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May 2025 Newsletter

May 20, 2025
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Southeast CASC News

Save the date! The 2025 Southeast CASC Regional Science Symposium will be Sept 9-11, 2025 in Asheville, NC. Watch the event page for updates.

There’s still time to register for our next science seminar on The Department of the Interior Nature-based Solutions Roadmap. Happening May 21 at 1pm.

Read our recently published Partnership Commitments to Tribal Nations and Indigenous Communities.

Former Global Change Research Fellows Jin Bai and Deja Perkins were honored at the N.C Wildlife Federation 60th Annual Governor’s Conservation Achievement Awards.

Clean Energy Bridge shares an opinion piece reflecting on the Transatlantic Partnerships event that brought together thought leaders from Rostock, Germany and Raleigh, North Carolina, around which 2024-25 Global Change Research Fellows hosted a global change seminar last year. 

Read our blog about how A Wetter, Hotter South is Changing the Economics of Forestry featuring 2022-23 Global Change Research Fellow, Austin Lamica’s research.

Caitlin Brett from the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission joined us on the SE CASC Podcast to talk about her work collecting bear hair on the NC Coastal Black Bear Project and the wild world of ecology fieldwork. 

Laura E. D’Acunto will join us for our June science seminar on Integrating Sea Level Rise Scenarios into Everglades Restoration Planning, happening June 18 at 1pm ET.

Congratulations to Paul Armsworth for being named a 2025 Fellow at the Ecological Society of America!

Adam Terando is a co-author on an article in Climactic Change on Projections of future climate for U.S. national assessments: past, present, future.

Karen McNeal is the co-author on two new articles on Connecting the Dots between Active Learning and Science Communication in the Graduate Classroom in Transformative Dialogues: Teaching and Learning Journal, and on the Benefits of a non-traditional science communication and internship experience in PLoS One.

Community News from the Southeast

Partners

As temperatures increase, OSHA explains how to prevent heat illness.

Yale Climate Connections sets out 30 tools to determine your flood risk in the U.S..

Audubon NC outlines Three Things You Should Do for Your Trees (and Birds) this Spring.

Yale Program on Climate Change Communication analysis from the Climate Change in the American Mind survey shows that a majority of registered voters want federal agencies to increase their efforts to protect people from the health harms of global warming.

Tribal

Visit USET Climate Change Headlines for updates and highlights from across the USET region.  

The Seminole Tribe details their repatriation efforts and #NoMoreStolenAncestors campaign.

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith has curated an Indigenous Art Exhibit at the Zimmerli Art Museum.

BBC reports on how alligators are breathing life into Florida’s Everglades at the Miccosukee Indian Reservation.

Gatherings

Webinars

Events

Find more events on our calendar.

Resources and Publications

Resources

  • NOAA Prepare Before Hurricane Season. Hurricane season starts June 1st. NOAA sets out steps to take to prepare for the upcoming hurricane season, like developing an evacuation plan, assembling disaster supplies, getting an insurance checkup, creating a communications plan, and strengthening your home.
  • NC Flood Inundation Mapping and Alert Network (FIMAN). This tool displays current and forecasted water levels from hundreds of monitored locations throughout North Carolina. This includes flood inundation maps, flooding impacts, and alert warnings based on rainfall and water level data. There’s also the option for users to sign up for a text or email flood alert system.

Publications

Applications of species distribution modeling and future needs to support marine resource management. ICES Journal of Marine Science

Authors explore how species distribution models (SDMs) have been used for ocean management needs. They explore past usage for management activities, marine spatial planning, survey optimization, and interfacing with ecosystem and climate models. They also point out information needs and call for a community of practice around SDM development and use.

Reflections on preparing regional chapters for NCA5. Climatic Change

Regional chapter authors from NCA5 provide reflections on the process and identify best practices for developing an effective regional chapter. They offer recommendations to improve future regional chapters including possible revision of regional boundaries, inclusion of authors from underrepresented regions on national-scale topic chapters, cross-chapter engagement, a communications plan for the post-release period, and better coordination with sub-national climate assessments.

Urbanization results in highly dynamic, degraded benthic macroinvertebrate communities in North Carolina streams. Hydrobiologia

Macroinvertebrate communities from urban stream sites were compared to those from highly forested stream sites to determine how urban land cover impacts in-stream communities. The authors found that urban streams were degraded and lacked richness, diversity, and pollution tolerance relative to the forested streams. They also analyzed the urban streams across 20 years of development and found that species compositions differed significantly, with pollution-tolerant species replacing other tolerant species.

Opportunities

Student Announcements

Hocshule Ansbach in Germany is offering a free English-language masters in science communication for those who qualify for a German visa. Apply by May 31.

Hiring Announcements

The National Caucus of Environmental Legislators is hiring a Communications Manager. Apply by May 30.

The National Parks Conservation Association is hiring a Senior Program Manager. Apply by June 12.

University of Virginia is hiring a Sustainable Labs Manager. Open until filled.

Cornell University is hiring an Assistant Professor in Landscape-based Approaches to Climate Resilience. Open until filled.

Funding Announcements

The Spencer Foundation seeks proposals for the Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program. Due by May 30.

The Mountain Research Initiative has put out a call for 2025-26 Synthesis Activities. Due by June 6.

NFWF requests proposals for the 2025 Cumberland Plateau-Southern Appalachians Stewardship Fund. Due by July 16.