Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center Regional Science Symposium

Southeast CASC Regional Science Symposium
Sharing Science to Support Climate Adaptation

Goals of the Symposium:

• Support climate adaptation efforts by sharing science resources and tools and providing natural and cultural resource managers and regional experts with an opportunity to share lessons learned and best practices.
• Discuss and identify gaps and needs for actionable science that meets the requirements of managers for on-the-ground application.
• Provide a venue for researchers, managers, and other resource people to share information about current activities, plans, and opportunities for collaboration.

Who should attend:

• Researchers and managers working in the southeastern U.S., including the U.S. Caribbean, on climate impacts and adaptation for fish, wildlife, habitat, cultural resources.
• Decision makers and practitioners from state fish and wildlife agencies, federal organizations, Tribal Nations and Tribal organizations, NGOs.

Session topics will include:

• Climate exposure, impacts, and adaptation in the Southeast
• Terrestrial habitat and species impacts in forest and grassland landscapes
• Prescribed fire, wildfire, and land management
• Adaptation evaluation
• Bio-cultural community resources and adaptation
• Coastal resilience: Perspectives from the social sciences
• Ecosystem services
• Ecological role of winter temperature extremes in the Southeast
• Impacts to coastal & estuarine species’ habitats