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Seedlot Selection Tool (SST)

Populations of forest trees and other native plants are genetically different from each other, and adapted to different climatic conditions. Therefore, natural resource managers must match the climatic adaptability of their plant materials to the climatic conditions of their planting sites. Generally, local populations are optimally adapted to their local climates, or nearly so; thus, local seed sources are usually recommended for reforestation and restoration.

Climate Learning Network

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Module Description
The Climate Learning Network's eLearning program is designed to help Extension professionals, professional crop advisors, and professional foresters incorporate climate change into their existing program areas and become climate literate. Many modules offer Continuing Education Credits from the Society of American Foresters (SAF) and Certified Crop Advisors (CCA). Modules topics include basic climate science, communication, climate variability, vulnerability assessments, agricultural adaptation practices, and resilient land management.
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States At Risk

This project from Climate Central is aimed at showing how Americans in all 50 states are experiencing the impacts of climate change. Content is focused on five threats—extreme heat, drought, wildfires, and both coastal and inland flooding—and the states most affected by these threats. Each state's page shows the major climate risks faced and the expected outcomes related to that risk. A variety of graphics shows observed and projected trends in temperature, precipitation, flooding, and other impacts.

Iowa Flood Information System

This system offers a user-friendly and interactive environment for over 1,000 communities in Iowa relating to flood conditions, flood forecasts, data visualizations, and flood-related data, information and applications. The tool helps communities make better-informed decisions on the occurrence of floods and alerts communities in advance to help minimize flood damage.

Disaster Recovery Tracking Tool

Recovery from disasters is a key capability for federal, state, and local governments. To support this capability, practitioners at all levels need useful and validated metrics to measure and monitor how well a community is recovering from a disaster over time. Practitioners’ need for these metrics is echoed by the hazards research community, which has made the case for more systematic ways of measuring the disaster recovery process across events and over time to improve planning for, and recovering from, disasters.

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