone management, and climate drivers.
Director Jerry McMahon and Program Manager Cari Furiness are conducting quarterly project reviews for SE CSC-funded science projects. View our projects here.
USGS Research Scientist quoted in Inside Climate News regarding Coral Bleaching USGS Research Marine Biologist Ilsa Kuffner (SPCMSC) was quoted in a June 21 article in Inside Climate News. The author of the article asked Kuffner to comment on a NOAA press release regarding the winding down of the 3rd global coral bleaching event and the prognosis for recovery of coral reef ecosystems. Kuffner explained that, while temperatures have abated and some coral populations have survived the bleaching, many corals are now succumbing to disease outbreaks, including in the Florida Keys. See her SE CSC-funded project here.
SE CSC PI Steven Frank recently co-authored an article in Biological Letters titled “Physiological thermal limits predict differential responses of bees to urban heat-island effects”. The new study found that common wild bee species decline as urban temperatures increases. The article was featured in several web posts including the SE CSC website, NC State, WUNC, and NCCWSC.
Research Spotlight: Understanding Habitat Connectivity to Inform Conservation Decisions. A common strategy used to protect wildlife as they move and migrate is to connect their habitats, providing them safe passage. However, there are great challenges to implementing this strategy. In a recent project, scientists, supported by the Southeast CSC and the South Atlantic LCC, assessed current and projected connectivity for three species (black bear, Rafinesque’s big-eared bat, and timber rattlesnake) in order to provide resource managers and planners with science to inform conservation decisions. Learn more.
Conservation Corridor: Incorporating climate projections into connectivity planning is crucial to protect species on the move. A new web post by Conservation Corridor highlights the importance of using climate projections in tracking shifts in species habitat. Learn more.
SE CSC PI Brian Irwin and Faculty Affiliate Tom Kwak were featured in a web article on the effects of warming waters on inland fish. The web article highlighted research co-authored by Faculty Affiliate Tom Kwak on Global synthesis of the documented and projected effects of climate change on inland fishes. Read the publication here and the web article here.
SE CSC Research Scientist Adam Terando and Faculty Affiliates Brian Reich, Krishna Pacifici, Jennifer Costanza and Jaime Collao were featured in an SE CSC web post that highlighted their recent research on uncertainty around significant wildfire events. Through combining multiple sources of uncertainty into projections of extreme wildfires the results have important implications for decision making as they help inform natural resource managers plan for the future. Learn more.
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Resources
FEATURED RESOURCE
USGS Coastal Change Hazards Portal. Web-based interface provides interactive access to coastal change science and data for U.S. coasts, suitable for use in land use planning projects, storm response and recovery protocols, and infrastructure, ecosystem, and cultural resource management decision making. Information and products are organized within three coastal change hazard themes: 1) extreme storms, 2) shoreline change, and 3) sea-level rise. Learn more.
Recent weather and climate webinars available on demand. Several recent SERCH webinars on weather and climate are now available on demand. Aurelia Baca reviewed climate factors to consider when updating seed zones. Steve McNulty and Jennifer Moore Myers, together with Dave Coyle of Southern Regional Forestry Extension, discussed weather and climate impacts on forest health. Michael Gavazzi talked about Climate Hub resources for maintaining healthy forests at the Western Gulf Forest Health Conference.
14 Solutions to Problems Climate Change Poses for Conservation. A new report from the Wildlife Conservation Society showcases 14 “real-world” solutions to a warming climate threatening wildlife and ecosystems worldwide. Solutions profiled include traditional and innovative conservation tools; from reintroducing beavers to restore the water storage capacity of ecosystems in Utah and Washington to building oyster reefs near coastal marshes in South Carolina to help raise the level of marshes and protect them from rising sea levels. Learn more.
NOAA begins transition of powerful new tool to improve hurricane forecasts. NOAA will begin using its newest weather prediction tool — the dynamic core, Finite-Volume on a Cubed-Sphere (FV3), to provide high-quality guidance to NOAA’s National Hurricane Center through the 2017 hurricane season. “Climate modelers are coming from the global side down and we’re coming from the hurricane scale up,” said Frank Marks, director of NOAA’s Hurricane Research Division. “And we’re meeting in a place where we can dramatically improve storm prediction.” Learn more.
NOAA June 2017 Regional Climate Impacts and Outlooks. NOAA’s Regional Climate Services Program lead the production of these quarterly summaries of climate impacts and outlooks for various regions of the United States as well as parts of Canada along the border. This effort, which began in 2012, now includes as many as 10 unique regional products, all produced collaboratively with partner organizations. Learn more.
