Forecasting Future Mesic Resource Vulnerability to Climate Change and Land Use Change in the Sagebrush Biome

Habitat management, Habitat restoration
Forecasting Future Mesic Resource Vulnerability to Climate Change and Land Use Change in the Sagebrush Biome

States

California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
FY25$50,000Rangewide

We will project the vulnerability of mesic resources 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
and drought under a suite of future scenarios using a novel vulnerability index developed jointly with stakeholders generating maps and a guidance document.