U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Combine Mitigation with Capacity Building. This Minnesota tribal community—which subscribes to the Seven Generations philosophy—is taking action to reduc ...

Mescalero Apache Tribe Adapts to a Warmer and Drier Climate. In the face of a changing climate, the Tribe is building capacity—and climate resilience—through forestry management, habitat protection, a ...

Incorporating Climate Change Into a New Forest Management Plan. Facing sea level rise, increasing numbers of wildfires, and encroachment of invasive species, managers of a national forest chose to int ...

Anticipating and Preventing the Spread of Invasive Plants. Finding and eradicating invasive plants is a tough job that requires constant vigilance. County-scale maps that show where invasive plants ar ...

Sediment Strategy Seeks to Save Salt Marsh Species. One of Southern California's few remaining tidal marshes—and the habitat it provides for marine life and endangered birds—is threatened by sea level ...

Climate Data Inform Recovery Plan for Endangered Butterfly. After a butterfly species disappeared from a location where it had been found for many years, conservation professionals accessed climate pr ...

Charting Colorado's Vulnerability to Climate Change. Responding to growing awareness of climate change impacts, the State of Colorado commissioned two of its universities to complete an initial study ...

Saving Tidal Marshes in the San Francisco Bay. As sea level rises, wetlands and marshes must move inland, or drown. The Sonoma Land Trust is using innovative strategies to restore and enhance marshlan ...

An Integrated Plan for Water and Long-Term Ecological Resilience. Recognizing their vulnerability to drought and climate change, federal, state, tribal, and local partners in Washington's Yakima River ...

Hot-Cold Map Provides Blueprint for Protecting Ecosystems. A regional conservation partnership in Massachusetts needed to update their approach to evaluating land acquisitions. Adding the complexity o ...