Badlands National Park: Climate change vulnerability assessment
Amberg S, Kilkus K, Gardner S, Gross JE, Wood M, Drazkowski B. 2012. Badlands National Park: Climate change vulnerability assessment. Natural Resource Report. Natural Resources Report NPS/BADL/NRR—2012/205. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
The Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment is an assessment of the likelihood and extent to which projected climatic shifts (including such variables as precipitation and temperature) will have adverse or beneficial influences on a select natural or cultural resource (e.g., species or plant community; sacred sites, archeological artifacts) (IPCC 2007). Objectives for the BADL CCVA include: 1) identify species, plant communities, and other resources likely to be most affected by projected climate shifts and the associated physical and ecological changes, 2) provide an understanding of why these resources are likely to be vulnerable,including the interaction between climate variation and existing stressors to resources, and 3) provide an example for conducting vulnerability assessments that engage natural and cultural resource managers and key stakeholders who have a similar need for vulnerability assessment.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Amberg, Shannon; Kilkus, Kathy; Gardner, Sarah; Gross, John; Wood, Melanie; Drazkowski, Barry
- Date of Issue
- 2012-04
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- BADL , NRSS
- Keywords
- Badlands , central plains, climate adaptation, climate assessment, Climate Change, climate projection, Cultural Resources, Erosion, ethnographic resources, Grassland, Habitats, historical landscapes, mixed-grass prairie, Natural Resources, Planning, Species, vulnerability assessment