As California faces the effects of a changing climate, agricultural production will be challenged and its specialty crop industry may be uniquely vulnerable. To help producers cope with the effects…

An assemblage of key reforestation resources

This Forest Management Handbook is written specifically for small-parcel (10-100 acre) landowners in the Sierra Nevada and Southern Cascades Regions. It takes landowners through a step-by-step guide…

Beginning in 2018 and concluding in 2022, the USDA Northern Plains Climate Hub helped conduct a research and outreach project to explore the concept of "socio-ecological resilience" from…

The Healthy Forests briefs series, authored by the Science Advisory Panel of the California Governor’s Forest Management Task Force in collaboration with the USDA California Climate Hub and the USGS…

California’s forests are experiencing unprecedented stress and disturbances driven by multiple factors, including the effects of climate change. The Adaptation Strategies and Approaches for…

This soil-focused fact sheet series, which is intended for members of the technical assistance community who advise California growers on climate-smart agriculture, provides an overview of carbon…

Agricultural practices in California specialty crops offer opportunities to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and improve soil health and organic matter storage. Here, we review recent work on this…

A synthesis of key climate change sensitivities and risk management practices for forest vegetation, non-forest vegetation, water and infrastructure, fisheries and fish habitat, wetlands and riparian…