Land Acquisition to Address Saltwater Intrusion Handout

Land Acquisition to Address Saltwater Intrusion Handout
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Land Acquisition to Address Saltwater Intrusion on Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge CART Case Study Handout

Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge created the Minor Boundary Modification land acquisition technique to allow removal of unsuitable land from acquisition boundaries and replacement with land appropriate for conservation to strategically adapt to climate change climate change
Climate change includes both global warming driven by human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases and the resulting large-scale shifts in weather patterns. Though there have been previous periods of climatic change, since the mid-20th century humans have had an unprecedented impact on Earth's climate system and caused change on a global scale.

Learn more about climate change impacts.

Read the full case study here: https://www.fws.gov/project/nature-based-solutions-land-acquisition-address-saltwater-intrusion

 

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