Founding Cascadia Pilot Councilmember Dan Siemann leading a dialogue with partners in fall 2012.
In addition to the resources available to inform and facilitate adaptation actions, a wealth of partnerships, organizations, researchers, and individuals exist in the Cascadia region that are working in some way to facilitate our ability to adapt to a changing climate. Our Voices of the Cascadia project aims to link you to some of the individuals working on this landscape. Get connected to additional people through networks listed below.
Some but not all of the efforts below are primarily focused on climate adaptation in their work, but rather all do incorporate climate as relevant into their discussions on a species, resources, or landscape.
Regional scale
Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative
North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative
Voices of Cascadia: The Next Generation – a video that opened up our 2015 WildLinks conference. Click to play.
Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (University of Vicotoria)
PNW Climate Impacts Research Consortium
PNW Tribal Climate Change Network
State or Province scale
BC Regional Adaptation Collaborative Program
British Columbia Climate Action Secretariat
Washington Prescribed Fire Council
Washington State Department of Ecology – Climate Adaptation page and contact information
Washington Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Working Group
Cascadia local scale
The Swinomish Tribe has lived on the coasts of the Salish Sea for thousands of years. Today, rising seas not only threaten cultural traditions, but also the economic vitality of this small island nation in the shadow of two oil refineries. The documentary team of Benjamin Drummond and Sara Joy Steele featured the Swinomish Tribe in a video.
North Cascades Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee
North Cascadia Adaptation Partnership
Skagit Climate Science Consortium
Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission
Public land managers in Cascadia (Federal, provincial, state, and local public agencies manage a majority of the land in Cascadia. Learn more at this link)
Tribes and First Nations of Cascadia
** Hear from individuals that have participated in our network in our Voices of Cascadia project.