Education

To advance climate adaptation science and increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM fields, the Climate Adaptation Scientists of Tomorrow Undergraduate Research Experience brings undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty together with CASC partners to cultivate the next generation of climate scientists. 

The CASC network has supported over 200 students and early-career scientists through 10+ fellowship and training programs. Participants conduct groundbreaking research on climate change impacts and adaptation, develop skills in science communication and partner engagement, and build networks of peers and mentors to support future career development.

Regional CASCs develop training programs to provide working professionals with the appropriate knowledge and skills they need to make climate-informed decisions, centered around the specific climate and resource management challenges of their regions. 

The USGS and the CASC network support a wide range of K-12 educational materials teaching about climate change impacts and climate adaptation strategies. Find resources for place-based lesson plans, data tools, climate illustrations, etc. in the links below. Stay tuned - more resources are always in development!

USGS is asking citizen scientists for help in better understanding turtle and tortoise populations throughout the Southeast United States.

Grizzly bear were nearly extirpated in the U.S. in recent centuries. Today, 4 populations are recovering in the U.S. Northern Rockies. Population connectivity is a conservation goal, as is reestablishing a population in the Bitterroot Ecosystem (Central Idaho and Western Montana).   

The Wildlife Biology Program (WBIO) at University of Montana is among the top-ranked wildlife programs in North America. In 2016, Academic Analytics ranked UM’s WBIO as the top program in the nation based on faculty research productivity.  WBIO comprises 24 faculty and approximately 350 undergraduate and 65 graduate students.  Based on current data, students in WBIO come from 44 states.

A collection of thoughtful essays, short stories, creative writing, original artwork, personal essays, and poetry. The future of conservation will be dependent on the heart as on the head, on art as well as science, on the beautiful and the good as well as the true, and that we need to find new and innovative ways to communicate with a public that is increasingly isolated from the natural world.

Shellfish are central to Washington State’s culture, marine ecosystems, and coastal economies. Washington is the nation’s leading producer of farmed clams, oysters, and mussels, contributing approximately $184 million to the State economy, supporting over 1,900 jobs, and supplying fresh shellfish to consumers around the globe.

The Unit model facilitates opportunities for working across state lines (transboundary and large landscape research). This approach is increasingly important due to the increasing complexity of natural resource management whereby problems often cannot be solved in one state alone or require a broad understanding of the true population level effects to appropriately manage at the local scale.

The loss of ecosystem services due to climate change and coastal development is projected to have significant impacts on local economies and conservation of natural resources. Consequently, there has been an increase in coastal management activities such as living shorelines, oyster reef restoration, marsh restoration, beach and dune nourishment, and revegetation projects.

The Adélie penguin is a sea-ice species so ocean habitats in the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica are crucial during all stages of the species annual cycle. Changes in wind, temperature, and sea ice patterns in some of the more northern regions of the species range in are causing reductions in the size and distribution of Adélie penguin breeding colonies.