Resources

From salmon recovery to regional land management plans, Cascadia has a long history of collaboration across spatial and temporal scales. Additionally, our region benefits from a a multitude of climate vulnerability assessments and climate adaptation plans already in development or underway as well as a network of deeply committed organizations and individuals working towards a resilient future. While the Cascadia Partner Forum directly produces some resources to inform our collective work towards a resilient future, this page aims to share links towards the many other resources that can be referenced and utilized.

Climate Adaptation Resources

• Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians Climate Change Program

• Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange (CAKE)

• Climate Impacts Group - University of Washington

• Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions

• USDA Climate Hub: Climate Adaptation Resources for NW Forests

Climate Adaptation Policy and Commitments (relevant to Cascadia)

• America the Beautiful: Work to Conserve at Least 30% of Lands and Waters by 2030 (2021)

• Government of Canada commitment to protect 25 percent of lands and oceans by 2025, while working toward 30 percent by 2030 (2021)

• Memorandum of Understanding Pacific Coast Temperate Forests (2018)

• Washington Climate Commitment Act, Senate Bill 5126 (2021)

• Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Policy 5408: Addressing the Risks of Climate Change (2017)

• Washington Department of Transportation Executive Order 1031 (2019)

Other Regional Landscape-scale Collaborations (within or adjacent to a portion of the Cascadia region)

• Arid Lands Initiative

• Cascades to Coast Landscape Conservation Collaborative

• Washington Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Working Group

Climate Adaptation Plans in Cascadia: Below are a list of plans developed or underway in Cascadia listed in alphabetical order. These are not products of the partner forum.

State or Provincial Scale:

• British Columbia’s Climate Preparedness and Adaptation Strategy (2021)

• Preparing for a Changing Climate: Washington State’s Integrated Climate Response Strategy (2012)

• Safeguarding our Lands, Waters, and Communities: Washington DNR’s Plan for Climate Resilience (2020)

Local or regional scale:

• Chelan County: County-wide climate resilience planning (underway)

• Climate Adaptation Plan for the Territories of the Yakama Nation (2016)

• Climate Adaptation Plan - City of Campbell River, BC (in development)

• Climate Change Adapt - Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance (2020-21)

• Climate Change Adaptation Strategy - City of Vancouver, BC (2018)

• Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the North Cascades region, Washington (2014)

• Forest and Water Climate Adaptation: A Plan for Whatcom County, Washington (2010)

• King County Strategic Climate Action Plan (2015 Update)

• Puyallup Tribe Climate Change Impact Assessment and Adaptation Options (2016)

• Seattle, Washington Climate Preparedness Strategy (2017)

• Swinomish Climate Change Initiative: Climate Adaptation Action Plan (2010)

• Tulalip Tribes: Climate Adaptation Strategy (2016)

This is a living resource page, and we will continue adding resources to this page as we discover them.