Strategies for Adapting Great Lakes Coastal Ecosystems to Climate Change

Author:

Kristen Schmitt, Robert Krska, Christie Deloria, P. Danielle Shannon, Matt Cooper, J. Eash, John Haugland, Sarah E. Johnson, Sheela Johnson, Madeline R. Magee, Greg Mayne, Casey Nelson, Cathy Nigg, A. Sidie-Slettedahl, Leslie Brandt, Stephen Handler, Maria Janowiak, Patricia Butler-Leopold, Todd Ontl, Christoper Swanston, USDA Northern Forests Climate Hub, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science

Year:

2022

Subject:

Climate change, Water resources, Temperature stress, Precipitation stress, Lake level change, adaptation, Strategies, Approaches, management actions, restoration actions, and conservation

Abstract:

Natural resources practitioners working in Great Lakes coastal ecosystems face decisions about how to help coastal properties adapt to climate changes. Climate change can amplify existing stressors, interact with past coastal disturbance and management, and potentially increase the rate and magnitude of ongoing change (Shannon et al. 2019). Practitioners can strengthen their long-term plans through proactive and intentional consideration of climate changes and by selecting adaptation options that address these changes while meeting management goals and objectives. In 2019-2021 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science convened regional managers and scientists to develop a menu of climate adaptation strategies and approaches for Great Lakes coastal ecosystems. This menu can be used along with a structured decision-making framework to facilitate planning and implementation of climate-informed tactics. The menu was tested with several organizations in project-level planning in the Great Lakes watershed.

Format:

66 pages

Language:

English

Publisher:

United States Department of Agriculture

Collection:

USDA publications

Permanent URL:

https://doi.org/10.32747/2022.7816961.ch

Persistent Link:

10.32747/2022.7816961.ch