This past Friday (June 10) the US Forest Service was named as the first ever recipient of the Climate Adaption Leadership Award for Natural Resources!  We at Climate, Forests and Woodlands want to give a shout out to the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science (NIACS), which was specifically named as an award recipient. NIACS is part of the Northern Research Station and is incorporating climate vulnerability into over 185 forest management projects across the Midwest, Central Appalachians and the Northeast.

We know what great work they do as we have seen their webinars, read their reports, participated in one of their online adaptation trainings, and shared their research-based knowledge with our readers.  A good chunk of the country is covered by their Climate Change Response Framework which “provides an integrated set of tools, partnerships, and actions to support climate-informed conservation and forest management”.   Some of the most productive and innovative work related to climate and natural resource management is being done by NIACS.  Check them out!