What if we could design cities to minimize the urban heat island effect? A recent web article in ‘Anthropocene’ discusses the EcoCity model which uses Bejing, China as a case to potentially lower its urban heat island effect. Learn more.
A New Subsidence Map for Coastal Louisiana. Coastal Louisiana has experienced catastrophic rates of wetland loss over the past century, equivalent in area to the state of Delaware. Land subsidence in the absence of rapid accretion is one of the key drivers of wetland loss. Accurate subsidence data should, therefore, form the basis for estimates of and adaptations to Louisiana’s future. Recently, Jankowski et al. (2017) determined subsidence rates at 274 sites along the Louisiana coast. Based on these data we present a new subsidence map and calculate that, on average, coastal Louisiana is subsiding at 9 ± 1 mm yr−1. Learn more.
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Notable Publications
Estimating economic damage from climate change in the United States. This research developed a flexible architecture for computing damages that integrates climate science, econometric analyses, and process models. We use this approach to construct spatially explicit, probabilistic, and empirically derived estimates of economic damage in the United States from climate change. The combined value of market and nonmarket damage across analyzed sectors—agriculture, crime, coastal storms, energy, human mortality, and labor—increases quadratically in global mean temperature, costing roughly 1.2% of gross domestic product per +1°C on average. Importantly, risk is distributed unequally across locations, generating a large transfer of value northward and westward that increases economic inequality. By the late 21st century, the poorest third of counties are projected to experience damages between 2 and 20% of county income (90% chance) under business-as-usual emissions. Link to article. See New York Times story about the research.
Land area change in coastal Louisiana (1932 to 2016) Scientific Investigations Map 3381. The analyses of landscape change presented in this research has utilized historical surveys, aerial, and satellite data to quantify landscape changes from 1932 to 2016. Analyses show that coastal Louisiana has experienced a net change in land area of approximately -4,833 square kilometers (modeled estimate: -5,197 +/- 443 square kilometers) from 1932 to 2016. This net change in land area amounts to a decrease of approximately 25 percent of the 1932 land area. To put this into perspective, this equates to long-term average loss rates of approximately an American football field’s worth of coastal wetlands within 34 minutes when losses are rapid to within 100 minutes at more recent, slower rates. Sea-level rise is projected to increase at an exponential rate, and that would also expedite the rate of wetland loss. Link to article.
Vulnerability of eastern US tree species to climate change. Here researchers provide a framework and application for tree species vulnerability to climate change in the eastern United States that accounts for influential drivers of future distributions. Researchers used species distribution models to project changes in habitat suitability at 800 m for 40 tree species that vary in physiology, range, and environmental niche. Researchers then developed layers of adaptive capacity based on migration potential, forest fragmentation, and propagule pressure. These were combined into metrics of vulnerability, including an overall index and spatially explicit categories designed to inform management. Despite overall favorable changes in suitability, the majority of species and the landscape were considered vulnerable to climate change. Vulnerability was significantly exacerbated by projections of pests and pathogens for some species. Northern and high-elevation species tended to be the most vulnerable. This research combines some of the most important considerations for species vulnerability in a straightforward framework, and can be used as a tool for managers to prioritize species, areas, and actions. Link to article.
Participatory adaptive management leads to environmental learning outcomes extending beyond the sphere of science. Resolving uncertainties in managed social-ecological systems requires adaptive experimentation at whole-ecosystem levels. However, whether participatory adaptive management fosters ecological understanding among stakeholders beyond the sphere of science is unknown. Researchers experimentally involved members of German angling clubs engaged in self-governance of freshwater fisheries resources in a large-scale ecological experiment of active adaptive management of fish stocking, which constitutes a controversial management practice for biodiversity and ecosystem functioning when conducted inappropriately. The collaborative ecological experiments spanned several years and manipulated fish densities in 24 lakes with two species. In parallel, researchers experimentally compared changes in ecological knowledge and antecedents of proenvironmental behavior in stakeholders and managers who were members of a participatory adaptive management treatment group, with those receiving only a standard lecture, relative to placebo controls. Using a within-subjects pretest-posttest control design, changes in ecological knowledge, environmental beliefs, attitudes, norms, and behavioral intentions were evaluated. Participants in adaptive management retained more knowledge of ecological topics after a period of 8 months compared to those receiving a standard lecture, both relative to controls. Link to article.
