Jus$n.Derner@ars.usda.gov  

Assist  Ranchers,  Farmers  and  Forest  Land  Managers  with  Decision-­‐making  

Overview  

•  Video  from  Secretary  Vilsack  

•  Key  thrust  and  approach  of  Regional  Climate  Hubs  

•  Efforts  in  first  6  months  

Secretary  Vilsack  Announcement  

•  h"ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs6UcBKJgrU  

Key  Thrust  

•  The  Hub  will  deliver  science-­‐based  knowledge  and  pracFcal  informaFon  to  farmers,  ranchers,  and  forest  landowners  that  will  help  them  to  adapt  to  climate  change  and  weather  variability  by  coordina(ng  with  local  and  regional  partners  in  Federal  and  state  agencies,  NGO’s,  private  companies,  and  Tribes.  

Key  Approach  

•  Conduct  the  transfer  of  informaFon,  tools  and  management  pracFces  to  agricultural  producers  to  enhance  decision  making  with  weather/climate  variability  for  reducFon  of  enterprise  risk  and  increased  resilience  of  working  lands.  

Stakeholders  and  Stakeholder  groups:    Farmers  /  Ranchers  /  Forest  Managers  Tribes  /  State  Land  Managers  /  Federal  Land  Managers  /    

Landscape  ConservaFon  CooperaFves/  Others  

State    Agricultural    Extension  

USDA  Service  Centers   eXtension  

Forest  Service  Threat  Centers  

Many  others  

USDA  Intramural  funded  Research  

(ARS/FS/ERS/NRCS)  

 USDA  Extramural  funded  Research  

(NIFA)    

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NOAA  Regional  Integrated  Sciences  and  Assessments  

Links  with  other  Hubs  &  NaFonal  Coordinator  

Science  CoordinaFon,  Synthesis,  and  

Tools  

Agricultural  Experiment  StaFons  

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Conceptual  Framework  for  a  USDA  Regional  Climate  Hub  

Technology  Transfer  providers:  

Science  and  Technology  providers:    

 USGS  Climate  Science  Center  

Federal  Partners   Non-­‐Federal  Partners  

CLIMATE  HUB  

•  Technical  Support  

Regional  Climate  Hubs  Will  Provide:  

h"p://www.fs.fed.us/ccrc/  

Regional  Climate  Hubs  Will  Provide:  

•  Assessments/Forecasts  

Third    NaFonal  Climate  

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nca2014.globalchange.gov/  

Regional  Climate  Hubs  Will  Provide:  

•  Outreach/Educa$on  Conduct  retrospec$ve/prospec$ve  efforts  to  garner  feedback  from  

agricultural  producers  

Sneak  Peak  Ahead  

•  Regional  web  sites:  fall  2014  •  Regional  vulnerability  assessments:  winter/spring  2015  –  IdenFfy  customer  priority  needs  –  IdenFfy  adaptaFon  tools  –  IdenFfy  gaps  

•  Enhanced  coordinaFon/collaboraFon  of  exisFng  resources  – Extension  meeFng:  fall  2014  – NRCS  Listening  sessions:  2015  

Ques$ons?  Jus$n  Derner:  Jus$n.Derner@ars.usda.gov  Linda  Joyce:  ljoyce@fs.fed.us  Rafael  Guerrero:  Rafael.Guerrero@Zw.usda.gov