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Volume 28
Number 1
Spring 2011
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Adaptation
[Diagram] Scenario creation five-step process Climate change scenario planning: A tool for managing parks into uncertain futures
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By Don Weeks, Patrick Malone, and Leigh Welling
[Diagram] Sample climate change training decision tree for the planners and engineers job category Climate-Friendly Park Employees: The Intermountain Region's climate change training assessment
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By Gregg Garfin, Holly Hartmann, Mabel Crescioni-Benitez, Theresa Ely, John Keck, James W. Kendrick, Kristin Legg, and Janet Wise
[Map] The Southern Sierra Nevada Ecoregion as defined by the Strategic Framework for Science in Support of Management The Strategic Framework for Science in Support of Management in the Southern Sierra Nevada, California
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By Koren Nydick and Charisse Sydoriak
[Photo] Prescribed burn in Sequoia National Park, California Alternative futures for fire management under a changing climate
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By Koren Nydick and Charisse Sydoriak
Text [Photo] Glacially smoothed Mount Starr King rises behind the area burned (red outline) by the 1991 Illilouette fire. Sustainable fire: Preserving carbon stocks and protecting air quality
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By Leland W. Tarnay and James A. Lutz
Communication and Public Engagement
Chart showing the average number of conservation actions taken by six groups of the American public in response to global warming Audience segmentation as a tool for communicating climate change
Understanding the differences and bridging the divides
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By Karen Akerlof, Gregg Bruff, and Joe Witte
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By Karen Akerlof, Gregg Bruff, and Joe Witte
[Photo] Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan Communicating climate change at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
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By Gregg Bruff
[Photo] High school students survey for mountain goats in Glacier National Park, Montana. Citizen scientists in action: Providing baseline data for climate-sensitive species
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By Tara Carolin, Jami Belt, and Melissa Sladek
[Photo] Saguaro cactus "forest" in 1935 in Rincon Mountain District of Saguaro National Park, Arizona. Using citizen science to study saguaros and climate change at Saguaro National Park
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By Don E. Swann, Adam C. Springer, and Kara O’Brien
[Photo] Cascade Climate Challenge students pose on top of Cascade Pass. The day's topic was alpine ecology and the role of the Cascades snowpack. Cascades Climate Challenge: Taking home the lessons of glaciers
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By Megan McGinty
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