A wide range of plans to guide climate adaptation within or overlapping Cascadia have been completed or are underway at various spatial scales. These plans offer information and guidance to facilitate actions to increase resiliency at the community and ecosystem level. Some plans have been explicitly developed for climate change adaptation, while others are plans that have integrated adaptation guidance into overall management strategies.
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As part of our Cascadia Climate Adaptation Strategy, we hope to build a more accessible inventory of these plans but in the meantime we’ve cpmpilied the living list below to connect you to information for the geography and resources important to you. The Cascadia Partner Forum did not author or endorse the plans below. The criteria for inclusion of a plan below is that they not only identify the impacts of climate change to a resource or geography in Cascadia but put forward goals, conservation targets, and/or recommended actions to facilitate a more resilient future. Assessments, analyses, and reports that outline the risk to specific geographies and resources that do not include adaptation recommendations can be found in our resources portal.
Federal plans
- Canadian Parks and Protected Areas: Helping Canada weather climate change (2013)
- US Department of Agriculture Climate Change Adaptation Plan (2014)
- US Department of Interior’s Strategic Response to Climate Change (2009, ongoing)
Regional plans overlapping Cascadia
- Climate Change and Water: Impacts and Adaptations for First Nations Communities (2008)
- Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative Strategic Conservation Framework (2013)
- Moving Towards Climate Change Adaptation: the Promise of the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative for Addressing the Region’s Vulnerability to Climate Disruption (2010)
- Pacific Coast Action Plan on Climate and Energy (2013)
- Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Habitats in the Pacific Northwest: An Analysis for Puget Sound, Southwestern Washington, and Northwestern Oregon
Statewide and provincial plans
- Ministry of Forest, Lands, and Natural Resources Climate Action Roadmap (2013)
- Preparing for Change: Washington State’s Integrated Climate Response Strategy (2012)
- Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Policy 5408: Addressing the Risks of Climate Change (2017)
- Washington Marine Shoreline Design Guidelines (2014)
- Washington State Department of Transportation Climate Impacts Vulnerability Assessment (2011)
Local plans within Cascadia (or overlapping)
In British Columbia
- BC Agriculture and Food Climate Action Initiative
- Fraser Valley (2015)
- Okanagan (2012)
- Cariboo-Chilcotin Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (2011)
- City of Vancouver Climate Adaptation Strategy (2012)
- Climate Action Plan Thompson/Okanagan Region 2016-2020
- Community Energy and Climate Action Plan: Resort Municipality of Whistler (2016)
- St’at’imc Community-based Adaptation Plan (Phase 1) (2013)
In Washington
- A Climate-Informed Conservation Blueprint for the Greater Puget Sound Ecoregion (2012)
- Adaptations to Change: Colville and Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forests (2010)
- Addressing Sea Level Rise and Cumulative Ecological Impacts in San Juan County, Washington Through Improved Implementation and Effective Amendment of Local, State, and Federal Laws (2014)
- City of Edmonds Climate Action Plan (2010)
- Climate Adaptation Plan for the Territories of the Yakama Nation (2016)
- Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation in the North Cascades Region, Washington (2014)
- Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for the Upper Snake River Watershed (Initiated in 2017, underway)
- Coastal Blue Carbon Opportunity Assessment for Snohomish Estuary: The Climate Benefits of Estuary Restoration (2014)
- EPA Region 10 Climate Change and TMDL Pilot – Qualitative Assessment: Evaluating the Impacts of Climate Change on Endangered Species Act Recovery Actions for the South Fork Nooksack River, WA (2016)
- Flood and Erosion Hazard Assessment for the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe (2014)
- Forest and Water Climate Adaptation: A Plan for the Nisqually Watershed (2014)
- Forest and Water Climate Adaptation: A Plan for Whatcom County, Washington (2010)
- Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe: Climate Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Plan (2013)
- King County Climate Action Plan (2015)
- Methow Valley Climate Action Plan (in development)
- Lummi Nation Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Plan: 2016-2026 (2016)
- Preparing for Climate Change: Seattle Climate Preparedness Strategy (2017)
- Puyallup Tribe of Indians Climate Change Impact Assessment and Adaptation Options (2016)
- Resilient and At Risk Priority Nearshore Habitats of San Juan County (2012)
- Salmon, Climate Change and WDFW: A pilot workshop to explore vulnerability and resilience to a changing climate in the Skagit basin (2013)
- Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Habitats in the Pacific Northwest: An Analysis for Puget Sound, Southwestern Washington, and Northwestern Oregon (2007)
- Seattle City Light Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Plan (2015)
- (City of) Shoreline Climate Action Plan (2013)
- Skagit County Climate Action Plan (2010)
- Snohomish Agriculture Resilience Plan (2019)
- Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians Natural Resources Climate Change Adaptation Plan (2017)
- Swinomish Climate Change Initiative: Climate Adaptation Action Plan (2010)
- The Washington-British Columbia Transboundary Climate Connectivity Project: Climate impacts and adaptation actions for wildlife habitat connectivity in the transboundary region of Washington and British Columbia (2016)
- Yakima River Basin Integrated Water Resource Management Plan: Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (2012)