Biological annihilation via the ongoing sixth mass extinction signaled by vertebrate population losses and declines.The strong focus on species extinctions, a critical aspect of the contemporary pulse of biological extinction, leads to a common misimpression that Earth’s biota is not immediately threatened, just slowly entering an episode of major biodiversity loss. This view overlooks the current trends of population declines and extinctions. Using a sample of 27,600 terrestrial vertebrate species, and a more detailed analysis of 177 mammal species, researchers show the extremely high degree of population decay in vertebrates, even in common “species of low concern.” Dwindling population sizes and range shrinkages amount to a massive anthropogenic erosion of biodiversity and of the ecosystem services essential to civilization. This “biological annihilation” underlines the seriousness for humanity of Earth’s ongoing sixth mass extinction event. Link to article.
Seasonal associations with urban light pollution for nocturnally migrating bird populations. There is evidence that nocturnally migrating birds are attracted to artificial light sources, and there is evidence that migratory bird populations are more likely to occur in urban areas during migration. In this study, researchers use bird observations from the eBird citizen-science database to explore the associations between nighttime light pollution and the abundance of migratory birds. Results indicate that nighttime light pollution emanating from urban areas is associated with higher levels of abundance along the boundaries and within the interior of urban areas during migration, supporting the conclusion that urban sources of nighttime light pollution broadly affects migratory behavior. Link to article.
Considering Forest and Grassland Carbon in Land Management. Forest and grassland ecosystems in the United States play a critical role in the global carbon cycle, and land management activities influence their ability to absorb and sequester carbon. These ecosystems provide a critical regulating function, offsetting about 12 to 19 percent of the Nation’s annual greenhouse gas emissions. The amount of carbon absorbed by, and stored within, a particular ecosystem can be affected by many factors related to land management, including land-use change, management activities, disturbance, the use of harvested wood, and climate. The long-term capacity of forest ecosystems to absorb and sequester carbon depends in large part on their health, productivity, resilience, and ability to adapt to changing conditions. This report describes the role of forest and grassland ecosystems in the carbon cycle and provides information for considering carbon as one of many objectives for land management activities. Link to article.
The Gulf Coast Vulnerability Assessment: Mangrove, Tidal Emergent Marsh, Barrier Islands, and Oyster Reef. The GCVA used an expert opinion approach to qualitatively assess the vulnerability of four ecosystems: mangrove, oyster reef, tidal emergent marsh, and barrier islands, and a suite of wildlife species that depend on them. Vulnerability in this context incorporates the aspects of exposure and sensitivity to threats, coupled with the adaptive capacity to mitigate those threats. Potential impact and adaptive capacity reflect natural history features of target species and ecosystems. More than 50 individuals participated in the completion of the GCVA, facilitated via Ecosystem and Species Expert Teams. Link to article.
Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change: A National Experiment in Manager-Scientist Partnerships to Apply an Adaptation Framework. The Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change (ASCC) project was designed to respond to barriers for forest managers to operationalizing climate adaptation strategies by providing a multi-region network of replicated operational-scale research sites testing ecosystem-specific climate change adaptation treatments across a gradient of adaptive approaches, and introducing conceptual tools and processes to integrate climate change considerations into management and silvicultural decision making. Researchers present the framework of the ASCC project, highlight the implementation process at two of the study sites, and discuss the contributions of this collaborative science-management partnership. Link to article.
Large conservation gains possible for global biodiversity facets. A recent publication finds that major gains in global biodiversity can be achieved if an additional 5 percent of land is set aside to protect key species. Scientists at Yale University and the University of Grenoble said such an effort could triple the protected range of those species and safeguard their functional diversity. The findings underscore the need to look beyond species numbers when developing conservation strategies. Link to article.
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Tribal News
Survey Evaluating Collaboration Between Indigenous Peoples and Climate Scientists.
See full description under Partner News.
This project is supported by the National Science Foundation and ultimately aims to support Tribal empowerment to use climate science to support Indigenous self-determination and climate change planning. If you are either a tribal member or work for a climate service organization, please consider filling out this survey.
Hiring Announcement: The Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe is looking to hire a Natural Resource Climate Change Specialist in Darrington, WA. The Natural Resource Climate Change Specialist will provide technical expertise and coordination support to develop and integrate Tribal priorities regarding climate change. Take lead in developing strategies to adapt to climate change effects on Tribal treaty resources. Work directly with Natural Resource Department personnel and partnering entities to develop and implement the Tribe’s natural resource projects (some of which are already climate change based). Develop climate change related projects and secure funding source to implement projects. Learn more.
