U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

Narrative : . The South Carolina Lowcountry, along the southeastern coast of the state, includes important natural areas, such as the Francis Marion National Forest, Santee Coastal Reserve, ...

Narrative : . Disturbances are events that may result in short- or long-term changes in an ecosystem. Droughts and extreme weather may directly or indirectly cause disturbances to forests an ...

Narrative : . While efforts to lessen the impacts of climate change are underway, decision makers need to effectively engage communities in creating policies that help build adaptive capacit ...

Narrative : . This interactive NOAA website helps communities examine the impacts of coastal flooding, perform a flood assessment, determine potential stormwater impacts, and discover releva ...

Narrative : . This tool is a compilation of relatively easy-to-use online interactive tools, maps, and graphs to assist planners and emergency managers in Louisiana who are assessing their l ...

Narrative : . This web-based application identifies bridges, culverts, and road embankments that are vulnerable to damage from floods, estimates risk based on the vulnerability, and critical ...

Narrative : . Outdoor recreation provides substantial economic benefits to the United States. In particular, within Northern California and the Sierra Nevada regions the proportion of the po ...

Narrative : . Average moisture values were derived from historical data on precipitation and potential evapotranspiration. A z-score is a statistical method for assessing how different a val ...

Narrative : . Drought is summarized using the Cumulative Drought Severity Index (CDSI). This uses weighted frequencies of the self-calibrated Palmer Drought Severity Index (sc-PDSI) reported ...

Narrative : . The Northern Rocky Mountains Adaptation Partnership is a science-management partnership made up of 15 national forests in the U. S. Forest Service's Northern Region, three nati ...