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CASC news announcements highlight news from across the CASC network, including new research, upcoming webinars, job postings, and events at the National and regional CASCS. The CASCs also produce original feature stories profiling project success stories, high-interest data products, and CASC scientists.

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Examining Environmental Factors’ Influence on Amphibian Populations in Puerto Rico

Examining Environmental Factors’ Influence on Amphibian Populations in Puerto Rico

A new publication by Southeast CASC researchers discusses the impact of physical and habitat factors on four Coqui frog species. 

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Prioritizing Forest Health Investments

Prioritizing Forest Health Investments

With support from the Southwest CASC, the Science Advisory Panel to the California Forest Management Task Force has published a report that reviews...

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Project Spotlight: Pacific Islands CASC Supports Drought Community of Practice in Hawai’i

Project Spotlight: Pacific Islands CASC Supports Drought Community of Practice in Hawai’i

The Pacific Drought Knowledge Exchange, supported by the Pacific Islands CASC, connects island resource managers with localized climate data to create...

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Job Opportunity: Project Tracking, Systems Management & User Experience

Job Opportunity: Project Tracking, Systems Management & User Experience

The National CASC is seeking to hire a student or recent graduate, part-time, to support project tracking, systems management, and user experience...

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Scientist Spotlight: Douglas Beard & Global Inland Fisheries

Scientist Spotlight: Douglas Beard & Global Inland Fisheries

Learn about the work, research, and career path of Douglas Beard, Chief of the National Climate Adaptation Science Center. 

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How a Southwest CASC Researcher Thinks like a Folkorist

How a Southwest CASC Researcher Thinks like a Folkorist

Borderlore online journal describes how Alison Meadow forms relationships with the communities she works with who are adapting to a changing climate...

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Providing a Framework for Species Status Assessments of Southeastern Grassland Ecosystems

Providing a Framework for Species Status Assessments of Southeastern Grassland Ecosystems

Southeast CASC researchers produced a scientific needs assessment for southeastern grassland species and ecosystems that is intended to help guide...

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Project Spotlight: Southeast CASC Project Contributes to Successful Barrier Island Restoration

Project Spotlight: Southeast CASC Project Contributes to Successful Barrier Island Restoration

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Congress directed the Mobile District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to repair Mississippi barrier islands as a first...

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Southwest CASC Jointly Founds New Community of Practice for Fire and Climate Adaptation

Southwest CASC Jointly Founds New Community of Practice for Fire and Climate Adaptation

The Southwest CASC and the Southwest Fire Science Consortium jointly initiated the Southwest Fire and Climate Adaptation Partnership (SWFireCAP), an...

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Data Spotlight: Diving into the Fish and Climate Change Database (FiCli)

Data Spotlight: Diving into the Fish and Climate Change Database (FiCli)

National CASC researchers and colleagues have developed the Fish and Climate Change Database (FiCli) as a searchable directory of peer-reviewed...

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Fish Rescue Programs as a Climate Adaptation Strategy for Vulnerable Coho Salmon

Fish Rescue Programs as a Climate Adaptation Strategy for Vulnerable Coho Salmon

Northwest CASC-supported researchers have produced an application that evaluates a strategy to help the endangered Coho salmon adapt to drought.

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New Indicator Framework Emphasizes Importance of Ecological and Social Factors to Rangelands and Pastures

New Indicator Framework Emphasizes Importance of Ecological and Social Factors to Rangelands and Pastures

Scientists funded in part by the North Central CASC recently developed a framework of ecological, demographic, and economic indicators to help...

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