National Strategy Proposed to Respond to Climate Change’s Impacts on Fish, Wildlife, Plants
Image via Wikipedia WASHINGTON – In partnership with state, tribal, and federal agency partners, the Obama Administration today released the first draft national strategy to help decision makers and resource managers prepare for and help reduce the impacts of climate change on species, ecosystems, and the people and economies that depend on them. The draft National Fish, Wildlife and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy, available for public review and comment through March 5, 2012, can be found on the web at www. wildlifeadaptationstrategy.gov The strategy represents a draft framework for unified action to safeguard fish, wildlife and plants, as well as the important benefits and services the natural world provides the nation every day, including jobs, food, clean water, clean air, building materials, storm protection, and recreation. “The impacts of climate change are already here and those who manage our landscapes are already dealing with them,” said Deputy Secretary of the...