U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

Tribal Community Partners with Researchers to Monitor Food and Climate. Residents of a rural Alaska village are studying their environment to understand and protect their food. Their research partners ...

Building Resilience in the Face of Ocean Acidification. The Alutiiq Pride Shellfish Hatchery in Seward, Alaska, is collaborating with federal and academic partners to measure the impacts of ocean acid ...

Starting the Climate Conversation: Using Scenario Planning to Promote Resilience in Beef Production. Beef producers shared their collective experiences with past weather, and then considered the futur ...

Drought Resiliency Planning Prepares Stakeholders for New Conditions. A national project inspired stakeholders in a rural area to document changing conditions and make a plan for drought. The effort l ...

Moving Forward Together: Building Tribal Resiliency and Partnerships. The four member tribes of the Upper Snake River Tribes Foundation collaborated on a Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment, resul ...

Better Soil, Better Climate. The soil health management system an Ohio farmer practices increases crop productivity, reduces costs for fertilizer and pesticides, and sequesters carbon in the soil. Bot ...

The Karuk's Innate Relationship with Fire: Adapting to Climate Change on the Klamath. Members of the Karuk Tribe in northern California maintain that the age-old tradition of prescribed burning holds ...

Oyster Growers Prepare for Changing Ocean Chemistry. As the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide, ocean acidity changes—inhibiting the growth of oysters. A new tool may be able to help oyster growers understa ...

Recognizing and Responding to Drought on Pacific Islands. Compared to other extreme events, drought is a relatively quiet disaster. On Pacific Islands, where water supply depends very directly on prec ...

Maine's Lobster Fishing Community Confronts Their Changing Climate. Participatory planning and system dynamics modeling help fishermen in coastal Maine make decisions to improve their bottom lines. ...