Tribal Climate Technical Support Desk. As part of the Building Tribal Capacity for Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment project, the Climate Impacts Group is hosting a technical support desk which will respond to as-needed tribal queries regarding the vulnerability assessment and adaptation process. This service is relevant and available to approximately 90 tribes within Northwest and Great Basin geographies. The support desk is supported by funding from the Northwest Climate Science Center and the Great Basin Landscape Conservation Cooperative. Learn more.
US joins UN resolution to protect human rights from climate change. June 23, 2017. By Sébastien Duyck. “The US said climate change had “a range of implications for the effective enjoyment of human rights”, in a departure from recent diplomacy and Trump’s rhetoric.” The UN Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution that calls for the protection of human rights from the impacts of climate change, with the support of the US. Learn more.
Indigenous Climate Justice Teaching Materials & Advanced Bibliography. This page has introductory writings and reviews on Indigenous peoples and climate justice, and an advanced bibliography of sources published on the broad topic of Indigenous peoples and climate change. Learn more.
Tribal Climate Camp. The Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI), Institute for Tribal Government (ITG), United South and Eastern Tribes (USET), and the Department of the Interior’s (USDI) Northwest Climate Science Center (NW CSC) and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) are collaborating to offer Tribal Climate Camp to support teams of tribal leaders, climate change coordinators, planners, and program managers to build skills, gather information, and develop tribal policy needed to address climate change impacts. July 30 – Aug 4, 2017. University of Washington, Pack Forest Conference Center, Eatonville, Washington. Learn more.
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Partner News
LCC News
Appalachian LCC
Land Trusts: Bringing Landscape-Scale Resources to Local Communities. Learn more.
A National Experiment in Manager-Scientist Partnerships to Apply an Adaptation Framework. Learn more.
NatureServe Enhances LandScope Chesapeake Conservation Tool with New Data and Content. Learn more.
Caribbean LCC
Joint Meeting: Florida Entomological Society Annual Meeting and Caribbean Food Crop Society Annual Meeting. Learn more.
A Tale of Two Watersheds. Learn more.
Gulf Coast Prairie LCC
Statewide Quail Symposium for Texas Aug. 16-18, 2017. Learn more.
Meet the Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute. Learn more.
Coastal Prairie Partnership “Power Series”. Learn more.
Gulf Coastal Plains & Ozarks LCC
3 positions with SCA still open. Learn more.
Farewell to the LCCs – but not to the Southeast! – letter from Cynthia Edwards. Learn more.
State of the GCPO Progress Update: Upland Hardwoods Assessment for Review. Learn more.
Peninsular Florida LCC
Florida State Wildlife Grants Announced – Applications due July 14, 2017. Learn more.
Recap: Marine/Estuarine Conservation Target Identification Workshops. Learn more.
South Atlantic LCC
Want to review some new plant/herp models for the South Atlantic this month? Learn more.
Upcoming Southeast Conservation Adaptation Strategy Symposium. Learn more.
The politics of uncertainty and an update from your cooperative. Learn more.
Partner News
Survey Evaluating Collaboration Between Indigenous Peoples and Climate Scientists. The project seeks to improve the quality of interaction and cooperation between Tribes and Climate Science Organizations in the U.S. Tribes are Indigenous peoples, whether U.S. federally-recognized, state-recognized or unrecognized. This project is both Tribally co-led and involves Indigenous persons as lead investigators. The project involves substantial training and professional growth experiences for Indigenous students at the College of Menominee Nation and training in Tribal collaboration and Indigenous research for non-Indigenous investigators and students associated with the Michigan State team. The project work and personnel are equally housed at the College of Menominee Nation and Michigan State. This project is supported by the National Science Foundation and ultimately aims to support Tribal empowerment to use climate science to support Indigenous self-determination and climate change planning. If you are either a tribal member or work for a climate service organization, please consider filling out this survey.
August 14 | Registration Open for the 2017 Tribal Lands and Environment Forum (TLEF) | Tulsa, OK. This year’s Tribal Lands and Environment Forum will be held at the COX Business Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, August 14-17, 2017. The Forum will feature trainings, field trips, and breakout sessions focused on solid/hazardous waste management, brownfields, UST/LUSTs, Superfund sites, and emergency response. Tribal water program topics will include breakout sessions, trainings, and field trips related to water quality, drinking water, and habitat restoration (including wetlands, streams, and fisheries). Register.
