The NPLCC, Alaska Climate Science Center, and the NW Climate Science Center will jointly fund projects that support the development of climate change science and information relevant to the adaptation and management of subsistence/cultural resources. Funding Announcement #1 provides descriptions of eligible projects and application details. This action is included in the NPLCC Science/TEK Strategy Implementation Plan as Focused Activity #5. Applications are due to nplcc@fws.gov on 5/9/13 by 5:00 p.m. PDT.

The NPLCC has also released a second funding opportunity, Funding Announcement #2, for 4 additional actions. These actions are included in the NPLCC Science/TEK Strategy Implementation Plan under Focused Activities 2 and 4. Descriptions of eligible projects and application details are included in this second funding announcement. Applications are due to nplcc@fws.gov on 5/6/13 by 5:00 p.m. PDT.

The NPLCC is pleased to share the new four-year Implementation Plan for the Science and Traditional Ecological Knowledge Strategy, 2013-2016 that was adopted by the Steering Committee during their last meeting on March 22, 2013.

The report prepared by National Wildlife Federation, Advancing Landscape-Scale Conservation – An Assessment of Climate Change-Related Challenges, Needs, and Opportunities for the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, is now available. Funded by the NPLCC in 2011, National Wildlife Federation hosted 13 web-based focus groups and three in-person workshops between September 2011 and June 2013. Information in this report and collected from approximately 195 participants was used by the NPLCC during development of the Science/TEK Strategy.

Listen and watch Dr. Amy Snover present key findings from the Northwest Region's draft National Climate Assessment Report. Dr. Snover, Director of the Climate Impacts Group at the University of Washington’s College of the Environment, serves as a co-convening lead author of the draft 2013 National Climate Assessment’s Northwest Chapter along with Philip Mote, PhD, Director, Oregon Climate Change Research Institute.