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Predicted Effects of Climate Change on Inland Fishes of California

Freshwater fishes are highly vulnerable to human-caused climate change, resulting in rapid changes in status. Because quantitative data on status and trends are unavailable for most fish species, a rapid assessment approach that incorporates expert knowledge is needed to assess current status and future vulnerability. In this study, we present a method that allows systematic evaluation of potential climate change effects on freshwater fishes, using California as an example. The method uses expert knowledge of the authors, supported by literature reviews of status and biology of the fishes, to score ten metrics for both (1) current status of each species (baseline vulnerability to extinction) and (2) likely future...

Categories: Data; Tags: Completed, LCC Network Science Catalog, data.gov California LCC, environment, geographicDataset

The Tongass National Forest has identified resources that are important to stakeholders and vulnerable to climate-related stressors. Cooperators will review an action plan and convene a workshop to be held in Southeast Alaska in 2016. The workshop will foster collaboration between scientists, managers, and stakeholders. Workshop goals include: sharing information about climate-related stressors and effects on NPLCC Priority Resources in the Tongass National Forest; developing strategic priorities for improving understanding, reducing risks, and increasing adaptive capacity and resilience; coordinating support for increasing knowledge and informing resource managers

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2015, AK-0, AK-00, Alaska, Alaska, All tags... Alaska, Alaska, Anadromous fish, Applications and Tools, Applications and Tools, Change in air temperature and precipitation, Climate Change, Conservation Design, Conservation Design, Conservation Planning, Conservation Planning, Datasets/Database, Federal resource managers, Federal resource managers, Hydrologic regime shift, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, LCC Network Science Catalog - LCCScienceCatalog, Monitoring, Monitoring, NPLCC, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Priority A. Effects of hydrologic regime shifts, Priority D. Hydrologic regime changes on anadromous fish, Project, Report, Report, State agencies, State agencies, Tongass Forest, Tongass Forest, Tongass Forest, Tongass National Forest, Tongass National Forest, Training/Outreach/Workshop, Training/Outreach/Workshop, Tribes, Tribes, aquatic resources, aquatic resources, aquatic resources, aquatic resources, climate change, climate change, hydrologic regime shifts, hydrologic regime shifts, hydrologic regime shifts, hydrologic regimes, onGoing, Fewer tags

Restoring Walker Meadows: Assessment and Prioritization

Purpose:The purpose of this Walker Basin Meadows Condition Report is twofold. First, it provides condition data and explains why the Walker Working Group chose the first set of meadows as the top priority for restoration. Second, the working group will use information presented here to plan subsequent restoration efforts once the first group of meadows is restored.Introduction:Meadows of the Walker River basin are an extremely valuable component of the landscape. Meadows provide diverse habitat, including habitat critical to endangered species. They reduce peak flows during storms and soak up spring runoff, recharging groundwater supplies. Meadows filter sediment, provide forage, and are important cultural and recreational...

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Potential Factors Affecting Survival Differ by Run-Timing and Location: Linear Mixed-Effects Models of Pacific Salmonids (Oncorhynchus spp.) in the Klamath River, California

Understanding factors influencing survival of Pacific salmonids (Oncorhynchus spp.) is essential to species conservation, because drivers of mortality can vary over multiple spatial and temporal scales. Although recent studies have evaluated the effects of climate, habitat quality, or resource management (e.g., hatchery operations) on salmonid recruitment and survival, a failure to look at multiple factors simultaneously leaves open questions about the relative importance of different factors. We analyzed the relationship between ten factors and survival (1980–2007) of four populations of salmonids with distinct life histories from two adjacent watersheds (Salmon and Scott rivers) in the Klamath River basin, California....

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Trout Unlimited Conservation Success Index: California Salmon Analyses

Trout Unlimited developed the Conservation Success Index (CSI) in order to become more strategic and effective in our conservation efforts. Using the CSI, we can quantify and map the conservation status of all native coldwater fishes so that comparisons of existing condition, threats, future security, and management opportunities can be made across watersheds, river basins, and entire species. This enables us to deliver conservation in context. The CSI integrates population data from various assessments completed by state and federal agencies with spatial data on habitat and threats gathered by TU scientists to create a common analytical framework applicable to all coldwater fishes. The basic components of...

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: California, Effects of changes in hydrologic regimes on anadromous fish, Effects of hydrologic regime shifts on rivers, streams, and riparian corridors, NPLCC, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, All tags... Southern Oregon, Watershed Condition, Fewer tags