Warming Up to Adaptation: Big Bend National Park. This new video from the NPS Climate Change Response Program explores how future climate scenarios helped guide important decisions about how best to adapt water infrastructure. Click the image to watch.
With fire and flood, the climate crisis has forced itself into the public mind this summer. More than ever before, people are asking, "How should we respond?" This newsletter offers opportunities for you to join the climate conversation.
Upcoming Webinar:
The Risks of Managed Relocation
Wednesday, August 11, 2021 from 1:00–2:00 MDT.
A webinar exploring the risks of managed relocation. Some parks are considering helping sensitive species relocate to escape the worst of global warming but this approach is not without risks. There are potential downsides to both the species being moved and the recipient ecosystems. 
New Publication:
Should You Resist, Accept, or Direct?
"Ecosystem changes are expected to continue across many biomes even under scenarios with aggressive reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions."
A new article published recently in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment titled "Managing RADical Ecosystem Change" offers guiding principles for resisting, accepting, or directing the transformation of ecosystems.
Community Science Fellowship:
Community Science Helps NPS and Neighbors Understand Climate Change
Climate change affects everyone, including parks and local communities. Would you like to help a community do the science that helps it, and a park, understand climate change? NPS employees can get trained as Community Science Fellows through AGU’s Thriving Earth Exchange Program. Applications are due Sept. 7. See recorded webinar for details. 
Climate Change Conversations:

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