This report shows that the West is being affected by a changed climate more than any other part of the United States outside Alaska. Comparing average temperatures in the last five years to 20th century averages, the West has experienced 70 percent more warming than the world...
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Water   Agriculture   Wildlife/Forestry   Outdoor Recreation   Energy  

ABSTRACT: The paper reviews the potential for administrative problems/disputes associated with western prior appropriation water rights in those sub-regions experiencing increasingly early spring snowmelt and the lengthening of growing seasons. In those areas, potential...
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Water  

A Preliminary Assessment of Risks and Opportunities

In early 2006, Washington’s Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development and Department of Ecology commissioned the Climate Leadership Initiative (CLI) at the University of Oregon to analyze the current...
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Water   Agriculture   Wildlife/Forestry   Outdoor Recreation   Energy  

The Joint Front Range Climate Change Vulnerability Study - Metropolitan water providers along Colorado’s Front Range are concerned about the impact that climate change may have on their future water supply availability. To better understand the possible impacts of climate...
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Water  

In the face of accelerating climate change, a conservation effort of unprecedented magnitude and scope will be necessary to maintain viable populations of our fish and wildlife and the functioning ecosystems upon which they depend. The effects of climate change on ecosystems...
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Wildlife/Forestry   Outdoor Recreation  

In the American West, no other effect of climate disruption is as significant as how it endangers the region’s already scarce snow- packs and water supply. With the inherent vulnerability of the dry West to even small changes in the snow-water cycle, these risks alone...
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Water   Agriculture   Wildlife/Forestry  

Presentation by Nolan Doesken Colorado State Climatologist. Presented December 12, 2008.

Colorado Mean Annual Precipitation (1971-2000)

Water   Wildlife/Forestry  

The National Weather Service‟s Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service (AHPS) currently provides forecast information related to flooding on rivers throughout the United States (see [http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oh/ahps/] and click on “National River Conditions”). A database...
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Water   Agriculture   Wildlife/Forestry   Outdoor Recreation   Energy  

This regional assessment examines the impacts of temperature change from 1951-2006 on natural resources in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah. It documents that warming has already affected habitats, watersheds, and species in the Southwest, by influencing the timing of...
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Wildlife/Forestry  

Supporting information for the 2011 report: Managing Changing Landscapes in the Southwestern U.S.

Wildlife/Forestry  

October 7‐9 2010

Adaptation planning, tools & strategies for forest resiliency, climate vulnerability assessments, wildfire management, wildlife corridor conservation plans, & regional climate outlook.

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Presentation by Levi Brekke, US Department of the Interior. Front Range Group meeting, Denver Water, Denver, CO, 20 March 2009

Water  

Final Report of the Governor’s Climate Change Advisory Committee

Recognizing the profound consequences that global warming could have on the economy, environment, and quality of life in Montana, Governor Brian Schweitzer issued a letter on December 13, 2005,...
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Appendix A Letter From Governor Schweitzer; Appendix B Description of Climate Change Advisory Committee Process; Appendix C Members of Technical Work Groups; Appendix D Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Inventory and Reference Case Projections; Appendix E Methods for...
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Water   Agriculture   Wildlife/Forestry   Outdoor Recreation   Energy  

The following statement is adapted from a policy statement developed and approved by the Southern Group of State Foresters. This statement was endorsed by the NASF Forest Resource Management Committee on 1/14/09 and endorsed by the NASF Executive Committee on 03/10/09. It...
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Wildlife/Forestry  

The National Fish and Wildlife Climate Adaptation Strategy will provide a unified approach—reflecting shared principles and science-based practices—for reducing the impacts of climate change on fish, wildlife, plants, habitats, and associated ecological processes across...
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Water   Wildlife/Forestry   Outdoor Recreation  

In 2016, the National Park Service (NPS) will begin its second century of preserving the Nation’s natural and cultural heritage, a stewardship that now includes protection of more than 84 million acres within the National Park System. Global climate change threatens the...
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Wildlife/Forestry   Outdoor Recreation  

On April 10, 2007, Governor Jim Gibbons signed an executive order that created the Nevada Climate Change Advisory Committee (NCCAC). The executive order directed the Committee to propose recommendations by which Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions can be further reduced in...
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Water   Agriculture   Wildlife/Forestry   Energy  

Over the course of a year, through a process that engaged over 125 stakeholders and received input from over 200 citizens, the 29 members of Governor John Lynch’s Climate Change Policy Task Force developed this Climate Action Plan which is aimed at achieving the greatest...
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Water   Wildlife/Forestry   Energy  

Recognizing the profound implications that global warming and climate variation could have on the economy, environment and quality of life in the Southwest, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson signed Executive Order 05-33 on June 5th, 2005, establishing the New Mexico Climate...
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Water   Agriculture   Wildlife/Forestry   Outdoor Recreation   Energy