U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

Narrative : . Step 2 (Assess Vulnerability and Risk) of the Steps to Resilience helps communities pinpoint their main risks and vulnerabilities linked to primary hazards and assets. Using th ...

UVM Students Offer Real-World Climate Recommendations to Vermont Town. The town of Underhill, Vermont, is considering climate-change recommendations developed and presented by some intrepid University ...

Narrative : . We live in a changing world. Temperatures, precipitation patterns, and the amounts of annual snowpack are all changing. With these changes, there will be a host of effects on s ...

Narrative : . Bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus)—listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act—and cutthroat throat (Oncorhynchus clarkii) are two cold-water fish species that have ...

Narrative : . Temperatures in Alaska have risen 3 degrees Fahrenheit (1.7 °C) since the late 1970s, warming the state more than twice as rapidly as the rest of the United States. Temperature ...

Narrative : . Snow drought is a lack of snow in winter. Like other types of drought, it can be caused by a lack of precipitation. Uniquely, though, it can also be caused by warming temperatu ...

Narrative : . Rangelands are dominated by grasses, grass-like plants, and shrubs, and provide important habitats for wildlife and livestock. Rangelands are vulnerable to drought and extreme ...

Narrative : . In the western United States, wildfires have been burning larger areas of forest in recent years. Increasing fires inflict economic, environmental, and health costs on the Unit ...

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 ...