Nps Cccg Nov.meeting.draft

8/3/2019 Nps Cccg Nov.meeting.draft

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Four Key Elements defined in NPS ClimateChange Strategy

Science

Adaptation

Communication

Mitigation


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The NPS adapts to climate change and effectively preserves and restorespark resources and opportunities for visitor enjoyment. Throughcollaboration with our employees, partners, and the public the NPSteaches and promotes climate change science and applies the bestmanagement practices and sustainable behaviors toward reducing climatechange and its impacts.

To Achieve this, the NPS will:

Participate fully in partnerships that increase scientific understanding of climate change andits effects

Analyze potential climate change impacts and adaptively apply the information to improveplanning, resource conservation, and visitor experience

Set high standards for energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions reduction

Communicate broadly about climate change science and its impacts and the actions that canbe taken to mitigate and adapt


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Goal 1: Use the best available scientific data andknowledge to inform decision making about climatechange.

Goal 2: Collaborate with partners to develop, test, and

appropriately apply climate change models to NPSactivities.

Goal 3: Inventory and monitor key attributes of the naturalsystems, cultural resources, and visitor experiences likely

to be affected by climate change.Goal 4: Use best available science to evaluate andmanage greenhouse gas storage and emissions innational parks.


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The National Park Service is working with

international organizations on climate changescience.


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The National Park Services is also working with

many federal and state and university partnerson climate change science.


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photo P. Gonzalez

Joshua Tree NP

Suitable habitat1930-1969

Vulnerability2070-2099

Cole et al. in press

Objective : To answer resource

management questions and contribute toscientific knowledge

Focus Areas: Detection of changes, attribution of

causes Vulnerability Analyses Adaptation Planning and Implementation Forest Carbon and Ecosystem

Management

U.S. Global Change Research Program


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Enhanced Monitoring:

Focusing on 97 parks in high priority biomes (ex.High-latitude parks, high-elevation parks, desertparks, coastal parks)


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Natural Resource Information Portal:

Accelerating deployment of integrated data system

Network Climate Change Briefings:

WASO Initiatives I & M


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Engaging citizens in science

Monitoring and collecting data

Conducting individual research

Hosting GMW interns and fellows

Park and Field Initiatives


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Adaptation- Adjustment in natural or humansystems in response to actual or expected

climatic stimuli or their effects, which moderatesharm or exploits beneficial opportunities (IPCC, 2007)

Mitigation- Implementing policies to reducegreenhouse gas emissions and enhance sinks(IPCC, 2007)


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Draft

Marcy: the portion regarding the beyond naturalness workshop may be deleted.


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Main areas of focus:

Research Inventory and Monitoring toimprove understanding of climate andweather affects to coastal parks.

Cross directorate collaboration

Risk and vulnerability assessments(facilities and cultural resources)

Guidance and tools to help managerstake actions on the ground

Marcy: this slide and the next one need to be combined into a full introduction tothe areas of focus for adaptation. This slide has some good stuff on it.


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DOI LandscapeConservationCooperatives

DOIClimate

ScienceCenters

NPS -- working with partners on adaptation acrosslandscapes; participating in national and internationalresearch and strategy initiatives.

National Fish

Wildlife and PlantClimateAdaptationStrategy

USGCRP National andRegional Assessments

Intergovernmental Panelon Climate Change


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Janet Cakir SouthAtlantic LCC,socioeconomics focus

Amanda Babson NorthAtlantic LCC, marine and

coastal sciences focus

Stanton Enomoto traditional cultures and

practices

NCR/urbanlandscapes(to be filled)

Tom Olliff Great

Northern LCCco-lead

Ill reorganize this slide Intended to show NPS positions in LCCs andour emphasis on bringing complementary skills to the LCC teams notefrom Leigh this needs to be kept to one slide and only show the LCCpositions. Other leveraging should be demonstrated by the topics andexamples not through showing FTEsBert has been adamant aboutthis.


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Example Activities: Ice Archeology Project, Glacier NP

Prehistoric Mound Sites, Canaveral NS

Framework to Address Climate Impactson Cultural Resources, Pacific Islands

PWR Strategic Response

Vanishing Treasures Program

Cultural Resources VulnerabilityAssessment/Adaptation Plan, SER (FY12-13)

Assessing CC impacts to archeologicalresources, AKR (FY12-FY14)

Assisting partners: development of LCCCultural Resources white paper


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Example Activities: Linking vulnerability assessments,

scenario planning, and adaptation Fire Management Plan at SEKI

GMP at ASIS29 projects funded with climate changefunding FY10-FY12, including: California parks phenology project

Inventory salt marshes subject to sea level rise,

ACAD Assessing climate refugia and connectivity, big

horn sheep in parks of the SW

Pollinator (bee) population response in at-riskhabitats servicewide (at least 60 parks)


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FY2010 Appropriations Act

Conference Report

Urged the Council on

Environmental Quality (CEQ)

and the Department of the

Interior to develop a national,

government-wide strategy to

address climate impacts on fish,wildlife, plants and associated

ecological processes.

http://www.wildlifeadaptationstrategy.gov


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Coastal VulnerabilityAssessment in Parks

USGS evaluatingcoastal hazards atGOGA and PORE

Collaboration with NOAA, which provided support

from Dr. Maria Honeycutt on coastal climate scienceand adaptation for one year

Dr. Robert Young (author and Director, Program for the Studyof Developed Shorelines) working with the NPS for one yeardevelop options and strategies for coastal area park response tosea level rise and storms.