Nature Stewards. With the help from the NRCS Conservation Innovation Grants program and other partners, rice farmers in Arkansas and Mississippi have used innovative, sustainable water and nutrient management practices to reduce methane emissions and, for the first time, sell the carbon offsets to Microsoft. Get more detail from this Story Map.
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Webinars
Find more webinar information in our calendar.
July 17 | 3:00 PM-4:00 PM | Sagebrush Ecosystems in a Changing Climate: Key Opportunities for Adaptive Management
July 19 | 1:15 PM-2:45 PM | Applying Systems Thinking to Educate a Climate-Ready Workforce A Webinar For Educators and Employers
July 20 | 10:00 AM-11:00 AM | Integration of at-risk and range-restricted species models and strategic conservation information into the Blueprint
July 25 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Assessing Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Vulnerability to Climate Change
AUG 4 | 11:00 AM-12:00 PM | The AgBiz Logic suite of economic, financial, and environmental decision tools for businesses
AUG 10 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Timing the flood: sea level rise, tidal flooding and future exposure along America’s coasts
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Upcoming Events
July 27 | Planning for Regional Invasive Species and Climate Change (RISCC) Management Symposium | Amherst, MA
The first RISCC Management Symposium will be held at the UMass Amherst campus on July 27 and 28, 2017. The objective of the meeting will be to bring together natural resource managers and scientists to discuss how climate change might affect invasion risk in the northeastern region and to identify ways to translate research into management action. Learn more.
Aug 7-11 | Data Matters: Data Science Short Course Series | Hunt Library, NCSU
Data Matters is a week-long series of one and two-day courses aimed at professionals in business, research, and government. If you are struggling to stay afloat in the data deluge, grappling with large, complex data, or simply want to sharpen your data science skills, Data Matters is for you. Expert instructors from across the country teach courses on topics such as information visualization, data curation, data mining and machine learning, programming in R, system dynamic and agent-based modeling, and more. Learn more.
August 14 | Registration Open for the 2017 Tribal Lands and Environment Forum (TLEF) | Tulsa, OK
This year’s Tribal Lands and Environment Forum will be held at the COX Business Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, August 14-17, 2017. The Forum will feature trainings, field trips, and breakout sessions focused on solid/hazardous waste management, brownfields, UST/LUSTs, Superfund sites, and emergency response. Tribal water program topics will include breakout sessions, trainings, and field trips related to water quality, drinking water, and habitat restoration (including wetlands, streams, and fisheries). Register.
Aug 15 | Communicating Climate Change: A Research Based Approach Workshop | Georgetown, SC
The North Inlet-Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve is hosting a free Communicating Climate Change workshop. The workshop’s purpose is to improve your skills in creating messages that resonate and communicate about climate change and natural resource issues. Learn more.
Sept 14 | 2017 Confluence Conference | Charleston, SC
The 2017 Confluence Conference will occur on September 14-15, 2017 in Charleston, SC at the Francis Marion Hotel. The conference is organized by the Georgia Association of Water Professionals, NC Water Resources Research Institute, South Carolina Section of AWWA, and the Water Environment Association of South Carolina. The theme of the conference this year is “Protecting our water resources, are you up to the challenges?” Attendees are primarily from water utilities and agencies that work every day to protect drinking water supplies and the environment. Learn more.
Oct 29 | SEAFWA 71st Annual Conference | Louisville, KY
Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Annual Conference provides a forum for the presentation of information and exchange of ideas regarding the management and protection of fish and wildlife resources throughout the nation but with emphasis on the Southeast. Learn more.
Nov 1 | 2017 Albemarle-Pamlico Ecosystem Symposium | Raleigh, NC
A one-day event where stakeholder groups come together to discuss how we can continue to identify, protect, and restore the resources of the Albemarle-Pamlico region. Nov. 1, Raleigh, NC. Learn more.
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Opportunities
Hiring Announcements
Hiring Announcement: Postdoctoral Associate in Ecological Modeling Strategic Conservation Assessment of Gulf Coast Landscape. The position will involve incorporating data into a decision support system to identify priority areas for voluntary land acquisition, easements, or other conservation incentives throughout the Gulf Coast Region. Using ecological models and multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA), the Postdoctoral Associate will develop a web-based decision support tool that stakeholders can use to investigate conservation priorities. Learn more.
