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Tribal Resilience Resource Guide
This resource guide was developed to provide federal government-wide resources for tribal resilience in a standard framework across all federal agencies and programs that provide tribal and/or resilience support.
Drinking Water Mapping Application to Protect Source Waters (DWMAPS)
This user-friendly tool from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency can help communities and individuals find answers to questions like:
Reef Resilience Toolkit
The Reef Resilience Toolkit connects coral reef and marine protected area managers and practitioners with information, experts, and resources to innovate, accelerate, and leverage solutions for improved global coral reef health, restoration of reef fisheries, and community-based climate adaptation efforts. Created and updated by global experts in coral reefs, fisheries, and climate change, the Toolkit features:
Ready Campaign | Military Family Preparedness
Members of our nation's military—whether on active duty, reserves, civilian employees, or family members—play an important role in ensuring the welfare of our homeland. It is also important that they prepare themselves and their families for all types of emergencies to increase a personal sense of security and peace of mind.
Maine's Lobster Fishing Community Confronts Their Changing Climate
A heat wave, a huge catch, and a market crash
Over the past 40 years, some lobstermen in South Thomaston, Maine, say that they could "set their watches” by the start of the lobster shedding event each season. In 2012, though, extreme warm ocean temperatures—an ocean heat wave—combined with early and repeated lobster shedding. The obvious changes in lobsters during this event galvanized many lobstermen to take the impacts of climate change seriously.
National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy
The original National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy was published in 2012. Though the website that accompanied the guide is no longer accessible, an update titled Advancing the National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy into a New Decade was published in January 2021.
Corn Split Nitrogen Decision Support Tool
This web-based decision support tool, currently available for Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri, is designed to help farmers and farm advisors understand the risks and benefits of using post-planting nitrogen (N) application for corn production. The Corn Split N tool combines historical weather and fieldwork data with economic considerations to determine the feasibility and profitability of completing a second (split) N application within a user-specified time period. This tool may help users with decisions that: