Management Actions from the Southwest Hub Region
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Livestock Ranching, Rangelands, and Resilience: Ensuring Adaptive Capacity in an Increasingly Variable Climate
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…
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Álamos de Los Gallegos Acequia Association (ALGAA): Enhancing Resilience, Environment, Security, and Water Rights
By implementing adaptation actions and education efforts with homeowners on the benefits of irrigation for biodiversity and land value, the ALGAA hopes to increase irrigation participation by…
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Adaptation Resources for Agriculture: Case Studies using the Adaptation Workbook
A series of case studies developed using Adaptation Resources for Agriculture in combination with the Adaptation Workbook
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2020 Jornada Virtual Symposium
The USDA Southwest Climate Hub team prepared flash presentations to showcase our climate adaptation projects. The Hub has three functional areas: 1) research, science synthesis, assessments, 2) tool…
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Haycamp Farm Case Study
Promoting biodiversity on and off-farm, as well as below and above ground, is of utmost importance to agricultural production and Haycamp Farm subscribes to organic production methods that emphasize…
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FireCLIME Vulnerability Assessment Tool
FireCLIME VA is a tool designed to assess ecosystem vulnerability to the effects of fire and climate regime change. It also facilitates the comparison of different ecosystem management strategies…
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Synthesis of Grazing and Water Management Strategies in the Great Basin
Many tribal and non-tribal ranchers throughout the Great Basin either lack water access, or experience water shortages for their cattle operations. These shortages can negatively impact livestock…
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Climate Risk Management Practices
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…
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Responding to Ecological Drought in the Intermountain Region
In March 2017, the Forest Service Intermountain Region held a drought adaptation workshop to share state-of-science information on drought and climate effects in the region, and develop management…
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Incised Stream Restoration in the Western U.S.
Stream erosion challenges and beaver-related restoration information for the western US.