Assessing the use of climate change information in State Wildlife Action Plans
Abstract Assessing how climate change information is used in conservation planning is an important part of meeting long‐term conservation and climate adaptation goals. In the United States, state agencies responsible for fish and wildlife management create State Wildlife Action Plans (SWAPs) to iden...
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| author | Heather M. Yocum Deanna Metivier Sassorossi Andrea J. Ray |
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| description | Abstract Assessing how climate change information is used in conservation planning is an important part of meeting long‐term conservation and climate adaptation goals. In the United States, state agencies responsible for fish and wildlife management create State Wildlife Action Plans (SWAPs) to identify conservation goals, prioritize actions, and establish plans for managing and monitoring target species and habitats. We created a rubric to assess and compare the use of climate change information in SWAPs for 10 states in the Intermountain West and Great Plains. Interviews with SWAP authors identified institutional factors influencing applications of climate change information. Access to professional networks and climate scientists, funding support for climate change vulnerability analysis, Congressional mandates to include climate change, and supportive agency leadership facilitate using climate change information. Political climate could either support or limit options for using this information. Together, the rubric and the interview results can be used to identify opportunities to improve the use of climate information, and to identify entry points to support conservation planning and natural resource managers in successful adaptation to climate change. This research is directly relevant to future SWAP revisions, which most states will complete by 2025, and more broadly to other conservation planning processes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5905c6b55e1b4ffab287b8484ab673d42022-12-21T19:23:14ZengWileyConservation Science and Practice2578-48542022-03-0143n/an/a10.1111/csp2.608Assessing the use of climate change information in State Wildlife Action PlansHeather M. Yocum0Deanna Metivier Sassorossi1Andrea J. Ray2Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences University of Colorado Boulder Boulder Colorado USAForestry and Environmental Resources North Carolina State University Raleigh North Carolina USAPhysical Sciences Laboratory National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Boulder Colorado USAAbstract Assessing how climate change information is used in conservation planning is an important part of meeting long‐term conservation and climate adaptation goals. In the United States, state agencies responsible for fish and wildlife management create State Wildlife Action Plans (SWAPs) to identify conservation goals, prioritize actions, and establish plans for managing and monitoring target species and habitats. We created a rubric to assess and compare the use of climate change information in SWAPs for 10 states in the Intermountain West and Great Plains. Interviews with SWAP authors identified institutional factors influencing applications of climate change information. Access to professional networks and climate scientists, funding support for climate change vulnerability analysis, Congressional mandates to include climate change, and supportive agency leadership facilitate using climate change information. Political climate could either support or limit options for using this information. Together, the rubric and the interview results can be used to identify opportunities to improve the use of climate information, and to identify entry points to support conservation planning and natural resource managers in successful adaptation to climate change. This research is directly relevant to future SWAP revisions, which most states will complete by 2025, and more broadly to other conservation planning processes.https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.608adaptation planningCentral United Statesclimate changeclimate change vulnerabilityconservation planningNorthern Great Plains |
| spellingShingle | Heather M. Yocum Deanna Metivier Sassorossi Andrea J. Ray Assessing the use of climate change information in State Wildlife Action Plans Conservation Science and Practice adaptation planning Central United States climate change climate change vulnerability conservation planning Northern Great Plains |
| title | Assessing the use of climate change information in State Wildlife Action Plans |
| title_full | Assessing the use of climate change information in State Wildlife Action Plans |
| title_fullStr | Assessing the use of climate change information in State Wildlife Action Plans |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing the use of climate change information in State Wildlife Action Plans |
| title_short | Assessing the use of climate change information in State Wildlife Action Plans |
| title_sort | assessing the use of climate change information in state wildlife action plans |
| topic | adaptation planning Central United States climate change climate change vulnerability conservation planning Northern Great Plains |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.608 |
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