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Climate Impacts on Agriculture According to the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group, Washington crops and livestock will be affected by climate change through warming temperatures, rising atmospheric carbon dioxide, increasing water stress and declining availability of irrigation water. The Climate Impacts Group is widely recognized for scientific discovery, as an experienced creator of impartial & actionable…

How Do Farmers Think about Climate Risk? *In this study, Vermont farmers identified many site-specific risks that they associate with extreme weather and climate change. From their standpoint, these risks are not new. Rather, they represent familiar risks that are being intensified by recent climate changes.What do farmers worry about? Flooding and erosion. They were especially…

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Other great examples of landscape conservation collaboration The Chesapeake Conservancy as an example of a partnership that brought together 80 conservation partners across the watershed. Their model of participation and open access allowed the partnership to fit in a multitude of priorities and move forward on multi-benefit conservation. The Open Space Institute spearheading capital campaigns, land acquisitions, and park…

30 x 30 for Nature Senator Tom Udall in October 2019 introduced a Senate resolution expressing the need for the federal government to establish the “30 by 30” goal making science the foundation of conservation decisions, sequestering carbon and greenhouse gases in US lands and oceans, and addressing environmental justice issues. The Senate resolution is part of a…

Restoring America the Beautiful With Restoring America the Beautiful, our country is set to pursue a goal of conserving at least 30 percent of our lands and waters by 2030. Many say, “What better way to put millions of Americans to work than by investing in the collaborative restoration of America’s forests, wetlands, grasslands, shrublands, waterways,…