Hiring Announcement: CIRES/Regional Drought Information Systems Coordinator. The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) and the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) are seeking a full-time Regional Drought Information Systems Coordinator to work as part of an interdisciplinary team as the coordinator for selected regional NIDIS drought early warning information systems. NIDIS is a federal interagency and interstate effort to establish a national drought early warning information system in the U.S. Learn more.
Hiring Announcement: The Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe is looking to hire a Natural Resource Climate Change Specialist in Darrington, WA. The Natural Resource Climate Change Specialist will provide technical expertise and coordination support to develop and integrate Tribal priorities regarding climate change. Take lead in developing strategies to adapt to climate change effects on Tribal treaty resources. Work directly with Natural Resource Department personnel and partnering entities to develop and implement the Tribe’s natural resource projects (some of which are already climate change based). Develop climate change related projects and secure funding source to implement projects. Learn more.
Research Grants
NC Sea Grant | Partnership Fellowship
North Carolina Sea Grant and the Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership are accepting applications for the 2017 Graduate Fellowship in Estuarine Research. The fellowship will support one graduate student based in North Carolina and Virginia to conduct applied research within the North Carolina portion of the APNEP management boundary. Applications due by 4 p.m. Monday, July 31, 2017.
EPA RESTORE | Northwest Florida Estuary Program
This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits proposals to develop and stand up a place-based estuary program encompassing one or more of the following bays in Florida’s northwest panhandle region: Perdido Bay, Pensacola Bay, Escambia Bay, Choctawhatchee Bay, St. Andrews Bay and Apalachicola Bay. The deadline is August 1, 2017.
EPA Gulf of Mexico Program | 2017 Gulf of Mexico Program Request for Proposals
The EPA will only consider funding projects that support one (or more) of the following four priority areas: water quality improvement; protect, enhance, and/or restore habitat; environmental education and outreach; and community resilience. In addition, the place of the project of performance must be in the Gulf of Mexico region (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida) and its watersheds, including their out-of-geographic region contributory watersheds. The deadline is August 4, 2017.
U.S. FWS | Tribal Wildlife Grants Program
Funding to provide assistance to tribal governments in programs that benefit wildlife and habitat of tribal cultural or traditional importance, including species that are not hunted or fished. Activities may include, but are not limited to, planning for wildlife and habitat conservation, fish and wildlife conservation and management actions, fish and wildlife related laboratory and field research, natural history studies, habitat mapping, field surveys and population monitoring, habitat preservation, conservation easements, and public education that is relevant to the project. The funds may be used for salaries, equipment, consultant services, subcontracts, acquisitions, and travel. Applications Due: September 1, 2017.
NEA | Our Town Grants
The grant program supports creative place-making projects that help to transform communities into lively, beautiful, and resilient places with the arts at their core. Creative place-making is when artists, arts organizations, and community development practitioners deliberately integrate arts and culture into community revitalization work – placing arts at the table with land-use, transportation, economic development, education, housing, infrastructure, and public safety strategies. The deadline is September 11, 2017.
U.S. FWS | Coastal Program
Funding to provide direct technical assistance and financial assistance to coastal communities and landowners to restore and protect fish and wildlife habitat on public and private lands. Projects should specify benefits for species and habitats considering the expected effects of climate change. FWS will favor conservation activities and projects that incorporate ecosystem adaptation and help coastal ecosystems and communities adapt to the effects of sea level rise and greenhouse gases. Applications Due: September 30, 2017.
Miscellaneous
Call for Papers for 98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, 7–11 January 2018
Communication is a dynamic, powerful, and essential part of the weather, climate, and water enterprise. Successful communication requires active engagement– not only thinking about what, when, where, how, why, and to whom we speak but also carefully listening to better understand and respond appropriately. Several sessions are relevant to the SE CSC partner community in the 13th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice: “Transforming Communication through Co-Production of Knowledge” & “Building Resilience to Weather and Climate Extremes Across Scales”. Conference Theme: “Transforming Communication in the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise”. Abstract submissions are due August 1, here.
The U.S. Geological Survey is requesting information from the land imaging community for user requirements for future Landsat systems. To view the RFI go to www.fedconnect.net, click on “Search Public Opportunities Only”, then choose search by “Reference Number” which is G17PS00634. Click on right side of the screen to view RFI document.”
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