38.5 - Include state, university, and tribal partnerships in determining effects of climate change on at risk wildlife

The US Fish and Wildlife Service has responded to the threat of climate change by:
1) Co-developing the National Fish, Wildlife and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy.
2) Assisting in creating a National Biological Inventory and Monitoring Partnership that will study climate change effects on the distribution and abundance of fish, wildlife and habitat.
3) Creating Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCC's).
4) Focusing on conservation for at risk species.
5) Conducting wildlife conservation outreach to stakeholders in energy development and policy.

The National Fish, Wildlife & Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy was developed in response to calls from Congress for a unified strategy to safeguard natural resources from climate change. The National Fish, Wildlife & Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy is co-chaired by USFWS, NOAA and the State of New York with a cooperative agreement with the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and a steering committee of federal, state and tribal representatives.