Office of the Climate Change Advisor
Starting this year, each national forest and grassland will be tracking progress using a new 10-point scorecard. The Forest Service's research branch along with regional and national programs will provide support for this agency-wide effort.
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The Roadmap will help to guide the Forest Service as it works to ensure that national forests and private working lands are conserved, restored, and made more resilient to climate change.
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Planning for Climate
Downloadable Products
National Roadmap
National Roadmap for Responding to Climate Change. PDF, 3.24 MB, 32 pp
Roadmap Summary Brochure. PDF, 551 K, 2 pp
All National Forests are working on strategies to adjust and prepare for new conditions created by changing climates (adaptation), and to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases present in the atmosphere (mitigation). To guide the Forest Service in achieving this goal, we have developed a Roadmap for Responding to Climate Change.
Performance Scorecard
Climate Change Performance Sccorecard. PDF,
32 K, 32 pp
Guidance Document. Doc, 152 K, 45 pp
Scorecard Summary Postcard. PDF, 2.8 MB, 2 p
Starting this year, each National Forests and Grassland will use a new 10-point scorecard to report accomplishments and plans for improvement toward a yes answer to ten questions in four dimensions – organizational capacity, engagement, adaptation, and mitigation. By 2015, each is expected to answer yes to at least seven of the scorecard questions, with at least one yes in each dimension. The goal is to create a balanced approach to climate change that includes managing forests and grasslands to adapt to changing conditions, mitigating climate change, building partnerships across boundaries, and preparing our employees to understand and apply emerging science.
Strategic Framework
Strategic Framework for Responding to Climate Change. PDF, 294 K, 21 pp
Understanding the Strategic Framework. PPT, 173 K
Forest Service Chief Gail Kimbell summarizes the Strategic Framework. PDF, 103 K, 10 p
The Strategic Framework for Responding to Climate Change is based on the Forest Service mission to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the Nation's forest and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations.
Read more about the strategic framework on the FS Climate site.
