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Adapt Oklahoma City, OK
beach with island in background

  • Photo attributed to Michael Oswald. This work has been released into the public domain by its author. No endorsement by licensor implied.

    • Adapting Sea Level Rise and Coastal Erosion Hawai'i

  • Courtesy of NBBJ

    • After Katrina, Health Care Facility's Infrastructure Rebuilt to Withstand Future Flooding

  • Aachor. CC BY-SA 3.0, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en, via Wikimedia Commons.

    • After Record-Breaking Rains, Texas Medical Center's Planning Improved Resilience
    a group of tree planters hiking

  • Photo attributed to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters. Incorporated here under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. No endorsement by licensor implied.

    • Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge/ Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula Climate Adaptation Project

  • Image provided on NOAA Sea Grant website.

    • Amending Land Use Codes for Natural Infrastructure Planning

  • Downtown Asheville at dusk. Image credit: Michael Tracey, public domain, via Flickr

    • Asheville Makes a Plan for Climate Resilience
    cape cod relative coastal vulnerability map

  • NPS, U.S. Geological Survey

    • Assessing the Relative Coastal Vulnerability of National Park Units to Sea Level Rise and Lake Level Changes
    seashore with beach grass
    Barnegat Bay Climate Change Adaptation Strategy Development
    Hooper Bay, Alaska with wind turbines and homes in the background

  • By Thester11 - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7880870

    • Boosting Community Storm Resilience in Alaska
    group of people pointing to a map on a table

  • Adam Whelchel, The Nature Conservancy

    • Bridgeport, Connecticut Climate Preparedness Workshops

  • City of Fort Collins, Colorado

    • Building Smart in the Floodplain
    buncombe county comprehensive plan cover
    Buncombe County, NC Comprehensive Plan
    charleston plan cover

  • Clockwise from top left: Clint McKoy (2019), Adam Kring (2019), Alex Durham (2019), Wes Hicks (2018)

    • Charleston, South Carolina - All Hazards Vulnerability & Risk Assessment
    charlotte flood risk assessment plan cover
    Charlotte, NC Flood Risk Assessment and Reduction Community Guidebook