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Cat and Marcy: we need a final slide for this section that describes the end to endframework and gives some examples at minimum we need to highlight the SEKIfire management but would be good to give an idea of others in line with this.

Maybe ASIS.


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Climate change is being integrated at various levels(Foundation, RSS, DAB)

Include facilities, CR, NR, Visitor Experience

Science and decision tools (driver & impact tables,vulnerability assessments, scenarios) inform processes

Critical steps:

Incorporating CC in Planning

Document Reviews

Construction standards

Goal 5 - Incorporate climate changeconsiderations and responses in all levels of NPSplanning.


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REVISED FRAMEWORKFOR PARK PLANNING

From P Gregerson

Climate changeinformation can informeach component

Ad i S i Pl i


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Adaptation - Scenario Planning

Scenarios are stories that offer a range ofplausible future environments notpredictions, projections, or models

Provide a framework to support decisionsunder conditions that are uncertain, anduncontrollable

Graphics: GBN


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The SOCC and CCRP are developing a jointinitiative to assess risk in the coastal zone from

sea level rise and storms, and develop adaptationoptions.


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Goal 9 - Substantially reduce the NationalPark Systems carbon footprint from 2008

levels by 2016 through aggressive

commitment to environmentally preferableoperations.

Goal 10 -Integrate climate change mitigationinto NPS business practices.

Goal 11 - Promote biological carbonsequestration as a function of healthyecosystems.


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NPS Climate Leadershipin Parks (CLIP) Tool is

being used by otherfederal and state agencies(USFWS, USFS CA StateParks)

SOCC working with USFSand USFWS onsustainability datareporting and trackingsystem

Parks working with DOEs

Clean Cities Program


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Green Parks Plan

Energy and Water Management

Climate Friendly Parks

Sustainable Buildings

Pollution Prevention

Fleet Management


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GPP identifies NPS sustainability vision, and will be

the roadmap for mitigation goals in Climate ChangeResponse Strategy when released

GPP contains over 170 objectives, with energy andwater management goals prioritized

GPP stretches beyond federal requirements toestablish the NPS as leader in sustainable facilitymanagement and environmental compliance.


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NPS will double on-siterenewable energy generationin next two years

Audited over 150 parks forenergy and waterconsumption

Accelerating fleet greening Parks deploying EMS to

capture and trackaccomplishments


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Many parks haveset up their ownsustainability

newsletters tocommunicatesuccesses to staffand visitors


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National InitiativesFour key messages form the foundation of

servicewide communication efforts.


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National Products Bimonthly newsletter

Monthly webinar

11 bioregional talking

point summaries

Climate change briefs

Internal and public

websites

nrpcsharepoint/climatechange

www.nps.gov/climatechange
http://www.nps.gov/climatechange


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National Products Biannual Sustainability

Newsmagazine Climate Friendly Parks

action plans with

communication

component

Park video contest

Public websiteswww.nps.gov/climatefriendlyparks

www.nps.gov/sustainability

mygreenparks2.nps.gov


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TrainingA competency for front-line interpreters was

created in 2011 to give them the tools andconfidence they need to speak about climate

change.


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Connecting with YouthA series of WebRanger activities called Investigating

Global Connectionsreach kids K-12.


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A Network of ExhibitsBy networking exhibits across

the country they will sharecommon messages and

interactively connect to each

other so visitors in Florida can

also explore a similar exhibit inAlaska.


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National PartnershipsThe NPS partners with other agencies and

organizations to collaboratively communicate aboutclimate change. One example is the NSF-funded

Climate Change Education Partnership.


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Regional Products PWR developed a regional unigrid brochure on

climate change in Western parks NER has developed a regional climate change

strategy, including a communication section


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Park-level EngagementStaff Awareness

Everglades conducted a park-wideclimate change interp training.

Public Awareness

Staff at Yosemite are presentingpublic programs on climate change.

Engagement

Staff at Great Smokys host citizenscience programs to engage visitors,

volunteers, and local communities.


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Park-level EngagementAction

Some parks offer carbon offset stickers for purchaseas a way for visitors to be involved

Focus on Youth

Other parks focus on engaging the youth as a priorityaudience for climate change education.


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Next Steps Develop a national interpretive plan for climate

change Conduct a baseline assessment of staff

knowledge

Emphasize training Increase web

presence and

capability

Invest in citizen

science programs


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Rising Sea Levels and Coastal

Forests in the Everglades

Harmful Algal Blooms andClimate Change (OLYM)

Near Shore OceanAcidification in the ChanIslands

Effects of fire on Mercury

Transport (Mesa Verde)


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Interpreting ClimateChange at Cape Cod

Interpreting Climate Change

at North Cascades

Studying Greenhouse GasProduction in Alpine Soilsat Rocky MountainNational Park


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Climate Change Program

NPS Directorates

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